| Pos | Team | PL | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | ||||
| 1 |  Egypt | 10 | +18 | 26 |
| 2 |  Burkina Faso | 10 | +15 | 21 |
| 3 |  Sierra Leone | 10 | +2 | 15 |
| 4 |  Guinea-Bissau | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 5 |  Ethiopia | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Djibouti | 10 | -28 | 1 |
| Group B | ||||
| 1 |  Senegal | 10 | +19 | 24 |
| 2 |  Congo DR | 10 | +9 | 22 |
| 3 |  Sudan | 10 | +2 | 13 |
| 4 |  Togo | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 5 |  Mauritania | 10 | -9 | 7 |
| 6 |  South Sudan | 10 | -16 | 5 |
| Group C | ||||
| 1 |  South Africa | 10 | +6 | 18 |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 10 | +7 | 17 |
| 3 |  Benin | 10 | +1 | 17 |
| 4 |  Lesotho | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 |  Rwanda | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Zimbabwe | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| Group D | ||||
| 1 |  Cape Verde Islands | 10 | +8 | 23 |
| 2 |  Cameroon | 10 | +12 | 19 |
| 3 |  Libya | 10 | +2 | 16 |
| 4 |  Angola | 10 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 |  Mauritius | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 6 |  Eswatini | 10 | -13 | 3 |
| Group E | ||||
| 1 |  Morocco | 8 | +20 | 24 |
| 2 |  Niger | 8 | +1 | 15 |
| 3 |  Tanzania | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 4 |  Zambia | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 |  Congo | 8 | -20 | 1 |
| 6 |  Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Group F | ||||
| 1 |  Ivory Coast | 10 | +25 | 26 |
| 2 |  Gabon | 10 | +13 | 25 |
| 3 |  Gambia | 10 | +9 | 13 |
| 4 |  Kenya | 10 | +4 | 12 |
| 5 |  Burundi | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 |  Seychelles | 10 | -51 | 0 |
| Group G | ||||
| 1 |  Algeria | 10 | +16 | 25 |
| 2 |  Uganda | 10 | +5 | 18 |
| 3 |  Mozambique | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 4 |  Guinea | 10 | +3 | 15 |
| 5 |  Botswana | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 6 |  Somalia | 10 | -17 | 1 |
| Group H | ||||
| 1 |  Tunisia | 10 | +22 | 28 |
| 2 |  Namibia | 10 | +3 | 15 |
| 3 |  Liberia | 10 | +2 | 15 |
| 4 |  Malawi | 10 | +1 | 13 |
| 5 |  Equatorial Guinea | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 6 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 10 | -21 | 3 |
| Group I | ||||
| 1 |  Ghana | 10 | +17 | 25 |
| 2 |  Madagascar | 10 | +5 | 19 |
| 3 |  Mali | 10 | +11 | 18 |
| 4 |  Comoros | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 |  Central African Republic | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 6 |  Chad | 10 | -19 | 1 |
| Ranking of second-placed teams | ||||
| 1 | Gabon | 8 | +6 | 19 |
| 2 | Congo DR | 8 | +5 | 16 |
| 3 | Cameroon | 8 | +9 | 15 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 8 | +7 | 15 |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 8 | +6 | 15 |
| 6 | Niger | 8 | +1 | 15 |
| 7 | Madagascar | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Uganda | 8 | +2 | 12 |
| 9 | Namibia | 8 | -2 | 9 |