This page details the qualifying process for the 1984 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast, as hosts, and Ghana, as title holders, qualified automatically.

Qualifying tournament

 Ghana qualified as holders

 Ivory Coast qualified as hosts

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malawi	4–0	Zimbabwe	2–0	2–0
Tanzania	3–4	Uganda	1–1	2–3
Somalia	0–1	Rwanda	0–1	n/p
Gabon	2–6	Angola	2–2	0–4
Mali	3–2	Gambia	3–1	0–1
Niger	0–1	Senegal	0–0	0–1
Togo	4–0	Sierra Leone	3–0	1–0
Benin	w/o	Liberia	—	—
Mauritius	w/o	Lesotho	—	—
Mozambique	w/o	Swaziland	—	—

12 September 1982

Malawi	2–0	Zimbabwe
Kaimfa Sinalo

Lilongwe

3 October 1982

Zimbabwe	0–2	Malawi
		Dandize Sinalo

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Malawi won 4–0 on aggregate.

12 September 1982

Tanzania	1–1	Uganda

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

26 September 1982

Uganda	3–2	Tanzania

Kampala

Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate.

19 September 1982

Somalia	0–1	Rwanda

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Rwanda	n/p	Somalia

Kigali

Rwanda won 1–0 on aggregate.

13 October 1982

Gabon	2–2	Angola
Avah 20', 58'		Machado 4' Sarmento 78'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

14 November 1982

Angola	4–0	Gabon
Machado 45' Maluka 55' Vata 80' Chico Dinis 88'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Angola won 6–2 on aggregate.

14 November 1982

Mali	3–1	Gambia
Konaté 22' I. Traoré 42' Koumaré 65'		Biri Biri

Bamako

28 November 1982

Gambia	1–0	Mali

Box Bar Stadium, Banjul

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

14 November 1982

Niger	0–0	Senegal

Niamey

28 November 1982

Senegal	1–0	Niger

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Senegal won 1–0 on aggregate.

14 November 1982

Togo	3–0	Sierra Leone

Lomé

28 November 1982

Sierra Leone	0–1	Togo

Freetown

Togo won 4–0 on aggregate.

Benin	Cancelled	Liberia
		Withdrew

Benin advanced after Liberia withdrew.

Mauritius	Cancelled	Lesotho
		Withdrew

Mauritius advanced after Lesotho withdrew.

Mozambique	Cancelled	Swaziland
		Withdrew

Mozambique advanced after Swaziland withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	3–4	Cameroon	3–0	0–4
Algeria	7–3	Benin	6–2	1–1
Libya	2–2 (a)	Senegal	2–1	0–1
Nigeria	2–1	Angola	2–0	0–1
Tunisia	6–0	Rwanda	5–0	1–0
Guinea	0–3	Togo	0–1	0–2
Morocco	4–2	Mali	4–0	0–2
Sudan	2–1	Zambia	2–1	0–0
Congo	2–2 (1–3 p)	Egypt	2–0	0–2
Ethiopia	1–1 (4–2 p)	Mauritius	1–0	0–1
Madagascar	2–2 (a)	Uganda	1–0	1–2
Malawi	w/o	Zaire	—	—

3 April 1983

Mozambique	3–0	Cameroon

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

24 April 1983

Cameroon	4–0	Mozambique
Abega Djonkep Ebongué

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Cameroon won 4–3 on aggregate.

8 April 1983

Algeria	6–2	Benin
Bensaoula 2', 5' Jefjef 10' Madjer 13', 69' Menad 46'		Korego 75' Agouyou 88'

5 July Stadium, Algiers^[1]

Attendance: 28,671

Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali)

26 April 1983

Benin	1–1	Algeria
Foly 28'		Madjer 50'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: 10,000

Algeria won 7–3 on aggregate.

8 April 1983

Libya	2–1	Senegal
Al-Bor'osi Al-Chouchan

Tripoli

24 April 1983

Senegal	1–0	Libya
Mendy

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Senegal won by away goals rule after 2–2 on aggregate.

9 April 1983

Nigeria	2–0	Angola
Adeshina ?

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

24 April 1983

Angola	1–0	Nigeria
Ndunguidi

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Tunisia	5–0	Rwanda
Dhiab 10' Bayari 33', 86' Hsoumi 83' Gengwa 90' (o.g.)

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

24 April 1983

Rwanda	0–1	Tunisia
		Cheriti 58'

Kigali

Tunisia won 6–0 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Guinea	0–1	Togo

Conakry

24 April 1983

Togo	2–0	Guinea

Lomé

Togo won 3–0 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Morocco	4–0	Mali
Krimau 10', 81' Souadi

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

24 April 1983

Mali	2–0	Morocco

Bamako

Morocco won 4–2 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Sudan	2–1	Zambia
		Chola

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

24 April 1983

Zambia	0–0	Sudan

Lusaka

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Congo	2–0	Egypt
Mbemba 40' (pen.) Makita 70'

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

22 April 1983

Egypt	2–0	Congo
Youssef 75' El Khatib 85' (pen.)
Penalties
	3–1

Cairo

Egypt won 3–1 on penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Ethiopia	1–0	Mauritius

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

24 April 1983

Mauritius	1–0	Ethiopia
Imbert
Penalties
	2–4

Stade George V, Curepipe

Ethiopia won 4–2 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.

10 April 1983

Madagascar	1–0	Uganda

Antananarivo

24 April 1983

Uganda	2–1	Madagascar

Kampala

Madagascar won by away goals rule after 2–2 on aggregate.

Malawi	Cancelled	Zaire
		Withdrew

Malawi advanced after Zaire withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	2–4	Togo	2–1	0–3
Senegal	1–3	Algeria	1–1	0–2
Egypt	1–0	Tunisia	1–0	0–0
Nigeria	0–0 (4–3 p)	Morocco	0–0	0–0
Cameroon	5–2	Sudan	5–0	0–2
Madagascar	1–2	Malawi	0–1	1–1

3 July 1983

Ethiopia	2–1	Togo

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

28 August 1983

Togo	3–0	Ethiopia
Mawuli Moutairou

Lomé

Togo won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 August 1983

Senegal	1–1	Algeria
Tew 68'		Bensaoula 63'

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar^[1]

Attendance: 18 000

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

28 August 1983

Algeria	2–0	Senegal
Madjer 3' Yahi 55'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 28 515

Algeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

14 August 1983

Egypt	1–0	Tunisia
Nabil 15'

Cairo

28 August 1983

Tunisia	0–0	Egypt

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate.

14 August 1983

Nigeria	0–0	Morocco

Benin City

28 August 1983

Morocco	0–0	Nigeria
Penalties
	3–4

Rabat

Nigeria won 4–3 on penalty shootout after 0–0 on aggregate.

14 August 1983

Cameroon	5–0	Sudan
Djonkep Ebongué Bahoken

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

28 August 1983

Sudan	2–0	Cameroon

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Cameroon won 5–2 on aggregate.

14 August 1983

Madagascar	0–1	Malawi
		? (o.g.)

Antananarivo

28 August 1983

Malawi	1–1	Madagascar
Dandize

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Malawi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualifying Teams