2011 African Nations Championship qualification
The qualification phase for the 2011 African Championship of Nations begins in March 2010. These games do not count towards the FIFA ranking.
The inaugural edition of the competition featured eight teams, this edition will feature sixteen.
Qualification Zones
Qualification is divided into the CAF Zoning system. Each Zone has 2 or 3 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in 2011.| Zone | Number of participating teams | Number of qualifying teams | Number of teams not entered |
| North Zone | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Zone West A | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Zone West B | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Central Zone | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Central-East Zone | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Southern Zone | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 41 | 16 | 12 |
North Zone
First Round
Zone West A
Preliminary Round
First Round
Zone West B
Central Zone
Preliminary Round
First Round
Second Round
Central-East Zone
Preliminary Round
First Round
Second Round
The Tanzania vs Rwanda match was pushed forward to May 1 due to Rwanda’s hosting of the CECAFA Kagame Cup from 15–29 May.Southern Zone
First Round
Second Round
Qualified
- - Host
- - North Zone
- - North Zone
- - Zone West A
- - Zone West A
- - Zone West B
- - Zone West B
- - Zone West B
- - Central Zone
- - Central Zone
- - Central Zone
- - Central-East Zone
- - Central-East Zone
- - Southern Zone
- South Africa - Southern Zone
- - Southern Zone