text: Soccer - Burundi disqualification from African Cup confirmed . CAIRO 1996-08-28 The African Football Confederation ( CAF ) on Wednesday formally confirmed Burundi 's disqualification from the African Nations Cup following the team 's inability to travel for a qualifier against Central African Republic . The Burundi team were unable to leave their troubled country for a preliminary round first leg match in Bangui earlier this month because of an air ban imposed in a recent set of internationally-sponsored sanctions . The Central African Republic qualified on a walkover to play in group four with Guinea , Sierra Leone and Tunisia . " After examining the dossier of the Burundi-Central Africa match , we decided ... to disqualify the national team of Burundi from the 21st African Cup of Nations ... as a result of the absence of this team from the match , " CAF said in a statement .