2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Main article: 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 1]	Pot 2	Pot 3
Cameroon  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa  Tunisia  Ivory Coast  DR Congo  Egypt  Morocco	Zimbabwe  Zambia  Algeria  Ghana  Burkina Faso  Mali  Kenya  Angola  Togo  Libya  Liberia  Congo  Malawi  Uganda  Madagascar  Sudan  Swaziland  Guinea  Rwanda  Gabon  Lesotho	Benin  Botswana  Mozambique  Ethiopia  Mauritius  Namibia  Sierra Leone  Gambia  Burundi  Cape Verde  Eritrea  Tanzania  Chad  Niger  Central African Republic  Seychelles  Mauritania  Equatorial Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Somalia  São Tomé and Príncipe

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau	1–4	Mali	1–2	0–2
Madagascar	3–4	Benin	1–1	2–3
Seychelles	1–5	Zambia	0–4	1–1
Botswana	4–1	Lesotho	4–1	0–0
Equatorial Guinea	1–2	Togo	1–0	0–2
São Tomé and Príncipe	0–9	Libya	0–1	0–8
Tanzania	0–3	Kenya	0–0	0–3
Niger	0–7	Algeria	0–1	0–6
Uganda	4–3	Mauritius	3–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Sudan	3–0	Eritrea	3–0	0–0
Zimbabwe	4–2	Mauritania	3–0	1–2
Swaziland	1–4	Cape Verde	1–1	0–3
Burundi	1–4	Gabon	0–0	1–4
Chad	3–3(a)	Angola	3–1	0–2
Congo	2–1	Sierra Leone	1–0	1–1
Ethiopia	1–3	Malawi	1–3	0–0
Rwanda	4–1	Namibia	3–0	1–1
Guinea	5–3	Mozambique	1–0	4–3
Gambia	2–3	Liberia	2–0	0–3
Somalia	0–7	Ghana	0–5	0–2
Burkina Faso	w/o	Central African Republic

Matches

10 October 2003

16:00 UTC±00:00

Guinea-Bissau	1–2	Mali
Fernandes 50'	Report	Keita 8' Coulibaly 69'

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

14 November 2003

20:00 UTC±00:00

Mali	2–0	Guinea-Bissau
Coulibaly 15' Sidibé 84' (pen.)	Report

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 13,251

Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

14:30 UTC+03:00

Madagascar	1–1	Benin
Edmond 28'	Report	Adjamossi 74'

Mahamasina Stadium, Antananarivo

Attendance: 5,131

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

16 November 2003

16:00 UTC+01:00

Benin	3–2	Madagascar
Tchomogo 33' (pen.), 62', 90+2'	Report	Radonamahafalison 15' Rakotondramanana 23'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

15:00 UTC+04:00

Seychelles	0–4	Zambia
	Report	Kampamba 8' Fichite 44' Milanzi 52' Numba 75'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

15 November 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Zambia	1–1	Seychelles
Milanzi 7'	Report	Suzette 69'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Botswana	4–1	Lesotho
Molwantwa 7' Gabolwelwe 44' Selolwane 50', 53'	Report	Ramafole 64'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)

16 November 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Lesotho	0–0	Botswana
	Report

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Harris Shikapande (Zambia)

Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

15:30 UTC+01:00

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	Togo
Barila 25' (pen.)	Report

Estadio La Libertad, Bata

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

16 November 2003

15:30 UTC±00:00

Togo	2–0	Equatorial Guinea
Adebayor 43' Salifou 53'	Report

Stade de Kégué, Lomé

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

16:00 UTC±00:00

São Tomé and Príncipe	0–1	Libya
	Report	El Masli 85'

Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Koudougou Yameogo (Burkina Faso)

16 November 2003

22:00 UTC+02:00

Libya	8–0	São Tomé and Príncipe
El Masli 8', 17', 20' El Taib 45', 63' Suliman 54' Osman 74' El Rabty 88'	Report

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

16:00 UTC+03:00

Tanzania	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Tanzania National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Attendance: 8,864

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

15 November 2003

16:00 UTC+03:00

Kenya	3–0	Tanzania
Oliech 9', 32' Origi 30'	Report

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt)

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

16:00 UTC+01:00

Niger	0–1	Algeria
	Report	Boutabout 63'

Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey

Attendance: 20,126

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

14 November 2003

21:30 UTC+01:00

Algeria	6–0	Niger
Cherrad 16', 22' Akrour 42', 45', 82' Boutabout 77'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 53,200

Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

16:30 UTC+03:00

Uganda	3–0	Mauritius
Bajope 17' Mubiru 35' Obua 75'	Report

Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

16 November 2003

16:30 UTC+04:00

Mauritius	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Uganda
Nabuth 18' Mourgine 32' Louis 89'	Report	Obua 112'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)

Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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11 October 2003

20:00 UTC+03:00

Sudan	3–0	Eritrea
Tambal 10' Haitham Elrasheed 30' Mujahid Ahmed 77'	Report

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

14 November 2003

16:00 UTC+03:00

Eritrea	0–0	Sudan
	Report

Cicero Stadium, Asmara

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Zimbabwe	3–0	Mauritania
A. Ndlovu 23' Tembo 47' P. Ndlovu 57'	Report

National Sports Stadium, Harare

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

14 November 2003

16:30 UTC±00:00

Mauritania	2–1	Zimbabwe
Langlet 3' Sidibe 10'	Report	Mbwando 81'

