Current defending champions Nigeria didn't qualify for the AFCON in Equatorial Guinea. Bolasie's DR Congo qualifies at their expense in as the best 3rd place team out of all the groups (played in a Group with Ivory Coast and Cameroon as top two teams). List of qualified teams are: Equatorial Guinea (organisateur), South Africa, Congo-Brazzaville, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Cameroon (stacked-favorite) , Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Cap Verde, Zambia, Tunisia, Sénégal (Second favorite) et DR Congo