The table has been composed using material found at the RSSSF and by my own research. You are free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning.
Three points for a win
1. Egypt 25 153 85 30 38 269 139 130 285 2. Cote d'Ivoire 21 150 85 25 40 246 132 114 280 3. Nigeria 20 148 79 38 31 221 126 95 275 4. Cameroon 21 137 76 31 30 217 123 94 259 5. Zambia 19 145 74 32 39 210 132 78 254 6. Ghana 24 133 73 27 33 198 106 90 246 7. Algeria 21 143 62 39 42 209 142 67 225 8. Morocco 20 135 62 39 32 184 101 83 224 9. DR Congo 20 147 57 42 48 197 171 26 213 10.Senegal 21 135 58 36 41 182 123 59 210 11.Guinea 23 129 54 38 37 187 153 34 200 12.Tunisia 20 125 55 32 38 186 125 61 197 13.Mali 19 120 48 32 40 153 141 12 176 14.Togo 18 111 43 25 43 127 136 -9 154 15.Uganda 20 109 37 27 45 129 149 -20 138 16.Angola 12 85 34 23 28 118 95 23 125 17.Congo 19 105 31 31 43 111 133 -22 124 18.Sudan 20 95 35 18 42 106 130 -24 123 19.Zimbabwe 14 82 35 17 28 114 100 14 122 20.Kenya 20 101 31 24 46 107 125 -18 117 21.South Africa 8 69 32 19 18 89 70 19 115 22.Gabon 15 84 30 23 31 104 98 6 113 23.Ethiopia 24 96 29 13 54 96 173 -77 100 24.Burkina Faso 13 79 24 16 39 86 130 -44 88 25.Mozambique 15 72 23 18 33 79 96 -17 87 26.Liberia 14 77 20 17 40 69 120 -51 77 27.Libya 13 60 21 11 28 70 77 -7 74 28.Sierra Leone 14 55 18 12 25 50 72 -22 66 29.Mauritius 19 81 14 22 45 69 135 -66 64 30.Malawi 16 69 15 18 36 74 120 -46 63 31.Tanzania 18 69 14 19 36 67 105 -38 61 32.Madagascar 13 49 14 11 24 44 83 -39 53 33.Benin 12 64 13 14 37 63 116 -53 53 34.Namibia 7 52 12 16 24 57 84 -27 52 35.Rwanda 7 34 10 6 18 32 53 -21 36 36.Cape Verde Islands 6 31 10 5 16 27 44 -17 35 37.Lesotho 9 37 8 11 18 29 68 -39 35 38.Burundi 7 35 9 7 19 26 46 -20 34 39.Niger 11 38 10 3 25 32 76 -44 33 40.Mauretania 10 42 7 11 24 29 74 -45 32 41.Botswana 8 42 7 10 25 26 73 -47 31 42.Gambia 11 28 8 6 14 27 39 -12 30 43.Swaziland 8 29 4 12 13 22 53 -31 24 44.Chad 6 22 5 7 10 21 35 -14 22 45.Eritrea 5 24 5 5 14 13 41 -28 20 46.Equatorial Guinea 6 20 5 2 13 12 39 -27 17 47.Seychelles 6 20 4 3 13 10 40 -30 15 48.Somalia 6 11 3 1 7 4 21 -17 10 49.Central African Republic 4 12 1 3 8 11 23 -12 6 50.Guinea Bissau 2 11 2 0 9 8 23 -15 6 51.Sao Tomé e Principe 3 6 0 1 5 2 20 -18 1 52.Djibouti 2 4 0 0 4 2 16 -14 0Notes
Note 1: Records of teams that have withdrawn during qualifying are not counted here unless their record are part of the final official tables (or official results) in question. See several examples of this below. (Their records at withdrawal are shown here for information purposes though.) Note 2: Teams that have not played any (officially counted) games during a tournament have not got that tournament counted here. One example of this is Equatorial Guinea which in the preliminary round had a w.o. vs. Benin and then themselves submitted a w.o. in the first qualifying round vs. Guinea in the qualification for the 1982 tournament. DR Congo have also played under the names Congo-Léopoldville and Zaire respectively. Benin was called Dahomey before. 1957-94: South Africa disqualified because of Apartheid. 1957 & 1959: No qualifying tournaments. 1962: Some sources state that Uganda eliminated Sudan in the 2nd qualifying round but no results have been found. 1963: Guinea were disqualified after not having provided neutral officials for the 2nd qualifying game vs. Nigeria. However, as the results of the two games stand as official they are counted here. Guinea "just" lost their final tournament place. 1965: Some qualifying matches possibly missing for Mali, Guinea, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire. 1974: Central African Republic were disqualified after the two 1st round qualifying games vs. Cote d'Ivoire. The results were allowed to stand though. 1978: Tunisia walked off the field in the 42nd minute at the score 1-1 during the 3rd place game vs. Nigeria. The game was awarded 2-0 to Nigeria. 1986: Ethiopia won the first match in the first qualifying round vs. Tanzania but withdrew after that. The result was allowed to stand though. 1994: The following teams withdrew after having played matches in the qualifying (within brackets their record at withdrawal - please note that those records are NOT counted in the totals! See note 2 above): Togo (6 0 4 2 1-7 4), Chad (2 0 0 2 0-5 0), Tanzania (2 0 2 0 3-3 2) & Burkin Faso (2 0 1 1 1-4 1). 1994: Algeria was disqualified for the use of an ineligible player after the qualifying was concluded. The record they had managed at the time of disqualification was allowed to stand in the official qualifying table though. Senegal took Algerias place in the finals. 1996: Several teams withdrew after having played matches. However, in neither of those cases did the matches played count in the official tables. They are shown here for information purposes within brackets after each concerned team. South Africa (withdrew as they hosted the final tournament as Kenya withdrew) (2 1 1 0 2-1 4), Lesotho (6 1 0 5 3-16 3), Guinea Bissau (3 0 1 2 3-8 1), Gambia (5 0 3 2 4-7 3), Niger (5 1 0 4 8-16 3), Madagascar (1 0 0 1 0-1 0). 1998: Sudan (1 0 0 1 0-3) & Sierra Leone (2 0 0 2 0-3 0) withdrew during qualifying. Sierra Leones results are counted here as they were counted in the official tables. Central African Republic (1 0 0 1 2-3 0) disqualified because of unlawful meddling by the Central African Republics government in football affairs. 2000: Sierra Leone disqualified during qualifying. 2002: Guinea disqualifed during qualifying. 2004: The last qualifying game between Tanzania and Sudan was never played. 2006: The qualifying doubled as qualifying for the World Cup 2006. Egypts results are counted for all other teams in the qualifying group but NOT for Egypt as Egypt only can be said to have participated in the World Cup qualifications. Egypt was qualified for the African Nations Cup finals as being hosts and not as a result of a qualification. The results Egypt achieved were counted in the official tables. 2008: Djibouti withdrew from the qualifying after the draw had been made but no matches played.Comments on the contents of this page, write to my e-mail address:
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