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]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Cameroon  Nigeria  Ivory Coast  Morocco  Ghana  Tunisia  Egypt  Guinea  Senegal  Mali  Angola  Togo	Zambia  South Africa  Cape Verde  DR Congo  Algeria  Burkina Faso  Benin  Mozambique  Libya  Ethiopia  Congo  Zimbabwe	Uganda  Botswana  Equatorial Guinea  Tanzania  Gabon  Malawi  Sudan  Burundi  Liberia  Rwanda  Eritrea  Namibia	Gambia  Mauritania  Kenya  Chad  Lesotho  Mauritius  Niger  Swaziland  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Madagascar  Djibouti

Group 1

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 6 5 1 0 14 2 +12 16  Cape Verde 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9  Tanzania 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8  Mauritius 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1

Cameroon  — 2 – 0 5 – 0 2 – 1 Cape Verde  1 – 2 — 3 – 1 1 – 0 Mauritius  0 – 3 0 – 1 — 1 – 4 Tanzania  0 – 0 3 – 1 1 – 1 —

Results

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Group 2

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Guinea 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11  Kenya 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10  Zimbabwe 6 1 3 2 4 6 −2 6  Namibia 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6

Guinea  — 3 – 2 4 – 0 0 – 0 Kenya  2 – 0 — 1 – 0 2 – 0 Namibia  1 – 2 2 – 1 — 4 – 2 Zimbabwe  0 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 0 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Zimbabwe and Namibia are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results

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Group 3

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Benin 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12  Angola 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10  Uganda 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10  Niger 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3

Angola  — 3 – 0 3 – 1 0 – 0 Benin  3 – 2 — 2 – 0 4 – 1 Niger  1 – 2 0 – 2 — 3 – 1 Uganda  3 – 1 2 – 1 1 – 0 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Angola and Uganda are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results

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Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Nigeria 6 6 0 0 11 1 +10 18  South Africa 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7  Sierra Leone 6 2 1 3 4 8 −4 7  Equatorial Guinea 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3

Equatorial Guinea  — 0 – 1 2 – 0 0 – 1 Nigeria  2 – 0 — 4 – 1 2 – 0 Sierra Leone  2 – 1 0 – 1 — 1 – 0 South Africa  4 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 0 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results

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Group 5

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12  Gabon 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12  Libya 6 4 0 2 7 4 +3 12  Lesotho 6 0 0 6 2 16 −14 0

Gabon  — 2 – 0 2 – 0 1 – 0 Ghana  2 – 0 — 3 – 0 3 – 0 Lesotho  0 – 3 2 – 3 — 0 – 1 Libya  1 – 0 1 – 0 4 – 0 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Ghana, Gabon and Libya are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results

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Group 6

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10  Gambia 6 2 3 1 6 3 +3 9  Senegal 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9  Liberia 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3

Algeria  — 1 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 2 Gambia  1 – 0 — 3 – 0 0 – 0 Liberia  0 – 0 1 – 1 — 2 – 2 Senegal  1 – 0 1 – 1 3 – 1 —

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]

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Group 7

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ivory Coast 6 3 3 0 10 2 +8 12  Mozambique 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8  Madagascar 6 1 3 2 2 7 −5 6  Botswana 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5

Botswana  — 1 – 1 0 – 0 0 – 1 Ivory Coast  4 – 0 — 3 – 0 1 – 0 Madagascar  1 – 0 0 – 0 — 1 – 1 Mozambique  1 – 2 1 – 1 3 – 0 —

Results

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Group 8

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Morocco 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 9  Rwanda 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9  Mauritania 4 0 0 4 2 12 −10 0

Mauritania  — 1 – 4 0 – 1 Morocco  4 – 1 — 2 – 0 Rwanda  3 – 0 3 – 1 —

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

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Group 9

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Burkina Faso 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 16  Tunisia 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13  Burundi 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6  Seychelles 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0

Burkina Faso  — 2 – 0 4 – 1 0 – 0 Burundi  1 – 3 — 1 – 0 0 – 1 Seychelles  2 – 3 1 – 2 — 0 – 2 Tunisia  1 – 2 2 – 1 5 – 0 —

Results

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Group 10

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mali 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 12  Sudan 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9  Congo 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9  Chad 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6

Chad  — 2 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 Congo  2 – 0 — 1 – 0 1 – 0 Mali  2 – 1 4 – 2 — 3 – 0 Sudan  1 – 2 2 – 0 3 – 2 —

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Results

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Group 11

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Zambia 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7  Togo 4 2 0 2 8 3 +5 6  Swaziland 4 1 1 2 2 8 −6 4

Swaziland  — 2 – 1 0 – 0 Togo  6 – 0 — 1 – 0 Zambia  1 – 0 1 – 0 —

Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced.^[10]

Results

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Group 12

Ranking

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Egypt 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15  Malawi 6 4 0 2 14 5 +9 12  DR Congo 6 3 0 3 14 6 +8 9  Djibouti 6 0 0 6 2 30 −28 0

DR Congo  — 5 – 1 0 – 1 1 – 0 Djibouti  0 – 6 — 0 – 4 0 – 3 Egypt  2 – 1 4 – 0 — 2 – 0 Malawi  2 – 1 8 – 1 1 – 0 —

Results

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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
8	Rwanda	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
2	Kenya	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
9	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
11	Togo	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	6
5	Gabon	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6
10	Sudan	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
12	Malawi	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
7	Mozambique	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5
6	Gambia	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
3	Angola	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4
1	Cape Verde	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3
4	South Africa	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1

Ranking rules

1. Total points
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Away goals scored
5. A play-off decider at a neutral ground (if necessary)

Notes

1. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-06-22 postponed because the referees' flight was late.^[3]
2. 1 2 3 Lesotho opted to play all their matches in South Africa.^[4]
3. ↑ 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]
4. 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]
5. 1 2 Togo were barred from hosting qualifiers due to violence during their 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali.
6. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-09-06 postponed at the request of Zambia for mourning the death of President Levy Mwanawasa.^[11]

References