Cameroon are the current Olympic champions

Cameroon, winners of the Olympic title in 2000, Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia are among the countries that will play in the group format.

Ivory Coast and Senegal are also through to the next phase, after their opponents withdrew.

Four groups, comprising of four teams each, will play in a round-robin format.

The winner in each group will go to Athens.

However, the list of qualifiers is not complete, as second leg ties between Algeria v Chad and Morocco v Gambia were postponed.

Tunisia received a bye to the group phase of the qualifiers.

The tournament is being played at under-23 level.

Full list of results

Ghana 1-0 Liberia
Ghana win 6-0 on aggregate

Ethiopia 2 -0 Zimbabwe
Ethiopia win 3-2 on aggregate

Congo 1-0 Cameroon
Cameroon win 3-2 on aggregate

Guinea 0-0 Mali
Mali win 1-0 on aggregate

Botswana 0-0 Zambia
Zambia win 3-2 on aggregate

Lesotho 2-2 Angola
Angola win 5-2 on aggregate

Rwanda 0-2 DR Congo
DR Congo win 3-0 on aggregate

Kenya 0-0 South Africa
South Africa win 2-1 on aggregate

Seychelles 2-2 Uganda
Uganda win 5-4 on aggregate