2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round

This page provides the summaries of the CAF Third Round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 20 qualifiers (the 12 group winners and the best 8 runners-up from the second round) were split into 5 groups of four, in the draw held on 22 October 2008 in Zürich, Switzerland. Teams in each group will play a home-and-away round-robin in 2009, with the 5 groups winners advancing to the World Cup Finals in South Africa (together with hosts South Africa).^{[note 1]}

This round also doubles as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with the top three teams in each group qualifying for the finals (together with hosts Angola).^{[note 2]}

Contents 1 Seeding 2 Group A 2.1 Ranking 2.2 Results 3 Group B 3.1 Ranking 3.2 Results 4 Group C 4.1 Ranking 4.2 Results 4.3 Tiebreaking play-off 5 Group D 5.1 Ranking 5.2 Results 6 Group E 6.1 Ranking 6.2 Results 7 Goalscorers 8 Notes 9 References

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008 (number in parentheses).^[2] One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Cameroon (12)  Egypt (22)  Ghana (25)  Nigeria (27)  Côte d'Ivoire (29)	Guinea (41)  Morocco (43)  Tunisia (47)  Mali (53)  Algeria (56)	Burkina Faso (63)  Gabon (67)  Zambia (70)  Kenya (79)  Benin (81)	Rwanda (87)  Togo (91)  Mozambique (100)  Sudan (106)  Malawi (109)

Group A

Ranking

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13  Gabon 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9  Togo 6 2 2 2 3 7 −4 8  Morocco 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3

Cameroon  — 2 – 1 0 – 0 3 – 0 Gabon  0 – 2 — 3 – 1 3 – 0 Morocco  0 – 2 1 – 2 — 0 – 0 Togo  1 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 1 —

• Cameroon qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Cameroon, Gabon and Togo qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results

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Group B

Ranking

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12  Tunisia 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11  Mozambique 6 2 1 3 3 5 −2 7  Kenya 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3

Kenya  — 2 – 1 2 – 3 1 – 2 Mozambique  1 – 0 — 0 – 0 1 – 0 Nigeria  3 – 0 1 – 0 — 2 – 2 Tunisia  1 – 0 2 – 0 0 – 0 —

• Nigeria qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Nigeria, Tunisia, and Mozambique qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Results

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Group C

Ranking

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5  Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2

Algeria  — 3 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 0 Egypt  2 – 0 — 3 – 0 1 – 1 Rwanda  0 – 0 0 – 1 — 0 – 0 Zambia  0 – 2 0 – 1 1 – 0 —

• Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1 – 0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Algeria, Egypt and Zambia qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Results

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Tiebreaking play-off

18 November 2009 20:30 UTC+3	Algeria	1 – 0	Egypt	Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan) Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Yahia  40'	Report

Alleged crowd violence at the playoff and the preceding match led to diplomatic tension between Egypt and Algeria.

Group D

Ranking

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13  Benin 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10  Mali 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9  Sudan 6 0 1 5 2 9 −7 1

Benin  — 1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 0 Ghana  1 – 0 — 2 – 2 2 – 0 Mali  3 – 1 0 – 2 — 1 – 0 Sudan  1 – 2 0 – 2 1 – 1 —

• Ghana qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Ghana, Benin and Mali qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Results

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Group E

Ranking

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Côte d'Ivoire 6 5 1 0 19 4 +15 16  Burkina Faso 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12  Malawi 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4  Guinea 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3

Burkina Faso  — 2 – 3 4 – 2 1 – 0 Côte d'Ivoire  5 – 0 — 3 – 0 5 – 0 Guinea  1 – 2 1 – 2 — 2 – 1 Malawi  0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 —

• Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Malawi qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Results

• 19 people were killed in a stampede before this match.

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Goalscorers

As of November 15, there have been 134 goals scored over 60 games at an average of 2.23 goals per game.

6 goals

• Didier Drogba

5 goals

• Moumouni Dagano

4 goals

• Matthew Amoah

3 goals

Samuel Eto'o Mohamed Aboutrika

Pascal Feindouno Frédéric Kanouté

Chiukepo Msowoya Victor Nsofor Obinna

2 goals

Abdelkader Ghezzal Rafik Saïfi Mohamed Aoudou Razak Omotoyossi Achille Emana Jean Makoun Bakari Koné

Romaric Yaya Touré Gervinho Hosny Abd Rabo Amr Zaki Daniel Cousin Roguy Méyé

Dennis Oliech Adel Taarabt Obafemi Martins Mudathir El Tahir Oussama Darragi Issam Jemâa

1 goal

Nadir Belhadj Madjid Bougherra Rafik Djebbour Karim Matmour Karim Ziani Seidath Tchomogo Romuald Boco Aristide Bancé Mahamoudou Kéré Habib Bamogo Jonathan Pitroipa Alain Traoré Salomon Kalou Abdul Kader Keïta Siaka Tiéné Achille Webo Ahmed Hassan Emad Moteab Bruno Ecuele Manga

Eric Mouloungui Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Moise Brou Anthony Annan Kwadwo Asamoah Michael Essien Sulley Muntari Prince Tagoe Mamadou Bah Sambégou Bangoura Oumar Kalabane Kamil Zayatte Macdonald Mariga Julius Owino Allan Wanga Jacob Ngwira Mamadou Diallo Lassane Fané Modibo Maiga

Tenema Ndiaye Mamadou Samassa Mounir El Hamdaoui Domingues Tico-Tico Dário Michael Eneramo Peter Odemwingie Ikechukwu Uche Aiyegbeni Yakubu Patrick Mutesa Mafisango Emmanuel Adebayor Moustapha Salifou Floyd Ayité Ammar Jemal Nabil Taider Wissem Ben Yahia Rainford Kalaba Francis Kasonde

Own Goal

Mamadou Tall (for Côte d'Ivoire)

Saïdou Panandétiguiri (for Côte d'Ivoire)

Hicham Mahdoufi (for Gabon)

Notes

1. ^ South Africa also entered World Cup qualifying in order to qualify for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. Had they made it to this round, their matches would not have been counted in determining who would advance to the World Cup finals in their group.^[1]
2. ^ Had Angola made it to this round, all the other three teams in their group would advance to the African Cup of Nations finals.^[1]
3. ^ Togo were barred from hosting qualifiers due to violence during their 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali.
4. ^ FIFA awarded Gabon a 3 – 0 win as a result of Togo fielding the ineligible player Abdul Mamah who played for Togo despite being suspended. The match originally ended 3 – 0 to Gabon.^[4]
5. ^ ^{a b} The Gabon v Cameroon match was originally scheduled for 2009-06-20, but postponed at the request of Gabon for mourning the death of President Omar Bongo. The reverse match was also rescheduled.^[5]
6. ^ Moved from original date of the weekend of 2009-06-20 due to Egypt's participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[6]
7. ^ Due to security concerns arising from the 2009 Guinea protest, the match was moved to Accra, Ghana.^[7]

References

2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers AFC First Round · Second Round · Third Round · Fourth Round · Fifth Round (play-off for 5th place) CAF First Round · Second Round · Third Round CONCACAF First Round · Second Round · Third Round · Fourth Round CONMEBOL Group Round OFC First Round (South Pacific Games) · Second Round (OFC Nations Cup) UEFA First Round (Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Group 5 · Group 6 · Group 7 · Group 8 · Group 9) · Second Round (play-offs) Play-offs AFC v OFC Intercontinental Play-off · CONCACAF v CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off