| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||||||||
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Cape Verde | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| Group B | |||||||||
| 1 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Malawi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| Group C | |||||||||
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Gabon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Comoros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| Group D | |||||||||
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| Group E | |||||||||
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Group F | |||||||||
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Gambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| P | Matches Played |
| W | Matches Won |
| D | Matches Drawn |
| L | Matches Lost |
| GF | Goals For (Goals scored by a team) |
| GA | Goals Against (Goals conceded by a team) |
| GD | Goal Difference |
| Pts | Total Points |
