2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

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).

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

Guinea-Bissau 1–2 Mali
Fernandes 50' Report Keita 8'
Coulibaly 69'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Mali 2–0 Guinea-Bissau
Coulibaly 15'
Sidibé 84' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 13,251
Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

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

Madagascar 1–1 Benin
Edmond 28' Report Adjamossi 74'
Benin 3–2 Madagascar
Tchomogo 33' (pen.), 62', 90+2' Report Radonamahafalison 15'
Rakotondramanana 23'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

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

Seychelles 0–4 Zambia
Report Kampamba 8'
Fichite 44'
Milanzi 52'
Numba 75'
Attendance: 2,700
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.

Botswana 4–1 Lesotho
Molwantwa 7'
Gabolwelwe 44'
Selolwane 50', 53'		 Report Ramafole 64'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)
Lesotho 0–0 Botswana
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Harris Shikapande (Zambia)

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

Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Togo
Barila 25' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Togo 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
Adebayor 43'
Salifou 53'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

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

São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Libya
Report El Masli 85'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Koudougou Yameogo (Burkina Faso)
Libya 8–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
El Masli 8', 17', 20'
El Taib 45', 63'
Suliman 54'
Osman 74'
El Rabty 88'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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

Tanzania 0–0 Kenya
Report
Tanzania National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Attendance: 8,864
Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Kenya 3–0 Tanzania
Oliech 9', 32'
Origi 30'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt)

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

Niger 0–1 Algeria
Report Boutabout 63'
Algeria 6–0 Niger
Cherrad 16', 22'
Akrour 42', 45', 82'
Boutabout 77'		 Report
Attendance: 53,200
Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

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

Uganda 3–0 Mauritius
Bajope 17'
Mubiru 35'
Obua 75'		 Report
Mauritius 3–1 (a.e.t.) Uganda
Nabuth 18'
Mourgine 32'
Louis 89'		 Report Obua 112'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)

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

Sudan 3–0 Eritrea
Tambal 10'
Haitham Elrasheed 30'
Mujahid Ahmed 77'		 Report
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Eritrea 0–0 Sudan
Report
Attendance: 32,000

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

Zimbabwe 3–0 Mauritania
A. Ndlovu 23'
Tembo 47'
P. Ndlovu 57'		 Report
National Sports Stadium, Harare
Attendance: 55,000
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.

Swaziland 1–1 Cape Verde
Dlamini 64' Report Morais 55'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Berhane Teshome (Eritrea)
Cape Verde 3–0 Swaziland
Cafú 51', 65'
Morais 90'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sharif Aboubacar (Ivory Coast)

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

Burundi 0–0 Gabon
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Maxim Itur (Kenya)
Gabon 4–1 Burundi
N'Zigou 2'
Mwinyi 16' (o.g.)
Nguéma 38', 80'		 Report Nzeyimana 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)

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

Chad 3–1 Angola
Oumar 53', 74', 83' Report Bruno Mauro 49'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast)
Angola 2–0 Chad
Akwá 42'
Bruno Mauro 57'		 Report
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.

Congo 1–0 Sierra Leone
Mvoubi 89' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Sule Mana (Nigeria)
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.

Ethiopia 1–3 Malawi
Getu 81' (pen.) Report Kanyenda 39', 55'
Mgangira 88'
Malawi 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khaled Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

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

Rwanda 3–0 Namibia
Elias 43'
Karekezi 52'
Lomami 58'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)
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.

Guinea 1–0 Mozambique
Bangoura 70' Report
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Mozambique 3–4 Guinea
Dário 75', 80', 89' Report Youla 14'
Bangoura 21', 35', 54'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Walter Mochubela (South Africa)

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

Gambia 2–0 Liberia
Njie 64'
Sonko 79'		 Report
Independence Stadium, Bakau
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Liberia 3–0 Gambia
Roberts 10'
Isaac Tondo 76', 83'		 Report

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

Somalia 0–5 Ghana
Report Arhin Duah 25', 56'
Boakye 69', 89'
Gyan 82'
Attendance: 19,447
Referee: Bakoubebile Bebou (Togo)
Ghana 2–0 Somalia
Appiah 27'
Adjei 90'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000

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

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Burundi Rajabu Mwinyi (against Gabon)

References