CAF: QUALIFYING ROUND
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Gabon withdrew from hosting tournament and replaced by Nigeria; Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea advance automatically from series 3
Series 5 semifinal between Kenya and Djibouti played as single match
Congo disqualified from series 6 after failing to arrive in Ghana for first leg; Ghana advance automatically
| SAT 11 MAR 2006 |
| series 2 SF 1 | Rabat | Morocco | 00–02 | Mali |
| series 4 SF 1 | Pretoria | South Africa | 06–02 | Mozambique |
| series 7 SF 1 | Lubumbashi | Congo DR | 03–00 | Zambia |
| series 7 SF 2 | N/A | Senegal | 07–00 | Guinea |
| SUN 12 MAR 2006 |
| series 2 SF 2 | Cotonou | Benin | 01–01 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| series 3 SF | Luanda | Angola | 03–02 | Eq Guinea |
| series 6 SF | Brazzaville | Congo | 09–00 | Togo |
| SUN 26 MAR 2006 |
| series 2 SF 1 | Bamako | Mali | 04–01 | Morocco |
| series 2 SF 2 | N/A | Côte d'Ivoire | 01–01 PK: 03–04 | Benin |
| series 3 SF | N/A | Eq Guinea | 03–01 | Angola |
| series 4 SF 1 | Maputo | Mozambique | 01–06 | South Africa |
| series 5 SF | Nairobi | Kenya | 08–00 | Djibouti |
| series 6 SF | N/A | Togo | 01–03 | Congo |
| series 7 SF 1 | Ndola | Zambia | 02–03 | Congo DR |
| series 7 SF 2 | Conakry | Guinea | 01–02 | Senegal |
| SAT 22 JUL 2006 |
| series 2 | Bamako | Mali | 03–01 | Benin |
| series 5 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 04–00 | Kenya |
| SUN 23 JUL 2006 |
| series 1 | Annaba | Algeria | 01–00 | Egypt |
| series 4 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 03–00 | Tanzania |
| series 6 | Obuasi | Ghana | [canc] | Congo |  |
Congo failed to arrive |
| series 7 | Kinshasa | Congo DR | 03–00 | Senegal |
| FRI 21-SUN 23 JUL 2006 |
| series 3 | N/A | Nigeria | [canc] | Eq Guinea |  |
cancelled due to Nigeria's selection as tournament host; Equatorial Guinea advance automatically |
| FRI 04 AUG 2006 |
| series 4 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 00–04 | South Africa |
| SAT 05 AUG 2006 |
| series 1 | Alexandria | Egypt | 00–03 | Algeria |
| series 5 | Nairobi | Kenya | 00–05 | Cameroon |
| series 7 | Dakar | Senegal | 02–00 | Congo DR |
| SUN 06 AUG 2006 |
| series 2 | Cotonou | Benin | 00–01 | Mali |
| series 6 | N/A | Congo | [canc] | Ghana |  |
cancelled due to disqualification of Congo |
| FRI 04-SUN 06 AUG 2006 |
| series 3 | N/A | Eq Guinea | [canc] | Nigeria |  |
cancelled due to Nigeria's selection as tournament host; Equatorial Guinea advance automatically |