AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 2012 QUALIFIED COUNTRIES
	Country		Qualified as	Appearance in finals	Previous best performance
		Gabon	Co-hosts	5th	Quarterfinals (1996)
		Equatorial Guinea	Co-hosts	1st	Debut appearance
		Mali	Group A Winner	7th	Second place (1972)
		Guinea	Group B Winner	10th	Second place (1976)
		Zambia	Group C Winner	15th	Second place (1974, 1994)
		Morocco	Group D Winner	14th	Winner (1976)
		Senegal	Group E Winner	12th	Second place (2002)
		Burkina Faso	Group F Winner	8th	Fourth place (1998)
		Niger	Group G Winner	1st	Debut appearance
		Côte d'Ivoire	Group H Winner	19th	Winner (1992)
		Ghana	Group I Winner	18th	Winner (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
		Angola	Group J Winner	6th	Quarterfinals (2008, 2010)
		Botswana	Group K Winner	1st	Debut appearance
		Tunisia	Group K Runner-up	15th	Winner (2004)
		Libya	Top Two Runner-Up	3rd	Second place (1982)
		Sudan	Top Two Runner-Up	8th	Winner (1970)
	Draw for the four Groups of 4 teams takes place on 29th October 2011