2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Football tournament qualification stage July 2023 July 2023 This page provides the summaries of the CAF first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2010 African Cup of Nations. Format 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:FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway in Africa Madagascar v. Comoros Somalia v. Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe v. Central African Republic Sierra Leone v. Guinea-Bissau Seychelles v. Djibouti São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic both withdrew in early September 2007. As a result, Swaziland and Seychelles (the two 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 pitched against each other instead.African pair pull out of qualifying race The tie was played as a single game in Djibouti; Somalia was not deemed safe due to the ongoing war.https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2007-11-15-win-or-wilderness-for-cup-minnows/ Win or wilderness for Cup minnows Staff Reporter 15 November 2007 Mail & Guardian The winners advanced to the second round. Matches MAD 10–2 COM 6–2 4–0 DJI 1–0This tie was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches. "note" SOM 1–0 — SLE 1–0 GNB 1–0 0–0 |} Madagascar v Comoros 14 October 2007 14:30 UTC+3 MAD 6 – 2 Report COM Andriantsima 30 40 49 pen. 57Rakotomandimby 65Tsaralaza 79 Midtadi 6Ibor 53 pen. Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo 7,754 Wellington Kaoma (Zambia) Comoros v Madagascar 17 November 2007 15:00 UTC+3 Comoros 0 – 4 Report MAD Nomenjanaharay 38 52Rakotomandimby 62Robson 74 Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh, Mitsamiouli 1,610 Jerome Damon (South Africa) Madagascar won 10 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Djibouti v Somalia 16 November 2007 16:00 UTC+3 DJI 1 – 0 Report SOM H. Yassin 84 El Hadj Hassan Gouled, Djibouti 10,000 Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan) Djibouti advanced to the second round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches.April 2024 Sierra Leone v Guinea-Bissau 17 October 2007 16:30 UTC+0 SLE 1 – 0 Report GNB Conteh 15 National Stadium, Freetown 25,000 Sule Mana (Nigeria) Guinea-Bissau v Sierra Leone 17 November 2007 16:30 UTC+0 GNB 0 – 0 Report SLE Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau 12,000 Josepf Odartei (Ghana) Sierra Leone won 1 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Goalscorers 14 5 MAD Faneva Imà Andriantsima MAD Lalaina Nomenjanahary MAD Rija Rakotomandimby COM Bakar Ibor COM Daoud Midtadi DJI Hussein Yassin MAD Hubert Robson MAD Jean Tsaralaza SLE Kewullay Conteh Notes note References 1 Qual