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  14  Mali 12 02
Madagascar  34  Benin 11 23
Seychelles  15  Zambia 04 11
Botswana  41  Lesotho 41 00
Equatorial Guinea  12  Togo 10 02
São Tomé and Príncipe  09  Libya 01 08
Tanzania  03  Kenya 00 03
Niger  07  Algeria 01 06
Uganda  43  Mauritius 30 13 (a.e.t.)
Sudan  30  Eritrea 30 00
Zimbabwe  42  Mauritania 30 12
Swaziland  14  Cape Verde 11 03
Burundi  14  Gabon 00 14
Chad  33(a)  Angola 31 02
Congo  21  Sierra Leone 10 11
Ethiopia  13  Malawi 13 00
Rwanda  41  Namibia 30 11
Guinea  53  Mozambique 10 43
Gambia  23  Liberia 20 03
Somalia  07  Ghana 05 02
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 +1223
 Senegal 10 6 3 1 21 8 +1321
 Zambia 10 6 1 3 16 10 +619
 Congo 10 3 1 6 10 14 410
 Mali 10 2 2 6 11 14 38
 Liberia 10 1 1 8 3 27 244
  Republic of the Congo Liberia Mali Senegal Togo Zambia
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

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 10 6 3 1 17 4 +1321
 DR Congo 10 4 4 2 14 10 +416
 South Africa 10 5 1 4 12 14 216
 Burkina Faso 10 4 1 5 14 13 +113
 Cape Verde 10 3 1 6 8 15 710
 Uganda 10 2 2 6 6 15 98
  Burkina Faso Cape Verde Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana South Africa Uganda
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

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 10 7 1 2 20 7 +1322
 Cameroon 10 6 3 1 18 10 +821
 Egypt 10 5 2 3 26 15 +1117
 Libya 10 3 3 4 8 10 212
 Sudan 10 1 3 6 6 22 166
 Benin 10 1 2 7 9 23 145
  Benin Cameroon Ivory Coast Egypt Libya Sudan
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

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Angola 10 6 3 1 12 6 +621
 Nigeria 10 6 3 1 21 7 +1421
 Zimbabwe 10 4 3 3 13 14 115
 Gabon 10 2 4 4 11 13 210
 Algeria 10 1 5 4 8 15 78
 Rwanda 10 1 2 7 6 16 105
  Algeria Angola Gabon Nigeria Rwanda Zimbabwe
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

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 10 6 3 1 25 9 +1621
 Morocco 10 5 5 0 17 7 +1020
 Guinea 10 5 2 3 15 10 +517
 Kenya 10 3 1 6 8 17 910
 Botswana 10 3 0 7 10 18 89
 Malawi 10 1 3 6 12 26 146
  Botswana Guinea Kenya Malawi Morocco Tunisia
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

Goalscorers

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

  • Algeria Slimane Raho (playing against Zimbabwe)
  • Burundi Rajabu Mwinyi (playing against Gabon)

  • Cape Verde Nélson Veiga (playing against Ghana)
  • Gabon René Nsi-Akoue (playing against Angola)

References

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