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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 five groups of four, in the draw held on 22 October 2008 in Zürich. 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]

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]

Group A

Source: [4]
Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana)[note 3]
Attendance: 26,450
Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)
Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alfred Ndinya (Kenya)
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Attendance: 24,651
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda)
Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur (Tunisia)
Stade Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Fez Stadium, Fes
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Stade de Kégué, Lomé
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Group B

Source: [4]
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Amanuel Eyob (Eritrea)
Stade 7 November, Tunis
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
Abuja Stadium, Abuja
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)
Kasarani Sports Complex, Nairobi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)
Stade 7 November, Tunis
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Abuja Stadium, Abuja
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Abuja Stadium, Abuja
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Stade 7 November, Tunis
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Estádio da Machava, Maputo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

Group C

Source: [4]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Cheikh Ahmed Tidane Seck (Senegal)
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
Konkola Stadium, Chililabombwe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (Libya)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Tiebreaking play-off

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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

Group D

Source: [4]
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Kenias Marange (Zimbabwe)
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (Libya)
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)
Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)
Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)
Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Attendance: 600
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Group E

Source: [4]
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur (Tunisia)
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 33,056
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Stade 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 38,209
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (Morocco)
Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana)[note 7]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (Libya)
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt)
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Kenias Marange (Zimbabwe)

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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 have advanced 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 Abdoul-Gafar Mamah who played for Togo despite being suspended. The match originally ended 3 – 0 to Gabon.[5]
  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.[6]
  6. ^ Moved from original date of the weekend of 2009-06-20 due to Egypt's participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[7]
  7. ^ Due to security concerns arising from the 2009 Guinea protest, the match was moved to Accra, Ghana.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Qualification procedure for the 2nd round and 3rd round for world Cup/ CAN 2010. Confederation of African Football.
  2. ^ African seeds established, FIFA. Retrieved 13 October 2008
  3. ^ 3rd stage format and draw, FIFA. Retrieved 22 October 2008
  4. ^ a b c d e "FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ^ Morocco lose CAS appeal over Togo player, ESPNSoccernet, 12 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Gabon-Cameroon encounter postponed". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  7. ^ Egypt's Rwanda World Cup qualifier postponed Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Daily News Egypt.
  8. ^ Desbordes, Michel; Richelieu, André, eds. (2012). Global sport marketing: contemporary issues and practice. Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 9780415507202.
  9. ^ Guinea 2010 qualifier moved BBC; 3 October 2009