Gruop A

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Egypt	8	6	2	0	16 - 2	14	20	DWWWD
2	Burkina Faso	8	4	3	1	19 - 7	12	15	DWWWD
3	Sierra Leone	8	3	3	2	10 - 8	2	12	DWLDW
4	Guinea-Bissau	8	2	4	2	8 - 8	0	10	DLLDW
5	Ethiopia	8	1	3	4	7 - 11	-4	6	DLWLL
6	Djibouti	8	0	1	7	4 - 28	-24	1	DLLLL

Group B

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Senegal	8	5	3	0	13 - 3	10	18	WDWWW
2	DR Congo	8	5	1	2	13 - 6	7	16	WWWWL
3	Sudan	8	3	3	2	8 - 5	3	12	WDDLL
4	Togo	8	1	4	3	5 - 9	-4	7	LDLLW
5	Mauritania	8	1	3	4	4 - 9	-5	6	LDLWD
6	South Sudan	8	0	4	4	3 - 14	-11	4	LLDLD

Group C

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	South Africa	8	5	2	1	14 - 6	8	17	WWWWD
2	Benin	8	4	2	2	11 - 7	4	14	WDLWW
3	Nigeria	8	2	5	1	9 - 7	2	11	LWDWD
4	Rwanda	8	3	2	3	5 - 5	0	11	WLDLW
5	Lesotho	8	1	3	4	4 - 12	-8	6	LLDLL
6	Zimbabwe	8	0	4	4	5 - 11	-6	4	LDDLL

Group D

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Cape Verde	8	6	1	1	10 - 5	5	19	WWWWW
2	Cameroon	8	4	3	1	15 - 5	10	15	DDWWL
3	Libya	8	4	2	2	9 - 7	2	14	LDLWW
4	Angola	8	2	4	2	7 - 6	1	10	DDLLW
5	Mauritius	8	1	2	5	7 - 15	-8	5	WLDLL
6	Eswatini	8	0	2	6	4 - 14	-10	2	LDDLL

Group E

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Morocco	7	7	0	0	21 - 2	19	21	WWWWW
2	Niger	6	3	0	3	7 - 9	-2	9	WWLLW
3	Tanzania	6	2	1	3	3 - 6	-3	7	LWLDL
4	Zambia	5	1	0	4	6 - 9	-3	3	WLLLL
5	Congo	4	0	1	3	3 - 14	-11	1	LLLD?
6	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0 - 0	0	0	?????

Group F

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Ivory Coast	8	6	2	0	15 - 0	15	20	DWWWD
2	Gabon	8	6	1	1	16 - 6	10	19	WWWWD
3	Gambia	8	3	1	4	17 - 14	3	10	LDLWW
4	Burundi	8	3	1	4	13 - 10	3	10	WLWLL
5	Kenya	8	2	3	3	17 - 11	6	9	DDLLW
6	Seychelles	8	0	0	8	2 - 39	-37	0	LLLLL

Group G

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Algeria	8	6	1	1	19 - 7	12	19	WWWWD
2	Uganda	8	5	0	3	12 - 7	5	15	LLWWW
3	Mozambique	8	5	0	3	12 - 15	-3	15	WWLLW
4	Guinea	8	3	2	3	7 - 5	2	11	LDLWD
5	Botswana	8	3	0	5	10 - 13	-3	9	WLWLL
6	Somalia	8	0	1	7	3 - 16	-13	1	LDLLL

Group H

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Tunisia	8	7	1	0	13 - 0	13	22	DWWWW
2	Equatorial Guinea	8	5	1	2	9 - 5	4	16	WWDWL
3	Namibia	8	3	3	2	9 - 5	4	12	DWDLW
4	Malawi	8	3	1	4	8 - 9	-1	10	LLLWD
5	Liberia	8	2	2	4	6 - 10	-4	8	WLWLD
6	São Tomé and Príncipe	8	0	0	8	4 - 20	-16	0	LLLLL

Group I

Rank	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Differential	Goal difference	Points	Current form
1	Ghana	8	6	1	1	17 - 6	11	19	WWWDW
2	Madagascar	8	5	1	2	14 - 7	7	16	DWLWW
3	Comoros	8	5	0	3	11 - 10	1	15	WLWLW
4	Mali	8	3	3	2	11 - 5	6	12	DWDWL
5	Central African Republic	8	1	2	5	8 - 17	-9	5	LLDLL
6	Chad	8	0	1	7	3 - 19	-16	1	LLLDL