Stade olympique, Nouakchott

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Swaziland	1–1	Cape Verde
Dlamini 64'	Report	Morais 55'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)

16 November 2003

16:00 UTC−01:00

Cape Verde	3–0	Swaziland
Cafú 51', 65' Morais 90'	Report

Estádio da Várzea, Praia

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Sharif Aboubacar (Ivory Coast)

Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

15:15 UTC+02:00

Burundi	0–0	Gabon
	Report

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)

15 November 2003

16:00 UTC+01:00

Gabon	4–1	Burundi
N'Zigou 2' Mwinyi 16' (o.g.) Nguéma 38', 80'	Report	Nzeyimana 90'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

15:30 UTC+01:00

Chad	3–1	Angola
Oumar 53', 74', 83'	Report	Bruno Mauro 49'

Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast)

16 November 2003

16:00 UTC+01:00

Angola	2–0	Chad
Akwá 42' Bruno Mauro 57'	Report

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Buenkadila Wabelo Bisingu (DR Congo)

3–3 on aggregate; Angola won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

15:30 UTC+01:00

Congo	1–0	Sierra Leone
Mvoubi 89' (pen.)	Report

Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Sule Mana (Nigeria)

16 November 2003

16:30 UTC±00:00

Sierra Leone	1–1	Congo
Koroma 58'	Report	Guié-Mien 67'

National Stadium, Freetown

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Herminio Monteiro Lopes (Cape Verde)

Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

16:00 UTC+03:00

Ethiopia	1–3	Malawi
Getu 81' (pen.)	Report	Kanyenda 39', 55' Mgangira 88'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

15 November 2003

15:00 UTC+02:00

Malawi	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Civo Stadium, Lilongwe

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Khaled Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

16:00 UTC+02:00

Rwanda	3–0	Namibia
Elias 43' Karekezi 52' Lomami 58'	Report

Stade Amahoro, Kigali

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

15 November 2003

16:00 UTC+01:00

Namibia	1–1	Rwanda
Shipanga 39'	Report	Lomami 37'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Jean-Olivier Mbera (Gabon)

Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

16:30 UTC±00:00

Guinea	1–0	Mozambique
Bangoura 70'	Report

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

16 November 2003

15:30 UTC+02:00

Mozambique	3–4	Guinea
Dário 75', 80', 89'	Report	Youla 14' Bangoura 21', 35', 54'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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12 October 2003

17:00 UTC±00:00

Gambia	2–0	Liberia
Njie 64' Sonko 79'	Report

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

16 November 2003

16:00 UTC±00:00

Liberia	3–0	Gambia
Roberts 10' Isaac Tondo 76', 83'	Report

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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16 November 2003

15:00 UTC±00:00

Somalia	0–5	Ghana
	Report	Arhin Duah 25', 56' Boakye 69', 89' Gyan 82'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana)

Attendance: 19,447

Referee: Bakoubebile Bebou (Togo)

19 November 2003

16:00 UTC±00:00

Ghana	2–0	Somalia
Appiah 27' Adjei 90'	Report

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ibrahim Chaibou (Niger)

Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Burkina Faso	w/o	Central African Republic

Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the second round.

Goalscorers

There were 109 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.

4 goals

• Sambégou Bangoura
• Ahmed al Masli

3 goals

• Nassim Akrour
• Oumar Tchomogo
• Francis Oumar
• Dário

2 goals

• Mansour Boutabout
• Abdelmalek Cherrad
• Bruno Mauro
• Dipsy Selolwane
• Cafú
• Carlos Caló
• Stéphane N'Guéma
• Nana Arhin Duah
• Isaac Boakye
• Dennis Oliech
• Isaac Tondo
• Tarik El Taib
• Essau Kanyenda
• Soumaila Coulibaly
• Jean Lomami
• David Obua
• Harry Milanzi

1 goal

• Akwá
• Anicet Adjamossi
• Nelson Gabolwelwe
• Tshepiso Molwantwa
• Gabriel Nzeyimana
• Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
• Mbiamcie Mvoubi
• Sergio Barila
• Teshome Getu
• Shiva N'zigou
• Abdou-Rahman Njie
• Edrissa Sonko
• Lawrence Adjei
• Stephen Appiah
• Asamoah Gyan
• Souleymane Youla
• Dionisio Fernandes
• Moses Ramafole
• Zizi Roberts
• Mohamed El Rabty
• Ahmed Saad Osman
• Marei Suliman
• Mike Okoth Origi
• Robert Edmond
• J. Radonamahafalison
• A. Rakotondramanana
• Peter Mgangira
• Seydou Keita
• Djibril Sidibé
• Yohan Langlet
• Ahmed Sidibe
• Jerry Louis
• Cyril Mourgine
• Richardo Nabuth
• Paulus Shipanga
• Joao Rafael Elias
• Olivier Karekezi
• Robert Suzette
• Ibrahim Koroma
• Mujahid Ahmed
• Haitham Elrasheed
• Haytham Tambal
• Siz Dlamini
• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Moustapha Salifou
• Assani Bajope
• Hassan Mubiru
• Dadley Fichite
• Gift Kampamba
• Mumamba Numba
• George Mbwando
• Adam Ndlovu
• Peter Ndlovu
• Kaitano Tembo

1 own goal

• Rajabu Mwinyi (against Gabon)

Notes

1. Qualified directly without playing such matches.