2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 11 November 2011 – 19 November 2013 52 1 {{#expr:2000 + 5000 + 3000 + 25000 + 3000 + 2145 + 3000 + 10000 + 10000 + 5000 + 3000 + 22000 + 5000 + 7200 + 6000 + 10000 + 785 + 24000 + 3000 + 12000 + 10000 + 42700 + 20000 + 13611 + 7500 + 25000 + 36740 + 22000 + 5000 + 7000 + 2500 + 22000 + 28712 + 1500 +25000 + 10000 + 4000 + 3600 + 10000 + 8000 + 20000 + 3500 + 3500 + 8000 + 3000 + 9000 +15000 + 15000 + 36000 + 20000 + 20000 + 40000 + 24000 + 15000 + 15000 + 60000 + 10000 + 20000 +38000 + 18000 + 40000 + 4000 + 15000 + 38000 + 3211 + 36000 + 37200 + 1961 + 40000 + 5000 +23904 + 20000 + 10500 + 23000 + 13000 + 35000 + 27500 + 18000 + 13497 + 12000 + 30000 + 20000 +14000 + 10000 + 25000 + 12000 + 7475 + 5000 + 17000 + 30000 + 13000 + 9000 + 8000 + 20000 +0 + 30000 + 26000 + 14000 + 25000 + 10000 + 40000 + 14000 + 25000 + 14000 + 7000 + 0 +30000 + 20000 + 15000 + 5847 + 10000 + 32000 + 8000 + 30000 + 15000 + 30000 + 16872 + 23500 +10000 + 15000 + 50000 + 1000 + 30000 + 53500 + 35000 + 20000 + 40000 + 80000 + 35000 + 16000 +15000 + 48000 + 30000 + 15000 + 13500 + 25000 + 8400 + 40000 + 40000 + 35000 + 3000 + 2000 + 30000 + 15000 + 22000 + 8000 + 50000 + 35570 + 38000 + 25000 + 31000 + 35000 | top_scorer =Egypt Mohamed AboutrikaEgypt Mohamed SalahGhana Asamoah Gyan(6 Goals) | prevseason = 2010 | nextseason = 2018 }} FIFA The African section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as the qualifiers of the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 52 teams from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who competing for 5 spots of the 32 teams in the finals. Format Fifty-two out of the 53 national associations affiliated to CAF entered the qualifying to determine the continent's five slots for the next World Cup.http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/African%20Qualifiers%20WC2014%20-%20Final_%28ENGLISH%29%5B1%5D.pdf African Qualifiers – FIFA World Cup 2014 PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110929002032/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/African%20Qualifiers%20WC2014%20-%20Final_(ENGLISH)[1].pdf 29 September 2011 The proposed format, announced on 16 May 2011, began in November 2011 with the first round of 12 two-legged knock-out ties. The ties, involving the 24 lowest-ranked teams according to FIFA World Rankings, were drawn in Brazil on 30 July 2011. The 12 winners joined the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which consists of 10 groups of 4. The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – advanced to the third round of 5 two-legged knock-out ties. The 5 winners of these ties – held in October and November 2013 – advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. Entrants The July 2011 FIFA Ranking were used to seed the teams for the first two rounds, both of which were drawn in Brazil on 30 July 2011.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 PDF (World rankings shown in brackets)https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=204/caf.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152553/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=204/caf.html dead September 24, 2015 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking 27 July 2011 FIFA Bye to second round (ranked 1st to 28th)Competing in first round (ranked 29th to 52nd)CIV (14) EGY (34) GHA (36) BFA (39) NGA (43) SEN (46) RSA (49) CMR (50) ALG (52) TUN (55) GAB (60) LBY (63) MAR (63) GUI (68) BOT (71) MWI 2010 (72) ZAM (74) UGA (76) MLI (77) CPV (82) BEN (86) ZIM (86) CTA (89) SLE (93) SDN (97) NIG (98) ANG (100) GAM (102)MOZ (103) COD (123) TOG (123) LBR (125) TAN (127) CGO (129) KEN (130) RWA (134) ETH (139) NAM (140) BDI (143) MAD (149) GNB (151) EQG (155) CHA (158) SWZ Swaziland (169) COM (175) LES (184) ERI (188) SOM (191) DJI (194) MRI (195) SEY (199) STP (unranked) Notes MRT 1959 did not participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/index.