Africa World Cup Qualifying

Background

- 5 qualifying berths
- 53 nations
- Preliminary round played to narrow down to 48 nations
- South Africa qualify automatically due to being the host nation. They will still play in the qualifying rounds
- 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification doubling as qualification for the 2010 African Cup of Nations (Angola)

Preliminary Round

- 10 lowest ranking nations
- Five knockout ties
- Home and Away fixtures

Original Draw
Madagascar - Comoros
Somalia - Swaziland
Sγo Tomι and Prνncipe - Central African Republic
Sierra Leone - Guinea-Bissau
Seychelles - Djibouti

Sγo Tomι and Prνncipe and Central African Republic withdrew from the competition. So the top two ranking nations advance and another draw took place.

Madagascar 10–2 Comoros
Djibouti 1–0 Somalia
Sierra Leone 1–0 Guinea-Bissau

First Group Round

- 12 groups winners and 8 best runners-up advancing to the second group round

Group 1: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Tanzania, Mauritius
Group 2: Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya
Group 3: Angola, Benin, Uganda, Niger
Group 4: Nigeria, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone
Group 5: Ghana, Libya, Gabon, Lesotho
Group 6: Senegal, Algeria, Liberia, Gambia
Group 7: Cote d'Ivoire, Mozambique, Botswana, Madagascar
Group 8: Morocco, Thiopia, Rwanda, Mauritania
Group 9: Tunisia, Burkina Fasco, Burundi, Seychelles
Group 10: Mali, Congo, Sudan, Chad
Group 11: Togo, Zambia, Eritrea, Swaziland
Group 12: Egypt, Congo DR, Malawi, Djibouti

Second Group Round

- Five groups of four
- Winners of each group will qualify
*top three in each group will also qualify for the African Cup of Nations
**If South Africa advance to this stage, the team will play in the relevant group and any points won will count towards the 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifiers
***If Angola advance to this stage then all teams in the group will automatically advance to 2010 African Cup of Nations

Group 1: Togo, Cameroon, Morocco, Gabon
Group 2: Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Tunisia
Group 3: Rwanda, Algeria, Egypt, Zambia
Group 4: Benin, Ghana, mali, Sudan
Group 5: Ivory Coast, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Guinea

It has become very difficult to predict whats gonna happen when it comes to african football, but I hope the six teams to represent the contininent South Africa, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and (of course) the six times african champions who've never been to world cup, Egypt.

31 May 2008

Group 1
Tanzania 1 – 1 Mauritius
Cameroon 2 – 0 Cape Verde

Group 2
Namibia 2 – 1 Kenya

Group 3
Uganda 1 – 0 Niger

Group 6
Senegal 1 – 0 Algeria

Group 7
Botswana 0 – 0 Madagascar

Group 8
Rwanda 3 – 0 Mauritania
Morocco 3 – 0 Ethiopia

Group 9
Burundi 1 – 0 Seychelles
Tunisia 1 – 2 Burkina Faso

Group 11
Togo 1 – 0 Zambia

Group 12
Malawi 8 – 1 Djibouti

1 June 2008

Group 2
Guinea 0 – 0 Zimbabwe

Group 3
Angola 3 – 0 Benin

Group 4
Equatorial Guinea 2 – 0 Sierra Leone
Nigeria 2 – 0 South Africa

Group 5
Ghana 3 – 0 Libya

Group 6
Liberia 1 – 1 Gambia

Group 7
Cτte d'Ivoire 1 – 0 Mozambique

Group 10
Mali 4 – 2 Congo DR

Gropu 12
Egypt 2 – 1 Congo DR

6 June 2008

Group 6
Algeria 3 – 0 Liberia

Group 12
Djibouti 0 – 4 Egypt

Chad cant qualify. Been kicked out but have to carry on playing there games

7 June 2008

Group 1
Cape Verde 1 – 0 Tanzania

Group 2
Kenya 2 – 0 Guinea

Group 4
South Africa 4 – 1 Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone 0 – 1 Nigeria

Group 5
Libya 1 – 0 Gabon

Group 8
Mauritania 1 – 4 Morocco

Group 9
Seychelles 0 – 2 Tunisia
Burkina Faso 2 – 0 Burundi

Group 10
Chad 1 – 2 Mali

8 June 2008

Group 1
Mauritius 0 – 3 Cameroon

Group 2
Zimbabwe 2 – 0 Namibia

Group 3
Benin 4 – 1 Uganda
Niger 1 – 2 Angola

Group 5
Lesotho 2 – 3 Ghana

Group 6
Gambia 0 – 0 Senegal

Group 7
Madagascar 0 – 0 Cτte d'Ivoire
Mozambique 1 – 2 Botswana

Group 8
Ethiopia 1 – 2 Rwanda

Group 10
Congo 1 – 0 Sudan

Group 11
Swaziland 2 – 1 Togo

Group 12
Congo DR 1 – 0 Malawi

Eritrea withdrew from the competition so group 11 only has 3 nations competing. Reason for them withdrawing is not known.

flipping heck this one is confusing! i didnt realise there were that many countris in africa, quite surprising.

13 June 2008

Group 8
Mauritania 0 – 1 Ethiopia

Group 12
Djibouti 0 – 6 Congo DR

14 June 2008

Group 1
Tanzania 0 – 0 Cameroon

Group 2
Namibia 1 – 2 Guinea

Group 3
Niger 0 – 2 Benin

Group 4
Sierra Leone 1 – 0 South Africa

Group 5
Gabon 2 – 0 Ghana

Group 6
Gambia 1 – 0 Algeria

Group 7
Botswana 1 – 1 Cτte d'Ivoire

Group 8
Rwanda 3 – 1 Morocco

Group 9
Seychelles 2 – 3 Burkina Faso

Group 10
Chad 2 – 1 Congo

Group 12
Malawi 1 – 0 Egypt

Ivory Coast held to a draw by Botswana? Quite surprising. And Ghana losing to Gabon is a shocker aswell.

Yeah, a couple big shockers this weekend.

WTF!!!! egypt,ghana,morocco lost to these teams? WOW...african football has come a long way.

15 June 2008

Group 1
Mauritius 0 – 1 Cape Verde

Group 4
Equatorial Guinea 0 – 1 Nigeria

Group 5
Lesotho 0 – 1 Libya

Group 6
Liberia 2 – 2 Senegal

Group 7
Madagascar 1 – 1 Mozambique

Group 9
Burundi 0 – 1 Tunisia

Group 11
Swaziland 0 – 0 Zambia

20 June 2008

Group 5
Libya 4 – 0 Lesotho

Group 6
Algeria 1 – 0 Gambia

21 June 2008

Group 1
Cameroon 2 – 1 Tanzania

Group 4
South Africa 0 – 0 Sierra Leone
Nigeria 2 – 0 Equatorial Guinea

Group 6
Senegal 3 – 1 Liberia

Group 8
Morocco 2 – 0 Rwanda

Group 9
Burkina Faso 4 – 1 Seychelles
Tunisia 2 – 1 Burundi

Group 11
Zambia 1 – 0 Swaziland

22 June 2008

Group 1
Cape Verde 3 – 1 Mauritius

Group 2
Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Kenya
Guinea 4 – 0 Namibia

Group 3
Benin 2 – 0 Niger

Group 5
Ghana 2 – 0 Gabon

Group 7
Mozambique 3 – 0 Madagascar
Cτte d'Ivoire 4 – 0 Botswana

Group 8
Ethiopia 6 – 1 Mauritania

Group 10
Congo 2 – 0 Chad
Mali 3 – 0 Sudan

Group 12
Congo DR 5 – 1 Djibouti
Egypt 2 – 0 Malawi

Nations that have qualified for the third round

Group 1
Cameroon

Group 2
Guinea
Kenya

Group 3
Benin

Group 4
Nigeria

Group 5
Ghana
Gabon

Group 6
Algeria

Group 7
Cτte d'Ivoire
Mozambique

Group 8
Morocco
Rwanda

Group 9
Burkina Faso
Tunisia

Group 10
Mali
Sudan

Group 11
Zambia
Togo

Group 12
Egypt
Malawi


These Nations will be drawn into 4 groups of 5.