- 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
The
Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the2010 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for five berths in the final tournament inSouth Africa . The qualification stage doubles as the qualification stage for the2010 African Cup of Nations , with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals to be held inAngola .In total there are 53 nations participating. However, due to the presence of the two tournaments' respective hosts, each competition has 52 teams. South Africa qualifies automatically as host for the World Cup, [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/regulations/index.html FIFA.com] ] and Angola qualifies as host for the African Cup of Nations. Both are nevertheless competing in the qualifying phase, to attempt to qualify for the other tournament.
This is the first time since 1934 that the hosts will compete in World Cup qualifiers. Angola's situation mirrors 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. [ [http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6865295,00.html Hosts South Africa to play in 2010 World Cup qualifiers] ]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: [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/news/newsid=579938.html#fifa+world+cup+qualifiers+underway+africa FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway in Africa] ]*fb|MAD v fb|COM
*fb|SOM v fb|SWZ
*"fb|STP" v "fb|CTA"
*fb|SLE v fb|GNB
*fb|SEY v fb|DJISão 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. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=589289.html#african+pair+pull+qualifying+race African pair pull out of qualifying race] ] 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.
econd 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 on25 November 2007 . These teams will play a full round-robin in 2008, with the 12 groups winners and 8 best runners-up advancing to the third round. As not all groups are 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 will not be counted. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/secondplace.html Second place Clarification] ,FIFA , retrieved15 June 2008 ]eeding
One team from each of the following pots were drawn into each group. [ [http://fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010%5ffwc%5fpreliminary%5fdraw%5finformation%5fafrica%5fe%5f28444.pdf Preliminary Draw Information - Africa] ,
FIFA , retrieved23 November 2007 ]Goalscorers
As of
11 October 2008 .Key: — – Bye X – Eliminated
;1 goal;fb|ALG
*Rafik Djebbour
*Rafik Saifi ;fb|ANG
*Locó
*Mantorras
*Mendonça
*Ricardo
*Yamba Asha ;fb|BEN
*Abdou Adenon
*Jocelyn Ahoueya
*Stephane Sessegnon
*Oumar Tchomogo
*Seidath Tchomogo ;fb|BOT
*Boitumelo Mafoko ;fb|BUR
*Charles Kabore
*Mahamoudou Kéré
*Issouf Ouattara ;fb|BDI
*Claude Nahimana
*Selemani Ndikumana;fb|CMR
*André Bikey
*Gustave Bebbe
*Achille Emana
*Jean Makoun
*Rigobert Song
*Somen Tchoyi ;fb|CPV
*Babanco
*Lito
*Jose Semedo
*Marco Soares ;fb|CHA
*Marius Mbaiam ;fb|COM
*Ibor Bakar
*Daoud Midtadi ;fb|CGO
*Gervais Batota
*Franchel Ibara ;fb|COD
*Herita Ilunga
*Lomana LuaLua
*Tresor Mputu
*Tsholola Tshinyama ;fb|CIV
*Salomon Kalou
*Bakari Kone
*Abdoulaye Meite
*Didier Zokora ;fb|DJI
*Ahmed Daher
*Yassin Hussein
*Moussa Hirir ;fb|EGY
*Ahmed Hassan
*Hosni Abd Rabo
*Mohamed Aboutreika ;fb|EQG
*Rodolfo Bodipo
*Juan Ramón Epitié
*Juvenal
*Ronan;fb|ETH
*Tafese Tesfaye
*Said Saladin
*Mohammed Messud
*Girma Adane ;fb|GAB
*Bruno Ecuele Manga
*Stéphane N'Guéma ;fb|GAM
*Tijan Jaiteh
*Ousman Jallow ;fb|GHA
*Matthew Amoah ;fb|KEN
*Mohammed Jamal
*Austin Makacha
*McDonald Mariga ;fb|LES
*Sello Muso
*Lehlohonolo Seema ;fb|LBY
*Omar Daoud
*Younes Shibani
*Hesham Shaban
*Osama Al Fazzani ;fb|MAD
*Guy Hubert Mamihasindrahona
*Praxis Rabemananjara
*Hubert Robson
*Jean Tsaralaza ;fb|MAW
*Joseph Kamwendo
*Elvis Kafoteka
*Robert Ng'ambi
*Atusaye Nyondo
*Noel Mkandawire ;fb|MLI
*Adama Coulibaly
*Soumaila Coulibaly
*Cheick Diabate
*Tenema N'Diaye ;fb|MRI
*Andy Sophie ;fb|MTN
*Voulani Ely ;fb|MAR
*Hicham Aboucherouane
*Tarik Sektioui
*Nabil El Zhar
*Merouane Zemmama ;fb|MOZ
*Carlitos
*Domingues
*Genito
*Dário Monteiro
*Tico-Tico;fb|NAM
*Costa Khaiseb
*Paulus Shipanga ;fb|NIG
*Ismael Alassane
*Daouda Kamilou ;fb|NGR
*Obinna Nwaneri
*Victor Obinna
*Christian Obodo
*Peter Odemwingie
*Chidi Odiah
*Yakubu ;fb|RWA
*Bola Bobo ;fb|SEN
*Henri Camara
*Issiar Dia
*Ibrahima Faye
*Cheikh Gueye
*Kader Mangane
*Ibrahima Sonko
*Modou Sougou ;fb|SEY
*Don Annacoura
*Bernard St. Agne ;fb|SLE
*Mohammed Kallon
*Sheriff Suma ;fb|RSA
*Thembinkosi Fanteni
*Surprise Moriri
*Siphiwe Tshabalala ;fb|SUD
*Ahmed Adel
*Saifeldin Ali
*Alaeldin Yousif ;fb|SWZ
*Siza Dlamini
*Collen Salelwako ;fb|TAN
*Athuman Idd
*Nizar Khalfan
*Khalfan Ngassa
*Kigi Makasi ;fb|TOG
*Moustapha Salifou ;fb|TUN
*Tijani Belaid
*Saber Ben Frej
*Radhi Jaïdi
*Fahid Ben Khalfallah
*Yassin Mikari ;fb|UGA
*Andrew Mwesigwa
*David Obua
*Ibrahim Sekagya
*Dan Wagaluka ;fb|ZAM
*Christopher Katongo
*Felix Katongo ;fb|ZIM
*Cuthbert Malajila
*Esrom Nyandoro ;Own goal;fb|GAB
*Bruno Ecuele Manga for Libya;fb|NIG
*Karim Oumarou for Benin;fb|NGR
*Joseph Yobo for Sierra Leone;fb|SEN
*Cheikh Gueye for AlgeriaReferences
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa African zone] at FIFA.com
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