2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates14 October 2007 – 18 November 2009
Teams51 [1]  (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played202
Goals scored505 (2.5 per match)
Attendance4,219,427 (20,888 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Moumouni Dagano
(12 goals)
2006
2014
Result:

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Countries that qualified for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations
Countries that qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations
Countries that did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup or 2010 African Cup of Nations
Countries that withdrew or were disqualified
# Host nation of the 2010 World Cup
* Host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations 2010 FIFA WC and ACN Qualified Teams map.png
Result:
  Countries that qualified for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations
  Countries that qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations
  Countries that did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup or 2010 African Cup of Nations
  Countries that withdrew or were disqualified
■ Host nation of the 2010 World Cup
◆ Host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations

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.

Contents

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]

First round

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. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg10–2Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 6–2 4–0
Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg1–0Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1–0 N/A
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg1–0Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1–0 0–0

Second round

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]

Seeding

One team from each of the following pots were drawn into each group. [7]

Pot APot BPot CPot D

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo

Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia

Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Cameroon.svg Flag of Cape Verde.svg Flag of Tanzania.svg Flag of Mauritius.svg
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 6510142+1216Advance to third round 2–0 2–1 5–0
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 63037819 1–2 1–0 3–1
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 622296+38 0–0 3–1 1–1
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 6015317141 0–3 0–1 1–4
Source: [8]

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Guinea.svg Flag of Kenya.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of Namibia.svg
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 632195+411Advance to third round 3–2 0–0 4–0
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 631285+310 2–0 2–0 1–0
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 61324626 0–0 0–0 2–0
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 620471256 1–2 2–1 4–2
Source: [8]

Group 3

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Benin.svg Flag of Angola.svg Flag of Uganda.svg Flag of Niger.svg
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 6402128+412Advance to third round 3–2 4–1 2–0
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 6312118+310 3–0 0–0 3–1
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 631289110 2–1 3–1 1–0
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 610551163 0–2 1–2 3–1
Source: [8]

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.

Group 4

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Nigeria.svg Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6600111+1018Advance to third round 2–0 4–1 2–0
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 62135507 0–1 0–0 4–1
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 62134847 0–1 1–0 2–1
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 610541063 0–1 0–1 2–0
Source: [8]

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.

Group 5

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Gabon.svg Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Flag of Lesotho.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 6402115+612Advance to third round 2–0 3–0 3–0
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 640283+512 2–0 1–0 2–0
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 640274+312 1–0 1–0 4–0
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 6006216140 2–3 0–3 0–1
Source: [8]

Group 6

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of The Gambia.svg Flag of Senegal.svg Flag of Liberia.svg
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 631274+310Advance to third round 1–0 3–2 3–0
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 623163+39 1–0 0–0 3–0
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 623197+29 1–0 1–1 3–1
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 603341283 0–0 1–1 2–2
Source: [8]

Group 7

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Flag of Mozambique.svg Flag of Madagascar.svg Flag of Botswana.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6330102+812Advance to third round 1–0 3–0 4–0
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 622275+28 1–1 3–0 1–2
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 61322756 0–0 1–1 1–0
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 61233855 1–1 0–1 0–0
Source: [8]

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]

Group 8

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Morocco.svg Flag of Rwanda.svg Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Flag of Ethiopia.svg
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4301115+69Advance to third round 2–0 4–1 3–0
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 430173+49 3–1 3–0 Canc.
Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 4004212100 1–4 0–1 0–1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 00000000Suspended Canc. 1–2 6–1
Source: [8]

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.

Group 9

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Flag of Tunisia.svg Flag of Burundi.svg Flag of Seychelles.svg
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 6510145+916Advance to third round 0–0 2–0 4–1
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 6411113+813 1–2 2–1 5–0
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 62045946 1–3 0–1 1–0
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 6006417130 2–3 0–2 1–2
Source: [8]

Group 10

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Mali.svg Flag of Sudan.svg Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Flag of Chad.svg
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 6402138+512Advance to third round 3–0 4–2 2–1
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 63039909 3–2 2–0 1–2
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 63037819 1–0 1–0 2–0
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 620471146 1–2 1–3 2–1
Source: [8]

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:

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Flag of Mali.svg Flag of Sudan.svg Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 420296+36 [lower-alpha 1] 3–0 4–2
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 42025616 [lower-alpha 1] 3–2 2–0
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 42024626 [lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:

Group 11

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Zambia.svg Flag of Togo.svg Flag of Eswatini.svg
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 421121+17Advance to third round 1–0 1–0
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 420283+56 1–0 6–0
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 41122864 0–0 2–1
Source: [8]

Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced. [16]

Group 12

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Egypt.svg Flag of Malawi.svg Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Flag of Djibouti.svg
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6501132+1115Advance to third round 2–0 2–1 4–0
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 6402145+912 1–0 2–1 8–1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 6303146+89 0–1 1–0 5–1
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 6006230280 0–4 0–3 0–6
Source: [8]

Rankings of runners-up

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.

GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
8Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 430173+49Advance to third round
2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 421163+37
9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 421143+17
11Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 420283+56
5Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 42023306
10Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 42025616
12Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 42023416
7Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 412153+25
6Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 41212205
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 41126604
1Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 41033743
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 40130441
Source: [8]

Third round

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.

Seeding

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (12)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (22)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (25)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (27)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast (29)

Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea (41)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (43)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (47)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (53)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (56)

Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso (63)
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (67)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (70)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (79)
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin (81)

Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (87)
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo (91)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (100)
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (106)
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (109)

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Cameroon.svg Flag of Gabon.svg Flag of Togo.svg Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 641192+713Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 2–1 3–0 0–0
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 630397+29Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 0–2 3–0 3–1
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 62223748 1–0 1–0 1–1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 60333853 0–2 1–2 0–0
Source: [8]

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Nigeria.svg Flag of Tunisia.svg Flag of Mozambique.svg Flag of Kenya.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 633094+512Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 2–2 1–0 3–0
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 632174+311Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 0–0 2–0 1–0
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 62133527 0–0 1–0 1–0
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 610551163 2–3 1–2 2–1
Source: [8]

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of Egypt.svg Flag of Zambia.svg Flag of Rwanda.svg
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 641194+513 [lower-alpha 1] Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 3–1 1–0 3–1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 641194+513 [lower-alpha 1] Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 2–0 1–1 3–0
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 61232535 0–2 0–1 1–0
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 60241872 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1–0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Benin.svg Flag of Mali.svg Flag of Sudan.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 641193+613Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1–0 2–2 2–0
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 631266010Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1–0 1–1 1–0
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 623187+19 0–2 3–1 1–0
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 60152971 0–2 1–2 1–1
Source: [8]

Group E

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Flag of Malawi.svg Flag of Guinea.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 6510194+1516Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 5–0 5–0 3–0
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 64021011112Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 2–3 1–0 4–2
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 611441174 1–1 0–1 2–1
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 610571473 1–2 1–2 2–1
Source: [8]

Qualified teams

The following six teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Hosts15 May 20042 (1998, 2002)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Third round Group A winners14 November 20095 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Third round Group B winners14 November 20093 (1994, 1998, 2002)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Third round Group C winners18 November 20092 (1982, 1986)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Third round Group D winners6 September 20091 (2006)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Third round Group E winners10 October 20091 (2006)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

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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