The men's qualification for the 1991 All-Africa Games marked the first time that under-23 teams participated in the tournament.
Qualification stage Zone I (North Africa) Libya and Morocco withdrew from the competition.
Tunisia qualified.
Zone II (West Africa 1) Gambia withdrew from the competition.
Mali qualified.
Zone III (West Africa 2) First round
Second round
Nigeria qualified.
Zone IV (Central Africa) The qualifying tournament for Zone IV was combined with the 1990 UDEAC Cup.
Cameroon qualified after Congo's withdrawal.
Zone V (East Africa)
Zone VI (Southern Africa) A tournament was organized in Windhoek, Namibia, featuring teams from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, and Zambia.
Zimbabwe qualified.
Zone VII (Indian Ocean) Mauritius qualified.
Qualifying teams The following countries have qualified for the final tournament: ZoneTeamHostsZone IZone IIZone IIIZone IVZone VZone VIZone VII
External links African Games 1991 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation