<P> The Ethiopian Football Federation did not provide the government's letter of guarantee, and were not considered . The CAF Emergency Committee decided to choose Morocco over Equatorial Guinea in October 2017 . </P> <P> The qualifying rounds took place from April to August 2017 . </P> <P> Since Morocco had already qualified in the North Zone before being named as replacement hosts, their spot in the final tournament was re-allocated to Egypt, which lost to Morocco in the North Zone final qualifying round . However, Egypt declined to participate citing a "congested domestic calendar". As a result, the spot was reverted to Central - East Zone (as originally three teams would participate including Kenya as original hosts), and would go to the winner of a play - off in November 2017 between Ethiopia and Rwanda, the two teams which lost in the Central - East Zone final qualifying round . </P> <P> The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament . </P>

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