2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round
This page provides the summaries of the CAF second round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round) were split into 12 groups of four 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 would not be counted.[1]
Seeding
One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.[2]
Group 1
Ranking
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Results
Tanzania ![]() |
3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Iddy ![]() Tegete ![]() Ngassa ![]() |
Report | Semedo ![]() |
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa) |
Cameroon ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
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Eto'o ![]() Meyong Ze ![]() Makoun ![]() |
Report |
Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mohamed Ould Lemghambodj (Mauritania) |
Group 2
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Zimbabwe and Namibia are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Group 3
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Angola and Uganda are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Group 4
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
South Africa ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Dikgacoi ![]() Moriri ![]() Fanteni ![]() |
Report | Juvenal ![]() |
Group 5
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Ghana, Gabon and Libya are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Lesotho ![]() |
2 – 3 | ![]() |
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Muso ![]() Seema ![]() |
Report | Kingston ![]() Agogo ![]() |
Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, Bloemfontein (South Africa)[note 2] Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Michel Gasingwa (Rwanda) |
Lesotho ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | Osman ![]() |
Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, Bloemfontein (South Africa)[note 2] Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kenias Marange (Zimbabwe) |
Lesotho ![]() |
0 – 3 | ![]() |
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Report | Ecuele Manga ![]() Meye ![]() Mbanangoye ![]() |
Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, Bloemfontein (South Africa)[note 2] Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) |
Group 6
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Gambia and Senegal are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Eight people, all young men, were crushed to death by crowds before this match outside the stadium.[6]
Group 7
Ranking
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Results
Madagascar ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jean-Claude Labrosse (Seychelles) |
Madagascar ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Mamihasindrahona ![]() |
Report | Dário ![]() |
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo Attendance: 15,501 Referee: Abdul Basit Ebrahim (South Africa) |
Madagascar ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Rabemananjara ![]() |
Report |
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius) |
Group 8
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Morocco and Rwanda are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Ethiopia were excluded from the competition on 2008-09-12 due to FIFA's suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation, and the results of their matches were annulled.[7]
Results
Ethiopia ![]() |
Annulled (6 – 1) |
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Tefera ![]() Nigussie ![]() Mesud ![]() Adane ![]() |
Report | Ely ![]() |
Group 9
Ranking
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Results
Group 10
Ranking
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Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Sudan ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
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Kamal ![]() |
Report | Mbaiam ![]() Hassan ![]() |
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)[note 4] Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) |
Chad ![]() |
1 – 3 | ![]() |
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Djime ![]() |
Report | Adel ![]() Agab ![]() Masawi ![]() |
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)[note 4] Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal) |
Group 11
Ranking
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Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced.[10]
Results
Group 12
Ranking
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Results
Malawi ![]() |
8 – 1 | ![]() |
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Kafoteka ![]() Kanyenda ![]() Kamwendo ![]() Chavula ![]() Ng'ambi ![]() Mkandawire ![]() |
Report | Daher ![]() |
Rankings of runners-up
Along with the 12 group winners, the 8 best runners-up also advanced to the third round. In determining the rankings of the runners-up, results against the fourth-placed team (for groups with 4 teams) would be excluded (and are hence excluded from the table below).
Grp | Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
9 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
11 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
12 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
1 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Ranking rules
- Total points
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Away goals scored
- A play-off decider at a neutral ground (if necessary)
Notes
- ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-06-22 postponed because the referees' flight was late.[3]
- 1 2 3 Lesotho opted to play all their matches in South Africa.[4]
- ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-05-31 postponed as the visiting Lesotho squad failed to arrive after a strike by air traffic controllers in Gabon.[5]
- 1 2 3 4 The Sudan v Chad match was originally scheduled for 2008-05-31, but postponed due to conflict between Sudan and Chad.[8] Both legs between Sudan and Chad were later rescheduled and moved to Egypt.[9]
- 1 2 Togo were barred from hosting qualifiers due to violence during their 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali.
- ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-09-06 postponed at the request of Zambia for mourning the death of President Levy Mwanawasa.[11]
References
- ↑ Second place Clarification Archived June 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., FIFA, retrieved 15 June 2008
- ↑ Preliminary Draw Information - Africa, FIFA, retrieved 23 November 2007
- ↑ "Angola held by Cranes in Luanda". BBC Sport. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ↑ "Ghana to play Lesotho in Bloemfontein". Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ↑ "Gabon-Lesotho qualifier postponed". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ↑ "Eight die in Liberia soccer stadium crush". Reuters. 2 June 2008.
- ↑ "Ethiopia excluded from the preliminary competition". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ↑ "Sudan v. Chad suspended". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ↑ "Chad and Sudan to play World Cup games in neutral Egypt". Reuters. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ "Eritrea withdraw from qualifiers". FIFA. 2008-03-25. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ↑ "Fifa confirms Zambia postponement". BBC Sport. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-29.