2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

July 2023 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 14 October 2007 – 18 November 2009 51Eritrea withdrew before playing any matches and Ethiopia was suspended by FIFA. 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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. 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,FIFA.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070610190624/http://fifa.com/worldcup/regulations/index.html 10 June 2007 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.http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6865295,00.html Hosts South Africa to play in 2010 World Cup qualifiers 21 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071231000244/http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6865295,00.html 31 December 2007 dead First round 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF 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: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 MAD 10–2 COM 6–2 4–0 DJI 1–0 SOM — — SLE 1–0 GNB 1–0 0–0 |} Second round 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round) were split into 12 groups of 4 teams each 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 were not counted.Second place Clarification https://web.archive.org/web/20080617150535/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/secondplace.html June 17, 2008 , FIFA, retrieved 15 June 2008 Seeding One team from each of the following pots were drawn into each group.Preliminary Draw Information - Africa https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152633/http://fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010%5ffwc%5fpreliminary%5fdraw%5finformation%5fafrica%5fe%5f28444.pdf 2019-07-09 , FIFA, retrieved 23 November 2007 Pot APot BPot CPot DCMR NGA CIV MAR GHA TUN EGY GUI SEN MLI ANG TOGZAM RSA CPV COD ALG BFA BEN MOZ LBY 1977 ETH 1996 CGO ZIMUGA BOT EQG TAN GAB MWI SUD BDI LBR RWA ERI NAMGAM MTN 1959 KEN CHA LES MRI NIG SWZ Swaziland SEY SLE MAD DJI Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 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 Group 4 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 Group 5 Group 6 Group 6 Group 7 Group 7 On 19 March 2007, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Malagasy Football Federation (FMF).http://fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=716638.html Malagasy Football Association suspended FIFA 19 March 2008 29 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080323201851/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid%3D716638.html 23 March 2008 dead The suspension was lifted on 19 May 2008.https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/releases/newsid=771028.html Suspension of the Madagascan football association lifted FIFA 19 May 2008 19 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080520031519/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/releases/newsid%3D771028.html 20 May 2008 dead Group 8 Group 8 Ethiopia played four matches in this group, before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July 2008.https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=eth/news/newsid=835129.html Ethiopian Football Federation suspended FIFA 29 July 2008 29 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080807001112/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association%3Deth/news/newsid%3D835129.html 7 August 2008 dead On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the EFF from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=879416.html Ethiopia excluded from the preliminary competition FIFA 12 September 2008 12 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080913232915/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid%3D879416.html 13 September 2008 dead 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 Group 9 Group 10 Group 10 On 28 March 2008, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Chadian Football Federation.https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=ApnDBBiou8Leg8zmJjuV.pUmw7YF?slug=ap-fifa-chadsuspended&prov=ap&type=lgns FIFA suspends Chad soccer federation because of government interference Yahoo! Sports 28 March 2008 28 March 2008 The suspension was lifted on 7 May 2008.https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=762303.html Suspension of the Chad football association lifted FIFA 7 May 2008 8 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509114800/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid%3D762303.html 9 May 2008 dead 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.http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=actualite&TNews=&idrub=97291&idnews=83317 Disqualification of Chad National team from ACN 2010 CAF 3 June 2008 4 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080620035516/http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=actualite&TNews=&idrub=97291&idnews=83317 20 June 2008 live 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: main WDL yes Q n MLI MLI MLI SUD SUD SUD CGO CGO CGO 2 0 2 9 6 2 0 2 5 6 2 0 2 4 6 Mali, Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference. MLI MLI green1 A A FBR 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 complete Group 11 Group 11 Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=720341.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080401002111/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=720341.html dead April 1, 2008 Eritrea withdraw from qualifiers FIFA 25 March 2008 25 March 2008 Group 12 Group 12 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. Runners-up Third round 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF 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.http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=16018 Date Set For World Cup Qualifiers Draw MTNFootball 19 September 2008 21 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081018184000/http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=16018 18 October 2008 dead 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).African seeds established, FIFA, retrieved 13 October 2008 One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.3rd stage format and draw, FIFA, retrieved 22 October 2008 Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4CMR (12) EGY (22) GHA (25) NGA (27) CIV (29)GUI (41) MAR (43) TUN (47) MLI (53) ALG (56)BFA (63) GAB (67) ZAM (70) KEN (79) BEN (81)RWA (87) TOG (91) MOZ (100) SUD (106) MWI (109) Group A Group A y Group B Group B y Group C Group C y Group D Group D y Group E Group E y Qualified teams The following six teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 RSA 0 Hosts 15 May 2004 2 2 (1998, 2002) CMR A Third round Group A winners 14 November 2009 1 5 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) NGA B Third round Group B winners 14 November 2009 3 (1994, 1998, 2002) ALG C Tiebreaking play-off winners 18 November 2009 2 (1982, 1986) GHA D Third round Group D winners 6 September 2009 1 (2006) CIV E Third round Group E winners 10 October 2009 2 1 (2006) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 505 202 BUR Moumouni Dagano CMR Samuel Eto'o BEN Razak Omotoyossi MLI Frédéric Kanouté CIV Didier Drogba KEN Dennis Oliech MWI Chiukepo Msowoya EGY Mohamed Aboutrika GHA Matthew Amoah GUI Ismael Bangoura GUI Pascal Feindouno TOG Emmanuel Adebayor Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round Third round References External links African zone at FIFA.com CAF 2010 Category:2007 in African men's international football Category:2008 in African men's international football Category:2009 in African men's international football Category:Africa Cup of Nations qualification Qualification