2016 African Nations Championship qualification
Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zimbabwe 2-0 Comoros 2-0 0-0
Lesotho 1-1 ( a ) Botswana 0-0 1-1
Namibia 3-3 ( 5-6 p ) Zambia 2-1 1-2
Mozambique 9-1 Seychelles 5-1 4-0
South Africa 5-0 Mauritius 3-0 2-0
Swaziland 2-4 Angola 2-2 0-2
Southern Zone -- Preliminary round
The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.