| # | Group A | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Egypt | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20:2 | 18 | 26 | |
| 2. | Burkina Faso | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23:8 | 15 | 21 | |
| 3. | Sierra Leone | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12:10 | 2 | 15 | |
| 4. | Guinea Bissau | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8:10 | -2 | 10 | |
| 5. | Ethiopia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9:14 | -5 | 9 | |
| 6. | Djibouti | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5:33 | -28 | 1 | |
| # | Group B | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Senegal | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22:3 | 19 | 24 | |
| 2. | D.R. Congo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15:6 | 9 | 22 | |
| 3. | Sudan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8:6 | 2 | 13 | |
| 4. | Togo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5:10 | -5 | 8 | |
| 5. | Mauritania | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4:13 | -9 | 7 | |
| 6. | South Sudan | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3:19 | -16 | 5 | |
| # | Group C | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | South Africa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15:9 | 6 | 18 | |
| 2. | Nigeria | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15:8 | 7 | 17 | |
| 3. | Benin | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12:11 | 1 | 17 | |
| 4. | Lesotho | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9:12 | -3 | 12 | |
| 5. | Rwanda | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5:9 | -4 | 11 | |
| 6. | Zimbabwe | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5:12 | -7 | 5 | |
| # | Group D | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Cape Verde | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16:8 | 8 | 23 | |
| 2. | Cameroon | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17:5 | 12 | 19 | |
| 3. | Libya | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12:10 | 2 | 16 | |
| 4. | Angola | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9:8 | 1 | 12 | |
| 5. | Mauritius | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7:17 | -10 | 6 | |
| 6. | Eswatini | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6:19 | -13 | 3 | |
| # | Group E | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Morocco | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22:2 | 20 | 24 | |
| 2. | Niger | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11:10 | 1 | 15 | |
| 3. | Tanzania | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6:7 | -1 | 10 | |
| 4. | Zambia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10:10 | 0 | 9 | |
| 5. | Congo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4:24 | -20 | 1 | |
| 6. | Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | |
| # | Group F | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Ivory Coast | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25:0 | 25 | 26 | |
| 2. | Gabon | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22:9 | 13 | 25 | |
| 3. | Gambia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27:18 | 9 | 13 | |
| 4. | Kenya | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18:14 | 4 | 12 | |
| 5. | Burundi | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13:13 | 0 | 10 | |
| 6. | Seychelles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2:53 | -51 | 0 | |
| # | Group G | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Algeria | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24:8 | 16 | 25 | |
| 2. | Uganda | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14:9 | 5 | 18 | |
| 3. | Mozambique | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14:17 | -3 | 18 | |
| 4. | Guinea | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11:8 | 3 | 15 | |
| 5. | Botswana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12:16 | -4 | 10 | |
| 6. | Somalia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3:20 | -17 | 1 | |
| # | Group H | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Tunisia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22:0 | 22 | 28 | |
| 2. | Namibia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13:10 | 3 | 15 | |
| 3. | Liberia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13:11 | 2 | 15 | |
| 4. | Malawi | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11:10 | 1 | 13 | |
| 5. | Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8:15 | -7 | 11 | |
| 6. | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5:26 | -21 | 3 | |
| # | Group I | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Ghana | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23:6 | 17 | 25 | |
| 2. | Madagascar | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17:12 | 5 | 19 | |
| 3. | Mali | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17:6 | 11 | 18 | |
| 4. | Comoros | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12:13 | -1 | 15 | |
| 5. | Central Africa | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11:24 | -13 | 8 | |
| 6. | Chad | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5:24 | -19 | 1 | |
| # | Ranking of second-placed teams | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Gabon | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15:9 | 6 | 19 | |
| 2. | D.R. Congo | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10:5 | 5 | 16 | |
| 3. | Cameroon | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14:5 | 9 | 15 | |
| 4. | Nigeria | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13:6 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5. | Burkina Faso | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13:7 | 6 | 15 | |
| 6. | Niger | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11:10 | 1 | 15 | |
| 7. | Madagascar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11:11 | 0 | 13 | |
| 8. | Uganda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11:9 | 2 | 12 | |
| 9. | Namibia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8:10 | -2 | 9 |