2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Africa. 51 teams took part (only Djibouti did not enter), competing for 5 World Cup places.

The qualification was composed of two Rounds. 9 teams entered the competition directly on the Second Round: 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 the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings (Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, and Morocco). The other 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round.

In the Second Round, the 30 teams were divided in 5 groups of 6 teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup.

The competition also constituted the qualification competition for the 2006 African Nations Cup with the top three nations of each group qualifying (except for Egypt, which qualifies as the host nation, the fourth nation in Egypt's group qualifying in Egypt's place).

The African qualifying zone saw 4 out of 5 finals places going to World Cup debutants (Angola, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana). Nigeria missed out on a fourth consecutive finals appearance while Cameroon did not reach their fifth consecutive finals.

The African zone also featured a group of death — Group 3, which brought together Africa's most frequent World Cup qualifier Cameroon with the two eventual finalists of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt and the Ivory Coast.

Tiebreakers

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:

1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
2. goal difference in matches between the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
4. goal difference in all group matches
5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary (in qualifying)
7. drawing of lots (at the final event)

This is a change from the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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

Second round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Togo 10 7 2 1 20 8 +12 23  Senegal 10 6 3 1 21 8 +13 21  Zambia 10 6 1 3 16 10 +6 19  Congo 10 3 1 6 10 14 −4 10  Mali 10 2 2 6 11 14 −3 8  Liberia 10 1 1 8 3 27 −24 4

Congo  – 3 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 3 2 – 3 Liberia  0 – 2 – 1 – 0 0 – 3 0 – 0 0 – 5 Mali  2 – 0 4 – 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 1 Senegal  2 – 0 6 – 1 3 – 0 – 2 – 2 1 – 0 Togo  2 – 0 3 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 1 – 4 – 1 Zambia  2 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 0 – 1 1 – 0 –

• Togo qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Togo, Senegal, and Zambia qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ghana 10 6 3 1 17 4 +13 21  DR Congo 10 4 4 2 14 10 +4 16  South Africa 10 5 1 4 12 14 −2 16  Burkina Faso 10 4 1 5 14 13 +1 13  Cape Verde 10 3 1 6 8 15 −7 10  Uganda 10 2 2 6 6 15 −9 8

Burkina Faso  – 1 – 2 2 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 0 Cape Verde  1 – 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 4 1 – 2 1 – 0 DR Congo  3 – 2 2 – 1 – 1 – 1 1 – 0 4 – 0 Ghana  2 – 1 2 – 0 0 – 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 0 South Africa  2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 0 – 2 – 2 – 1 Uganda  2 – 2 1 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 1 –

• Ghana qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Ghana, Congo DR, and South Africa qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Ivory Coast 10 7 1 2 20 7 +13 22  Cameroon 10 6 3 1 18 10 +8 21  Egypt 10 5 2 3 26 15 +11 17  Libya 10 3 3 4 8 10 −2 12  Sudan 10 1 3 6 6 22 −16 6  Benin 10 1 2 7 9 23 −14 5

Benin  – 1 – 4 0 – 1 3 – 3 1 – 0 1 – 1 Cameroon  2 – 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 0 2 – 1 Ivory Coast  3 – 0 2 – 3 – 2 – 0 2 – 0 5 – 0 Egypt  4 – 1 3 – 2 1 – 2 – 4 – 1 6 – 1 Libya  4 – 1 0 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 1 – 0 – 0 Sudan  1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 1 –

• Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Libya qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations (Egypt qualified directly as hosts.)

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Angola 10 6 3 1 12 6 +6 21  Nigeria 10 6 3 1 21 7 +14 21  Zimbabwe 10 4 3 3 13 14 −1 15  Gabon 10 2 4 4 11 13 −2 10  Algeria 10 1 5 4 8 15 −7 8  Rwanda 10 1 2 7 6 16 −10 5

Algeria  – 0 – 0 0 – 3 2 – 5 1 – 0 2 – 2 Angola  2 – 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 0 Gabon  0 – 0 2 – 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 1 Nigeria  1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 5 – 1 Rwanda  1 – 1 0 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 1 – 0 – 2 Zimbabwe  1 – 1 2 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 3 3 – 1 –

• Angola qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Angola, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Tunisia 10 6 3 1 25 9 +16 21  Morocco 10 5 5 0 17 7 +10 20  Guinea 10 5 2 3 15 10 +5 17  Kenya 10 3 1 6 8 17 −9 10  Botswana 10 3 0 7 10 18 −8 9  Malawi 10 1 3 6 12 26 −14 6

Botswana  – 1 – 2 2 – 1 2 – 0 0 – 1 1 – 3 Guinea  4 – 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 Kenya  1 – 0 2 – 1 – 3 – 2 0 – 0 0 – 2 Malawi  1 – 3 1 – 1 3 – 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 Morocco  1 – 0 1 – 0 5 – 1 4 – 1 – 1 – 1 Tunisia  4 – 1 2 – 0 1 – 0 7 – 0 2 – 2 –

• Tunisia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Tunisia, Morocco, and Guinea qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Goalscorers

