2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Football tournament qualification stage 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) In the first round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the second round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco). Seeding Bolded teams advance to the second round. Pot 1"note" Qualified directly without playing such matches.Pot 2Pot 3CMR NGA SEN RSA TUN CIV DRC EGY MARZIM ZAM ALG GHA BFA MLI KEN ANG TOG LBY 1977 LBR CGO MWI UGA MAD SUD SWZ Swaziland GUI RWA GAB LES 1987BEN BOT MOZ ETH 1996 MRI NAM SLE GAM BDI CPV ERI TAN CHA NIG CTA SEY MTN 1959 EQG GNB SOM STP Summary GNB 1–4 MLI 1–2 0–2 MAD 3–4 BEN 1–1 2–3 SEY 1–5 ZAM 0–4 1–1 BOT 4–1 LES 1987 4–1 0–0 EQG 1–2 TOG 1–0 0–2 STP 0–9 LBY 1977 0–1 0–8 TAN 0–3 KEN 0–0 0–3 NIG 0–7 ALG 0–1 0–6 UGA 4–3 MRI 3–0 1–3 (a.e.t.) SUD 3–0 ERI 3–0 0–0 ZIM 4–2 MTN 1959 3–0 1–2 SWZ Swaziland 1–4 CPV 1–1 0–3 BDI 1–4 GAB 0–0 1–4 CHA 3–3(a) ANG 3–1 0–2 CGO 2–1 SLE 1–0 1–1 ETH 1996 1–3 MWI 1–3 0–0 RWA 4–1 NAM 3–0 1–1 GUI 5–3 MOZ 1–0 4–3 GAM 2–3 LBR 2–0 0–3 SOM 0–7 GHA 0–5 0–2 BUR w/o CAF |} Matches Guinea-Bissau v Mali 10 October 2003 16:00 UTC±00:00 GNB 1–2 Report MLI Fernandes 50 Keita 8 Coulibaly 69 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau 22,000 Modou Sowe (Gambia) Mali v Guinea-Bissau 14 November 2003 20:00 UTC±00:00 MLI 2–0 Report GNB Coulibaly 15 Sidibé 84 pen. Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako 13,251 Ba Seydou (Mauritania) Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Madagascar v Benin 11 October 2003 14:30 UTC+03:00 MAD 1–1 Report BEN Edmond 28 Adjamossi 74 Mahamasina Stadium, Antananarivo 5,131 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Benin v Madagascar 16 November 2003 16:00 UTC+01:00 BEN 3–2 Report MAD Tchomogo 33 pen. 62 90+2 Radonamahafalison 15 Rakotondramanana 23 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 20,000 Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria) Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Seychelles v Zambia 11 October 2003 15:00 UTC+04:00 SEY 0–4 Report ZAM Kampamba 8 Fichite 44 Milanzi 52 Numba 75 Stade Linité, Victoria 2,700 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Zambia v Seychelles 15 November 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 ZAM 1–1 Report SEY Milanzi 7 Suzette 69 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 30,000 Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania) Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Botswana v Lesotho 11 October 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 BOT 4–1 Report LES 1987 Molwantwa 7 Gabolwelwe 44 Selolwane 50 53 Ramafole 64 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone 10,000 Luis Manuel Joao (Angola) Lesotho v Botswana 16 November 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 LES 1987 0–0 Report BOT Setsoto Stadium, Maseru 9,000 Harris Shikapande (Zambia) Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Equatorial Guinea v Togo 11 October 2003 15:30 UTC+01:00 EQG 1–0 Report TOG Barila 25 pen. Estadio La Libertad, Bata 25,000 Divine Evehe (Cameroon) Togo v Equatorial Guinea 16 November 2003 15:30 UTC±00:00 TOG 2–0 Report EQG Adebayor 43Salifou 53 Stade de Kégué, Lomé 12,000 Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo) Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. São Tomé and Príncipe v Libya 11 October 2003 16:00 UTC±00:00 STP 0–1 Report LBY 1977 El Masli 85 Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé 4,000 Koudougou Yameogo (Burkina Faso) Libya v São Tomé and Príncipe 16 November 2003 22:00 UTC+02:00 LBY 1977 8–0 Report STP El Masli 8 17 20 El Taib 45 63 Suliman 54 Osman 74 El Rabty 88 March 28 Stadium, Benghazi 20,000 Hichem Guirat (Tunisia) Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Tanzania v Kenya 11 October 2003 16:00 UTC+03:00 TAN 0–0 Report KEN Tanzania National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 8,864 Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia) Kenya v Tanzania 15 November 2003 16:00 UTC+03:00 KEN 3–0 Report TAN Oliech 9 32 Origi 30 Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 14,000 Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt) Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Niger v Algeria 11 October 2003 16:00 UTC+01:00 NIG 0–1 Report ALG Boutabout 63 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey 20,126 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Algeria v Niger 14 November 2003 21:30 UTC+01:00 ALG 6–0 Report NIG Cherrad 16 22Akrour 42 45 82Boutabout 77 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 53,200 Ba Seydou (Mauritania) Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Uganda v Mauritius 11 October 2003 16:30 UTC+03:00 UGA 3–0 Report MRI Bajope 17Mubiru 35Obua 75 Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala 56,000 Modou Sowe (Gambia) Mauritius v Uganda 16 November 2003 16:30 UTC+04:00 MRI 3–1 yes Report UGA Nabuth 18 Mourgine 32 Louis 89 Obua 112 Stade George V, Curepipe 27,000 Luis Manuel Joao (Angola) Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Sudan v Eritrea 11 October 2003 20:00 UTC+03:00 SUD 3–0 Report ERI Tambal 68Elrasheed 72Ahmed88 pen. Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 39,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) Eritrea v Sudan 14 November 2003 16:00 UTC+03:00 ERI 0–0 Report SUD Cicero Stadium, Asmara 12,000 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Zimbabwe v Mauritania 12 October 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 ZIM 3–0 Report MTN 1959 A. Ndlovu 23Tembo 47P. Ndlovu 57 National Sports Stadium, Harare 55,000 Jerome Damon (South Africa) Mauritania v Zimbabwe 14 November 2003 16:30 UTC±00:00 MTN 1959 2–1 Report ZIM Langlet 3Sidibe 10 Mbwando 81 Stade olympique, Nouakchott 3,000 Yakhouba Keita (Guinea) Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Swaziland v Cape Verde 12 October 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 SWZ Swaziland 1–1 Report CPV Dlamini 64 Morais 55 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba 5,000 Berhane Teshome (Eritrea) Cape Verde v Swaziland 16 November 2003 16:00 UTC−01:00 CPV 3–0 Report SWZ Swaziland Cafú 51 65Morais 90 Estádio da Várzea, Praia 6,000 Sharif Aboubacar (Ivory Coast) Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Burundi v Gabon 12 October 2003 15:15 UTC+02:00 BDI 0–0 Report GAB Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura 10,000 Maxim Itur (Kenya) Gabon v Burundi 15 November 2003 16:00 UTC+01:00 GAB 4–1 Report BDI N'Zigou 2Mwinyi 16 o.g.Nguéma 38 80 Nzeyimana 90 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville 15,000 Falla Ndoye (Senegal) Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Chad v Angola 12 October 2003 15:30 UTC+01:00 CHA 3–1 Report ANG Oumar 53 74 83 Bruno Mauro 49 Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena 30,000 Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast) Angola v Chad 16 November 2003 16:00 UTC+01:00 ANG 2–0 Report CHA Akwá 42Bruno Mauro 57 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda 30,000 Buenkadila Wabelo Bisingu (DR Congo) 3–3 on aggregate; Angola won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round. Congo v Sierra Leone 12 October 2003 15:30 UTC+01:00 CGO 1–0 Report SLE Mvoubi 89 pen. Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville 4,800 Sule Mana (Nigeria) Sierra Leone v Congo 16 November 2003 16:30 UTC±00:00 SLE 1–1 Report CGO Koroma 58 Guié-Mien 67 National Stadium, Freetown 20,000 Herminio Monteiro Lopes (Cape Verde) Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Ethiopia v Malawi 12 October 2003 16:00 UTC+03:00 ETH 1996 1–3 Report MWI Getu 81 pen. Kanyenda 39 55Mgangira 88 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 20,000 Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Malawi v Ethiopia 15 November 2003 15:00 UTC+02:00 MWI 0–0 Report ETH 1996 Civo Stadium, Lilongwe 20,000 Khaled Abdel Rahman (Sudan) Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Rwanda v Namibia 12 October 2003 16:00 UTC+02:00 RWA 3–0 Report NAM Elias 43Karekezi 52Lomami 58 Stade Amahoro, Kigali 22,000 Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania) Namibia v Rwanda 15 November 2003 16:00 UTC+01:00 NAM 1–1 Report RWA Shipanga 39 Lomami 37 Independence Stadium, Windhoek 9,000 Jean-Olivier Mbera (Gabon) Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Guinea v Mozambique 12 October 2003 16:30 UTC±00:00 GUI 1–0 Report MOZ Bangoura 70 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 13,400 Falla Ndoye (Senegal) Mozambique v Guinea 16 November 2003 15:30 UTC+02:00 MOZ 3–4 Report GUI Dário 75 80 89 Youla 14Bangoura 21 35 54 Estádio da Machava, Maputo 50,000 Walter Mochubela (South Africa) Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Gambia v Liberia 12 October 2003 17:00 UTC±00:00 GAM 2–0 Report LBR Njie 64Sonko 79 Independence Stadium, Bakau 20,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) Liberia v Gambia 16 November 2003 16:00 UTC±00:00 LBR 3–0 Report GAM Roberts 10Isaac Tondo 76 83 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 10,000 Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Somalia v Ghana 16 November 2003 15:00 UTC±00:00 SOM 0–5 Report GHA Arhin Duah 25 56Boakye 69 89Gyan 82 Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana) 19,447 Bakoubebile Bebou (Togo) Ghana v Somalia 19 November 2003 16:00 UTC±00:00 GHA 2–0 Report SOM Appiah 27Adjei 90 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi 12,000 Ibrahim Chaibou (Niger) Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. BUR w/o CAF Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the second round. Goalscorers 109 40 GUI Sambégou Bangoura LBY 1977 Ahmed al Masli ALG Nassim Akrour BEN Oumar Tchomogo CHA Francis Oumar MOZ Dário ALG Mansour Boutabout ALG Abdelmalek Cherrad ANG Bruno Mauro BOT Dipsy Selolwane CPV Cafú CPV Carlos Caló GAB Stéphane N'Guéma GHA Nana Arhin Duah GHA Isaac Boakye KEN Dennis Oliech LBR Isaac Tondo LBY 1977 Tarik El Taib MWI Essau Kanyenda MLI Soumaila Coulibaly RWA Jean Lomami UGA David Obua ZAM Harry Milanzi ANG Akwá BEN Anicet Adjamossi BOT Nelson Gabolwelwe BOT Tshepiso Molwantwa BDI Gabriel Nzeyimana CGO Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien CGO Mbiamcie Mvoubi EQG Sergio Barila ETH 1996 Teshome Getu GAB Shiva N'zigou GAM Abdou-Rahman Njie GAM Edrissa Sonko GHA Lawrence Adjei GHA Stephen Appiah GHA Asamoah Gyan GUI Souleymane Youla GNB Dionisio Fernandes LES 1987 Moses Ramafole LBR Zizi Roberts LBY 1977 Mohamed El Rabty LBY 1977 Ahmed Saad Osman LBY 1977 Marei Suliman KEN Mike Okoth Origi MAD Robert Edmond MAD J. Radonamahafalison MAD A. Rakotondramanana MWI Peter Mgangira MLI Seydou Keita MLI Djibril Sidibé MTN 1959 Yohan Langlet MTN 1959 Ahmed Sidibe MRI Jerry Louis MRI Cyril Mourgine MRI Richardo Nabuth NAM Paulus Shipanga RWA Joao Rafael Elias RWA Olivier Karekezi SEY Robert Suzette SLE Ibrahim Koroma SUD Mujahid Ahmed SUD Haitham Elrasheed SUD Haytham Tambal SWZ Siz Dlamini TOG Emmanuel Adebayor TOG Moustapha Salifou UGA Assani Bajope UGA Hassan Mubiru ZAM Dadley Fichite ZAM Gift Kampamba ZAM Mumamba Numba ZIM George Mbwando ZIM Adam Ndlovu ZIM Peter Ndlovu ZIM Kaitano Tembo BDI Rajabu Mwinyi (against Gabon) Notes note References 1 Qual