Seeded teams:
First seeded teams: Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco
Second seeded teams : Angola, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Third seeded teams : Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, RD Congo
Fourth seeded teams : Senegal, Algeria, Mali, Ethiopia

Groups:

Cameroon, Mali, RD Congo, Ivory Coast.
Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal.
South Africa, Ghana, Algeria, Zambia.
Morocco, Ethiopia, Uganda, Angola.

Order of matches

24, 25, 26 October 2003

Egypt vs. Nigeria - TunisiaA3 vs. SenegalA4

RD Congo vs. Cameroon - Mali vs. Ivory Coast

Uganda vs. Angola - Morocco vs. Ethiopia

Algeria vs. Zambia - Ghana vs. South Africa

19,20,21 December 2003

Nigeria vs. Tunisia - Senegal vs. Egypt

Cameroon vs. Mali - Ivory Coast vs. RD Congo

Angola vs. Morocco - Ethiopia vs. Uganda

Zambia vs. Ghana - South Africa vs. Algeria

2,3,4 January 2004

Egypt vs. Tunisia - Senegal vs. Nigeria

RD Congo vs. Mali - Ivory Coast vs. Cameroon

Uganda vs. Morocco - Ethiopia vs. Angola

Algeria vs. Ghana - South Africa vs. Zambia

20,21,22 February 2004

Tunisia vs. Egypt - Nigeria vs. Senegal

Mali vs. RD Congo - Cameroon vs. Ivory Coast

Morocco vs. Uganda - Angola vs. Ethiopia

Ghana vs. Algeria - Zambia vs. South Africa

12,13,14 March 2004

Nigeria vs. Egypt - Senegal vs. Tunisia

Cameroon vs. RD Congo - Ivory Coast vs. Mali

Angola vs. Uganda - Ethiopia vs. Morocco

Zambia vs. Algeria - South Africa vs. Ghana

26,27,2 .March 2004

Tunisia vs. Nigeria - Egypt vs. Senegal

Mali vs. Cameroon - RD Congo vs. Ivory Coast

Morocco vs. Angola - Uganda vs. Ethiopia

Ghana vs. Zambia - Algeria vs. South Africa