The men's qualification for football tournament at the 2003 All-Africa Games.
Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.|}
Algeria qualified.
Senegal advanced to the second round.
Senegal qualified.
Ghana qualified.
Cameroon qualified.
Tournament held in Egypt. Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda withdrew after Egypt refused to honour their pledge to provide participating nations with return air tickets.
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Egypt qualified.
Namibia qualified to the second round.----Botswana qualified to the second round.
Zimbabwe qualified to the third round.----Zambia qualified to the third round.----South Africa qualified to the third round.----Angola qualified to the third round.
Zambia qualified.----South Africa qualified.
No matches, 2 teams qualify from Zone VI.
The following 8 nations qualified for men's play at the 2003 All Africa Games. Two teams qualify from Zone VI replacing Zone VII.
width=60 | Zone! | width=170 | Team |
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Hosts | |||
Zone I | |||
Zone II | |||
Zone III | |||
Zone IV | |||
Zone V | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | Zone VI | ||
Zone VII | no team |