11 goals

Emmanuel Adebayor

9 goals

Didier Drogba

8 goals

Obafemi Martins

7 goals

Aruna Dindane

Henri Camara

6 goals

Mansour Boutabout Akwá

Pierre Webó Amr Zaki

Sambégou Bangoura Dennis Oliech

5 goals

Tshepiso Molwantwa Dipsy Selolwane Moumouni Dagano

Cafú Carlos Caló Haytham Tambal

Francileudo Santos Collins Mbesuma

4 goals

Oumar Tchomogo Samuel Eto'o Armel Disney Shabani Nonda Stephen Appiah

Asamoah Gyan Kaba Diawara Ahmed al Masli Soumaila Coulibaly Youssouf Hadji

El Hadji Diouf José Clayton David Obua Shingayi Kaondera Peter Ndlovu

3 goals

Nassim Akrour Abdelmalek Cherrad Francis Oumar Mohamed Aboutrika Abdel Halim Ali Ahmed Hassan Théodore Nzue Nguema Matthew Amoah

Michael Essien Pascal Feindouno Isaac Tondo Nader Kara Ahmed Saad Osman Noel Mkandawire Marouane Chamakh Talal El Karkouri

Jaouad Zairi Dário Abedi Saïd Mohamed Kader Mamam Cherif Touré Haykel Guemamdia Harry Milanzi Benjani Mwaruwari

2 goals

Flávio Mouritala Ogunbiyi Nelson Gabolwelwe Abdoulaye Cissé Yahia Kébé Geremi Rigobert Song Rudy Bhebey Michel Bouanga Trésor Mputu Tarek El-Said Mido Emad Moteab Mohamed Shawky Thierry Issiémou Stéphane N'Guéma Nana Arhin Duah

Isaac Boakye Sulley Muntari Ousmane Bangoura Fodé Mansaré John Barasa Tarik El Taib Emmanuel Chipatala Essau Kanyenda Heston Munthali Russel Mwafulirwa Dramane Coulibaly Frédéric Kanouté Julius Aghahowa Nwankwo Kanu Yakubu John Lomami Papa Bouba Diop

Moussa N'Diaye Mbulelo Mabizela Benni McCarthy Steven Pienaar Sibusiso Zuma Moustapha Salifou Yao Junior Sènaya Adel Chedli Kaies Ghodhbane Karim Haggui Geoffrey Sserunkuma Gift Kampamba Ignatius Lwipa Nchimunya Mweetwa Mumamba Numba

1 goal

Isâad Bourahli Sofiane Daoud Hamza Yacef Antar Yahia Bruno Mauro Paulo Figueiredo Freddy Mantorras Rebelo Lopes Zé Kalanga Anicet Adjamossi Coffi Agbessi Jocelyn Ahouéya Rachad Chitou Bachirou Osseni Stéphane Sessègnon Séïdath Tchomogo Mogogi Gabonamong Tshepo Motlhabankwe Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema Saïdou Panandétiguiri Florent Rouamba Amadou Touré Mamadou Zongo Gabriel Nzeyimana Roudolphe Douala Guy Feutchine Bill Tchato Janício Martins Jimmy Modeste Gervais Batota Bertrand Bouity Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien Mbiamcie Mvoubi Dikilu Bageta Mbala Mbuta Biscotte Ngasanya Ilongo Djoko Kaluyituka Cyrille Kitambala Zola Matumona Marcel Kimemba Mbayo Kabamba Musasa Kanga Akalé Bonaventure Kalou Bakari Koné Gilles Yapi Yapo Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek Mohamed Abdelwahab Hassan Mostafa

Sergio Barila Teshome Getu Georges Akieremy Catilina Aubameyang Etienne Bito'o Etienne Alain Djissikadie Dieudonné Londo Shiva Nzigou Abdou-Rahman Njie Edrissa Sonko Lawrence Adjei Godwin Attram Joetex Asamoah Frimpong Souleymane Youla Dionisio Fernandes Edwin Mukenya Mike Okoth Origi Musa Otieno Moses Ramafole Alvin Kieh Zizi Roberts Arcadia Toe Marei Al Ramly Younes Al Shibani Mohamed El Rabty Othman Ferjani Marei Suliman Robert Edmond J. Radonamahafalison A. Rakotondramanana Patrick Mabedi Peter Mgangira Albert Mpinganjira Jimmy Zakazaka Abdoulaye Demba Mamadou Diallo Souleymane Diamoutene Mahamadou Diarra Seydou Keita Djibril Sidibé Mohamed Sissoko Yohan Langlet Ahmed Sidibe Jerry Louis Cyril Mourgine Richardo Nabuth Mounir Diane Houssine Kharja Youssef Mokhtari Youssef Safri

Paulus Shipanga Joseph Enakarhire Christian Obodo Peter Odemwingie Jay-Jay Okocha John Utaka Joseph Yobo Ayila Yussuf Joao Rafael Elias Jimmy Gatete Olivier Karekezi Jimmy Mulisa Papa Dia Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye Lamine Diatta Khalilou Fadiga Babacar Gueye Mamadou Niang Robert Suzette Ibrahim Koroma Shaun Bartlett Delron Buckley Quinton Fortune Amar Abdel Faisal Agab Mugahid Ahmed Haitham El-Rasheed Joseph-Désiré Job Siz Dlamini Adékambi Olufadé Najeh Braham Wisam El Abdy Ziad Jaziri Issam Jemâa Mehdi Nafti Ali Zitouni Assani Bajope Simon Masaba Hassan Mubiru Ibrahim Sekagya Kalusha Bwalya Linos Chalwe Dadley Fichite Jacob Mulenga Elijah Tana George Mbwando Adam Ndlovu Tinashe Nengomasha Ashley Rambanapasi Kaitano Tembo

Own goals

Slimane Raho (playing against Zimbabwe) Rajabu Mwinyi (playing against Gabon)

Nélson Veiga (playing against Ghana) René Nsi-Akoue (playing against Angola)

Zvenyika Makonese (playing against Rwanda)

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