2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification


This page provides the summaries of the matches of the first two qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. These matches also serve as part of the qualifiers for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London.

Seeding

In total, 39 teams opted to enter the qualifying tournament. The top 25 teams based on the qualifiers and final round of the previous Olympics were given byes to the [|first qualifying round].
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Preliminary qualifying round

First qualifying round

The matches in the preliminary round were held on 25–27 March 2011 and 8–10 April 2011.

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on April 13, 2011. CAF used FIFA rankings from March 2011 to seed the eight highest-ranked teams into Pot A.
Côte d'Ivoire's fixture against Liberia had been delayed until 20 April due to the civil unrest. As Ivory Coast are the 2nd highest-ranking team in Africa, the winner of their first qualifying round fixture was also placed in Pot A.

Seeding

The pots were confirmed as follows:

Matches

The draw was conducted on April 13 in Cairo, Egypt.