Tournament details | |
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Dates | 14 October 2007 – 18 November 2009 |
Teams | 51 [1] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 202 |
Goals scored | 505 (2.5 per match) |
Attendance | 4,219,427 (20,888 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Moumouni Dagano (12 goals) |
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa. The qualification stage doubled as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals held in Angola.
In total, 53 nations participated; however, due to the presence of the two tournaments' respective hosts, 52 teams were involved in each competition. South Africa qualified automatically as host for the World Cup, [2] and Angola qualified as host for the African Cup of Nations. Both nevertheless competed in the qualifying phase to attempt to qualify for the other tournament.
This was the first time since 1934 that the hosts would compete in World Cup qualifiers. Angola's situation mirrored that of Egypt in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Africa, which doubled as the qualifiers to the 2006 African Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt. [3]
Five knockout ties were originally required, involving the ten lowest ranked African countries (based on FIFA rankings as of July 2007). The actual draw was apparently conducted one day before the format was announced by CAF. The pairings were: [4]
São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic both withdrew in early September. As a result, Swaziland and Seychelles (the highest ranked of the ten nations) were no longer required to play in this round, and the teams they were originally matched against, Somalia and Djibouti, were redrawn to play each other instead. [5] The tie between Djibouti and Somalia was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches; the other two ties were played as two leg ties.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Madagascar | 10–2 | Comoros | 6–2 | 4–0 |
Djibouti | 1–0 | Somalia | 1–0 | N/A |
Sierra Leone | 1–0 | Guinea-Bissau | 1–0 | 0–0 |
The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round) were split into 12 groups of 4 in the draw held in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007. Teams in each group played a home-and-away round-robin in 2008, with the 12 groups winners and 8 best runners-up advancing to the third round. As not all groups were of equal size after the exclusion of Ethiopia and the withdrawal of Eritrea, when ranking the runners-up, their results against their group's 4th placed team would not be counted. [6]
One team from each of the following pots were drawn into each group. [7]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Cameroon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 16 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |
Cape Verde | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
Tanzania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
Mauritius | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Guinea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to third round | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
Kenya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
Zimbabwe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
Namibia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Benin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
Angola | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
Uganda | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
Niger | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
Note: Angola were automatically qualified as hosts of the 2010 African Cup of Nations. However, they were subject to the same rules as other nations for continuation to the next stage of the qualifiers. Failure to advance from this group eliminated them from the qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Nigeria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 18 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
South Africa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | ||
Sierra Leone | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
Note: South Africa were automatically qualified as hosts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, they were subject to the same rules as other nations for continuation to the next stage of the qualifiers. Failure to advance from this group eliminated them from the qualifiers for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Ghana | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
Gabon | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
Libya | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | ||
Lesotho | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Algeria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
Gambia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
Senegal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
Liberia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Ivory Coast | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||
Madagascar | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
Botswana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
On 19 March 2007, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Malagasy Football Federation (FMF). [9] The suspension was lifted on 19 May 2008. [10]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | | |
Rwanda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | | ||
Mauritania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | | ||
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Suspended | | | | — |
Ethiopia played four matches in this group, before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July 2008. [11] On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the EFF from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled. [12] While it was not clear if they were also explicitly excluded from the 2010 African Cup of Nations, their failure to complete the remaining fixtures effectively eliminated them from the tournament.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Burkina Faso | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to third round | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
Tunisia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | ||
Burundi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
Seychelles | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Mali | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
Sudan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||
Congo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
Chad | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
On 28 March 2008, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Chadian Football Federation. [13] The suspension was lifted on 7 May 2008. [14]
Chad was disqualified from the 2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers after failing to show up for their away match against Sudan, despite security guarantees. The match was subsequently rescheduled. Only matches between Mali, Sudan and Congo were taken into account for the qualification of the second round of the preliminaries of the African Cup of Nations. However, Chad was still able qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [15] This could have led to complications if Chad had advanced to the next round or if Chad's exclusion the now alternate group standings had produced different group winners and impacted on the ranking of the second-placed side.
For African Cup of Nations qualification:
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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Mali | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
Sudan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | |
Congo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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Zambia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 7 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Togo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | ||
Swaziland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced. [16]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Egypt | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 15 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
Malawi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 8–1 | ||
DR Congo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | ||
Djibouti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–6 | — |
Along with the 12 group winners, the 8 highest-ranked runners-up also advanced to the third round. Because not all groups contained an equal number of teams, only results against the first- and third-placed teams in each group counted.
Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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8 | Rwanda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to third round |
2 | Kenya | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
9 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | |
11 | Togo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
5 | Gabon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
10 | Sudan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
12 | Malawi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
7 | Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
6 | Gambia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | Angola | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
1 | Cape Verde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
The 20 remaining sides were split into five groups of four. The draw for the groups took place on 22 October 2008 in Zürich, Switzerland. [17]
The five group winners qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and were joined by the group runners-up and third-placed teams in qualifying for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008 (number in parentheses). [18] One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group. [19]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Cameroon (12) | Guinea (41) | Burkina Faso (63) | Rwanda (87) |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
Gabon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
Togo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
Morocco | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Tunisia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
Kenya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Algeria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 [lower-alpha 1] | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
Egypt | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 [lower-alpha 1] | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Zambia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
Rwanda | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Ghana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Benin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Mali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
Sudan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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Ivory Coast | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 16 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
Burkina Faso | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | |
Malawi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
The following six teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1 |
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South Africa | Hosts | 15 May 2004 | 2 (1998, 2002) |
Cameroon | Third round Group A winners | 14 November 2009 | 5 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) |
Nigeria | Third round Group B winners | 14 November 2009 | 3 (1994, 1998, 2002) |
Algeria | Third round Group C winners | 18 November 2009 | 2 (1982, 1986) |
Ghana | Third round Group D winners | 6 September 2009 | 1 (2006) |
Ivory Coast | Third round Group E winners | 10 October 2009 | 1 (2006) |
There were 505 goals scored in 202 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
12 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:
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