| Zone I qualified Tunisia. Later withdrew. |
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | Agg | | played in Alger (ALG) | | 02.08 | 19:00 |  Algeria | 51-58 |  Tunisia | 16-20 | 30-33 | 38-44 | 113-117 | | 04.08 | 19:00 | Algeria | 62-59 | Tunisia | 22-15 | 36-27 | 51-46 |
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| Zone II qualified Cabo Verde. | | Directly qualified Mali and Senegal. |
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | Agg | | played in Praia (CPV) | | 28.05 | | Cabo Verde | 76-48 |  Guinea | 21-11 | 42-25 | 63-38 | 164-96 | | 29.05 | | Cabo Verde | 88-48 | Guinea | 34-15 | 50-28 | 66-36 |
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| Zone III qualified Niger. | | Directly qualified Nigeria. Liberia and Togo were added, but later Liberia withdrew. |
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | Agg | | played in Monrovia (LBR) | | 08.04 | 18:00 | Liberia | 39-59 | Niger | 7-17 | 19-21 | 28-36 | 88-122 | | 09.04 | 18:00 | Liberia | 49-63 | Niger | 12-19 | 24-34 | 39-47 |
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| Zone IV qualified Congo DR. | | Gabon was added. |
| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | Agg | | plauyed in Kinshasa (COD) | | 05.05 | 17:00 |  Congo DR | 68-32 |  Gabon | 22-10 | 45-19 | 59-27 | 150-80 | | 07.05 | 17:00 | Congo DR | 82-48 | Gabon | 17-13 | 38-24 | 57-38 |
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| Zone V No teams played in the qualification round. |
| Zone VI No teams played in the qualification round. | | Directly qualified Mozambique and Angola. |
| Zone VII No teams played in the qualification round. |
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