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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