Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo Brazzaville,
DR Congo Equatorial Guinea (as hosts), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,
Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia.
Group A
Nigeria went into the game against South Africa with their fate in
their own hands - win and they would claim second spot in the
table and a place in the finals alongside group winners Bafana
Bafana.
But the Super Eagles blew their chance to prevent a troubled
campaign from turning disastrous, even though they fought back
from two goals down to finish with a draw.
The writing was on the wall for Stephen Keshi's side, who have
been plagued by both on and off the pitch problems, when Tokelo
Rantie scored a goal either side of half-time to put the visitors
firmly in control.
Sone Aluko pulled a goal back on 68 minutes and Nigerian hopes
were raised further when South Africa's Renielwe Letsholonyane
was sent off.
In added time Aluko levelled the scores but it was too late for the
home side and they once more miss out on playing in Equatorial
Guinea, as they did when the country co-hosted the tournament in
2012.
Instead, the runners-up spot in the table - and a place in the finals -
was secured by Congo, who beat Sudan 1-0.
Igor Nganga struck the only goal of the game after 63 minutes.
Group B
Mali made it through to the finals with a 2-0 win over Algeria, who
had already won the group and booked their place.
Seydou Keita scored from the penalty spot, picking himself up to
take it after he had been fouled by Carl Medjani, to give his side
the lead after 29 minutes.
The advantage was doubled early into the second half when
Mustapha Yatabare converted.
It was the first defeat of the campaign for Algeria, who made
several changes to their starting line-up, and brought to an end the
Desert Foxes' prefect record.
In the group's other match, Malawi and Ethiopia drew 0-0 - a result
that ended both sides' chances of making it to the final.
Group C
Both Burkina Faso and Gabon had already qualified from the group,
so the only bearing their matches had was to see who would end
up as group winners. That accolade went to Gabon who beat
Lesotho 4-2 in Libreville.
Burkina Faso were held to a 1-1 draw by Angola in Ouagadougou.
A Djalma Campos penlaty put Angola ahead, with Jonathan Pitroipa
equalising for hosts on the stroke of half-time also from the
penalty spot.
Group D
Gervinho (front) was
heavily involved for Ivory
Coast
Ivory Coast needed only a point from their meeting Cameroon, who
had already won the group before the game, and the pair played
out a goalless draw.
Cameroon played the last 30 minutes with 10 men following the
sending off of Stephane Mbia.
The Indomitable Lions captain was shown a straight red card for a
foul on Gervinho on the edge of the area.
From the resultant free-kick, Yaya Toure's shot was headed off the
line - the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock.
In the other match DR Congo came from a goal behind to beat
visiting Sierra Leone 3-1.
The Leone Stars, who began the match knowing they had no
chance of qualifying for the finals, opened the scoring on 35
minutes with a long-range effort from outside the area.
Crystal Palace midfielder Yannick Bolasie drew the sides level just
before half-time when he controlled the ball on his chest and
smashed home from outside the box.
Sierra Leone conceded a penalty on 62 minutes, having a man sent
off as a result, and Cedric Mongongu stepped up to put the
Leopards ahead.
Bolasie then scored a second to seal the win - and with Egypt
losing against Tunisia later on Wednesday it meant DR Congo
qualified as one of the best third-placed sides.
Group E
Wakaso scored a
sensational goal from long
distance to put Ghana 2-0
up
Ghana clinched top place in the group as they comfortably beat
Togo 3-1.
Celtic's Mubarak Wakaso crossed for Abdul Majeed Waris to head
home for Ghana's opener.
Provider Wakaso then turned goalscorer, belting in a 35-yard shot
into the top-right corner to double his side's advantage.
After the break, Floyd Ayite pulled a goal back for the visitors but
the Black Stars made sure of victory when Emmanuel Agyemang-
Badu made it 3-1 on 69 minutes.
The other automatic qualification spot in the group went to Guinea,
who beat Uganda 2-0 in their winner-takes-all clash.
Borussia Monchengladbach's Ibrahima Traore set them on their
way with a curling free-kick.
Thirteen minutes after the interval Ugandan skipper Andrew
Mwesigwa was sent off when he conceded a penalty and Seydouba
Soumah made no mistake from the spot.
Guinea's qualification comes despite them not being able to play
any of their group matches at home because of the severity of the
outbreak of Ebola in their country.
In addition, some of the players had to go against the wishes of
their clubs to be able to play in the qualification matches.
Group F
With Cape Verde having already sewn up top place in the group and
Zambia qualified as runners-up before Wednesday's final round of
matches, they went head-to-head little at stake.
It took 77 minutes for Roland Kampamba to break the deadlock and
that goal proved to be the only one of the game as Chipolopolo
ended their campaign with a 1-0 win.
Niger and Mozambique drew 1-1 to finish fourth and third in the
group, respectively.
Antonio Alberto Diogo opened the scoring for Mozambique but with
only seven minutes remaining Niger salvaged a point.
Group G
Tunisia and Senegal had already qualified from Group G before the
final round of games were played.
Senegal comfortably won 3-0 against Botswana, who finished the
campaign with just one solitary point.
Egypt needed to defeat Tunisia by two clear goals to clinch a place
as a third-placed finisher but lost 2-1, with DR Congo claiming the
16th and final qualifying spot.