• Group 1: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Tanzania, Mauritius;
• Group 2: Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya;
• Group 3: Angola (*), Benin, Uganda, Niger;
• Group 4: Nigeria, South Africa (**), Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone;
• Group 5: Ghana (+), Libya, Gabon, Lesotho;
• Group 6: Liberia, Algeria, Senegal, Gambia;
• Group 7: Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar;
• Group 8: Morocco, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mauritania;
• Group 9: Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Burundi, Seychelles;
• Group 10: Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad;
• Group 11: Togo, Eritrea, Zambia, Swaziland;
• Group 12: Egypt (++), DR Congo, Malawi, Djibouti.
• NOTE
(*) Angola are automatically qualified for the 2010 African cup of nations as hosts
(**) South Africa automatically qualified for the 2010 World Cup as hosts
(+) Ghana will host the upcoming 2008 African Cup of Nations
(++) Egypt won the last African Cup of Nations