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminary Draw FIFA 21 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20080609044247/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/index.html 9 June 2008 First round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round The first round consisted of 12 home-and-away ties, featured the 24 lowest ranked teams in Africa. The ties were drawn at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round. Seeding The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams. Pot 1Pot 2MOZ COD TOG LBR TAN CGO KEN RWA ETH NAM BDI MADGNB EQG CHA SWZ Swaziland COM LES ERI SOM DJI MRI SEY STP Matches The first legs were scheduled for 11–12 November 2011, with the second legs on 15–16 November 2011. SEY 0–7 KEN 0–3 0–4 GNB 1–2 TOG 1–1 0–1 DJI 0–8 NAM 0–4 0–4 MRI w/o LBR — — Comoros 1–5 MOZ 0–1 1–4 EQG 3–2 MAD 2–0 1–2 SOM 0–5 ETH 0–0 0–5 LES 3–2 BDI 1–0 2–2 ERI 2–4 RWA 1–1 1–3 SWZ Swaziland 2–8 COD 1–3 1–5 STP 1–6 CGO 0–5 1–1 CHA 2–2 (a) TAN 1–2 1–0 |} Note: Mauritius withdrew from the tournament on 31 October 2011.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1535094/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111102144640/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1535094/index.html dead November 2, 2011 Mauritius withdraw from FIFA World Cup qualifiers FIFA.com 31 October 2011 Liberia automatically advanced to the second round. Second round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round The second round saw the top 28 ranked CAF teams joined by the 12 winners from the first round. These teams were drawn into ten groups of four teams at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The matches were played from 1 June 2012 to 7 September 2013. The top team from each group advanced to the third round. Seeding The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4CIV EGY GHA BFA NGA SEN RSA CMR ALG TUNGAB LBY MAR GUI BOT MWI 2010 ZAM UGA MLI CPVBEN ZIM CTA SLE SDN NIG GAM ANG KEN† TOG†NAM† LBR† MOZ† EQG† ETH† LES† RWA† COD† CGO† TAN† † First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw Groups Cameroon were suspended by FIFA on 4 July 2013 for government interference.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-cameroon-suspended-indefinitely-fifa-152206279.html Cameroon suspended indefinitely by FIFA. Yahoo! Sports 4 July 2013 The suspension was lifted on 22 July 2013.https://www.foxnews.com/world/fifa-lifts-suspension-of-cameroon/ FIFA lifts suspension of Cameroon FOXNews.com 22 July 2013 Group A Group A Group B Group B Group C Group C Group D Group D Group E Group E Group F Group F Group G Group G Group H Group H Group I Group I Group J Group J yes no Third round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round The third round saw the 10 group winners from the second round drawn into five home and away ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Seeding The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo.http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/17163-press-release-following-caf-exco-may-2013-meetings.html Press Release following CAF EXCO May 2013 meetings cafonline.com 16 May 2013 The teams were seeded based on the September 2013 edition of the FIFA Ranking (shown below in 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 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 Pot 1Pot 2CIV (19) GHA (24) ALG (28) NGA (36) TUN (46)EGY (50) BFA (51) CMR (61) SEN (66) ETH (93) Matches The matches were played in the periods of 11–15 October and 16–19 November 2013.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 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 |} Qualified teams The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 CIV A third round winners 16 November 2013 2 2 (2006, 2010) NGA B third round winners 16 November 2013 4 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010) CMR C third round winners 17 November 2013 1 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010) GHA D third round winners 19 November 2013 2 (2006, 2010) ALG E third round winners 19 November 2013 3 (1982, 1986, 2010) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 389 152 EGY Mohamed Aboutrika EGY Mohamed Salah GHA Asamoah Gyan ALG Islam Slimani CIV Salomon Kalou EQG Juvenal ETH Getaneh Kebede ETH Saladin Said SEN Papiss Cissé RSA Bernard Parker COD Trésor Mputu CIV Yaya Touré Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round Third round References External links Results and schedule (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version) CAF 2014 Category:2011 in African men's international football Category:2012 in African men's international football Category:2013 in African men's international football