2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

none This page provides summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties. Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria won their respective ties and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup;https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/standings/round3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111119040427/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/standings/round3.html dead November 19, 2011 Africa Round 3 FIFA.com 15 June 2013 the same five African teams had also previously earned qualification for the 2010 World Cup. Seeding The teams were seeded based on the 12 September 2013 edition of the FIFA World Rankings (shown below, with their second round groups in small brackets).https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2109736/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130618200917/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2109736/index.html dead June 18, 2013 Dates set for African and European qualifying draws FIFA.com 15 June 2013http://www.cafonline.com/competition/world-cup_2014/news/17927-latest-fifa-rankings-reveal-the-play-off-seedings-for-world-cup-african-qualifiers.html Latest FIFA Rankings reveal the play-off seedings for World Cup African qualifiers Confederation of African Football 12 September 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130927080004/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/world-cup_2014/news/17927-latest-fifa-rankings-reveal-the-play-off-seedings-for-world-cup-african-qualifiers.html 27 September 2013 Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Pot 1Pot 2CIV (19) (Group C)GHA (24) (Group D)ALG (28) (Group H)NGA (36) (Group F)TUN (46) (Group B)EGY (50) (Group G)BFA (51) (Group E)CMR (61) (Group I)SEN (66) (Group J)ETH (93) (Group A) Matches The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 in Giza, Egypt.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2174592/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130918173209/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2174592/index.html dead September 18, 2013 Play-off draw brings high drama FIFA.com 16 September 2013 The matches were played from 11–15 October, and 15–19 November 2013.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/05/2014fwc_drawprocedures_africa_en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111027131236/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/05/2014fwc_drawprocedures_africa_en.pdf dead October 27, 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – African Zone FIFA.com Tie-break criteria If teams were tied after the two-match series (on basis of results, goals scored, away goals), then a Cup System took effect. Knockout format: After the conclusion of the second match (i.e. 90 minutes of regulatory time), 30 minutes of extra time would be played (two halves of 15 minutes each). a) The team scoring the greater number of goals advanced. b) If both teams scored the same number of goals, then the team that scored more away goals advanced. If no goals were scored in extra time, then the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out, as described in the Laws of the Game.African Playoff Draw Slides http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/African%20Playoff%20Draw%20Slides_2013_E.pdf cafonline.com 16 September 2013 pdf CIV 4–2 SEN 3–1 1–1 ETH 1–4 NGA 1–2 0–2 TUN 1–4 CMR 0–0 1–4 GHA 7–3 EGY 6–1 1–2 BFA 3–3 (a) ALG 3–2 0–1 |} Ivory Coast v Senegal 12 October 2013 17:00 UTC±0 CIV 3–1 Report SEN Drogba 3 pen.L. Sané 14 o.g.Kalou 49 P. Cissé 90+4 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 30,000 Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius) Senegal v Ivory Coast 16 November 2013 19:00 UTC±0 SEN 1–1 Report CIV Sow 72 pen. Kalou 90+4 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca (Morocco)Senegal had to play their home match in the third round at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast.http://www.cafonline.com/competition/world-cup_2014/news/18001-senegal-home-ban-runs-througthe-one-year-home-ban-imposed-on-senegals-leopold-seoff.html Senegal home-ban runs through the one-year home ban imposed on Senegal’s Leopold Seoff Confederation of African Football 16 September 2013 16 September 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24206997 Senegal choose Morocco to host their World Cup play-off BBC Sport 25 September 2013 "senegal-at-neutral-venue" "note" 15,000 Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ethiopia v Nigeria 13 October 2013 16:00 UTC+3 ETH 1–2 Report NGA Assefa 57 Emenike 67 90 pen. Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 22,000 Néant Alioum (Cameroon) Nigeria v Ethiopia 16 November 2013 16:00 UTC+1 NGA 2–0 Report ETH Moses 20 pen.Obinna 81 U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar 8,000 Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Tunisia v Cameroon 13 October 2013 18:00 UTC+1 TUN 0–0 Report CMR Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis 50,000http://www.africatopsports.com/2013/09/23/mondial-2014-tunisie-cameroun-50-000-billets-en-vue/ Tunisia-Cameroon: A sold-out match with 50,000 spectators Africa Top Sports 23 September 2013 Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Cameroon v Tunisia 17 November 2013 15:00 UTC+1 CMR 4–1 Report TUN Webó 3Moukandjo 29Makoun 65 85 Akaïchi 50 Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé 35,570 Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius) Cameroon won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ghana v Egypt 15 October 2013 16:00 UTC±0 GHA 6–1 Report EGY Gyan 5 53Gomaa 23 o.g.Waris 44Muntari 72 pen.Atsu 88 Aboutrika 41 pen. Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 38,000 Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco) Egypt v Ghana 19 November 2013 18:00 UTC+2 EGY 2–1 Report GHA Zaki 25Gedo 83 Boateng 88 30 June Stadium, Cairo 25,000 Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) Ghana won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Burkina Faso v Algeria 12 October 2013 16:00 UTC±0 BFA 3–2 Report ALG Pitroipa 45+2D. Koné 65Bancé 86 pen. Feghouli 50Medjani 68 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 31,000 Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Algeria v Burkina Faso 19 November 2013 19:15 UTC+1 ALG 1–0 Report BFA Bougherra 49 Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida 35,000 Badara Diatta (Senegal) 3–3 on aggregate. Algeria won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in qualification was thrown out by FIFA.Reuters: Soccer-Burkina Faso protest against Algeria thrown out by FIFA Goalscorers 32 10 CMR Jean Makoun GHA Asamoah Gyan CIV Salomon Kalou NGA Emmanuel Emenike ALG Madjid Bougherra ALG Sofiane Feghouli ALG Carl Medjani BFA Aristide Bancé BFA Djakaridja Koné BFA Jonathan Pitroipa CMR Pierre Webó CMR Benjamin Moukandjo EGY Mohamed Aboutrika EGY Mohamed Nagy Gedo EGY Amr Zaki ETH Behailu Assefa GHA Kevin-Prince Boateng GHA Abdul Majeed Waris GHA Sulley Muntari GHA Christian Atsu CIV Didier Drogba NGA Victor Moses NGA Victor Obinna SEN Papiss Cissé SEN Moussa Sow TUN Ahmed Akaïchi EGY Wael Gomaa (against Ghana) SEN Ludovic Sané (against Ivory Coast) Notes References External links Results and schedule (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version) 3 Qual