2006 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF First Round

In the First Round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out 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. The 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 the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings (Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, and Morocco).

Results

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date = October 10, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|GNB
score = 1 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34264.html Report]
team2 = fb|MLI
goals1 = Dionisio Fernandes 50'
goals2 = Seydou Keita 8'
Soumaila Coulibaly 69'
stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Modou (Gambia)

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date = November 14, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|MLI
score = 2 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34265.html Report]
team2 = fb|GNB
goals1 = Soumaila Coulibaly 15'
Djibril Sidibe 84' (pen)
goals2 =
stadium = Stade 26 mars
Bamako, Mali Attendance: 13,251
Referee: Ba Seydou (Mauritania)

* Mali won 4-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|MAD
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34274.html Report]
team2 = fb|BEN
goals1 = Robert Edmond 28'
goals2 = Anicet Adjamossi 74'
stadium = Mahamasina Stadium
Antananarivo, Madagascar Attendance: 5,131
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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date = November 16, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|BEN
score = 3 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34275.html Report]
team2 = fb|MAD
goals1 = Oumar Tchomogo 33' (pen), 62', 92'

goals2 = Jean Jacques Radonamahafalison 15'
Alain Rakotondramanana 23'
stadium = Stade de l'Amitié
Cotonou, Benin Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

* Benin won 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|SEY
score = 0 - 4| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34260.html Report]
team2 = fb|ZAM
goals1 =
goals2 = Gift Kampamba 8'
Dadley Fichite 44'
Harry Milanzi 52'
Mumamba Numba 75'
stadium = Stade Linité
Victoria, Seychelles Attendance: 2,700
Referee: An-Yan Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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date = November 15, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|ZAM
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34261.html Report]
team2 = fb|SEY
goals1 = Harry Milanzi 7'
goals2 = Robert Suzette 69'
stadium = Independence Stadium
Lusaka, Zambia Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Isaack Abdulkadir (Tanzania)

* Zambia won 5-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|BOT
score = 4 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34280.html Report]
team2 = fb|LES|1987
goals1 = Tshepiso Molwantwa 7'
Nelson Gabolwelwe 44'
Diphetogo Selolwane 50', 53'
goals2 = Moses Ramafole 64'
stadium = Botswana National Stadium
Gaborone, Botswana Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)

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date = November 16, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|LES|1987
score = 0 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34281.html Report]
team2 = fb|BOT
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Setsoto Stadium
Maseru, Lesotho Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Harris Shikapande (Zambia)

* Botswana won 4-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|EQG
score = 1 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34250.html Report]
team2 = fb|TOG
goals1 = Sergio Javier Barila 25' (pen)
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio La Libertad
Bata, Equatorial Guinea Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

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date = November 16, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|TOG
score = 2 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34251.html Report]
team2 = fb|EQG
goals1 = Emmanuel Adebayor 43'
Moustapha Salifou 53'
goals2 =
stadium = Stade de Kégué
Lomé, Togo Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Joseph Mandzioukouta (Congo)

* Togo won 2-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|STP
score = 0 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34266.html Report]
team2 = fb|LBY
goals1 =
goals2 = Ahmed Faraj El Masli 85'
stadium = Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho
São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Koudougou Yameogo (Burkina Faso)

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date = November 16, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|LBY
score = 8 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34267.html Report]
team2 = fb|STP
goals1 = Ahmed Faraj El Masli 8', 17', 20'
Tarik El Taib 45', 63'
Marei Suliman 54'
Ahmed Osman 74'
Mohamed El Rabty 88'
goals2 =
stadium = March 28 Stadium
Benghazi, Libya Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

* Libya won 9-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|TAN
score = 0 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34270.html Report]
team2 = fb|KEN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Tanzania National Stadium
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Attendance: 8,864
Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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date = November 15, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|KEN
score = 3 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34271.html Report]
team2 = fb|TAN
goals1 = Dennis Oliech 9', 32'
Mike Okoth Origi 30'
goals2 =
stadium = Moi International Sports Centre
Nairobi, Kenya Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt)

* Kenya won 3-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|NIG
score = 0 - 1| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34272.html Report]
team2 = fb|ALG
goals1 =
goals2 = Mansour Boutabout 63'
stadium = Stade Général Seyni Kountché
Niamey, Niger
Referee::Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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date = November 14, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|ALG
score = 6 - 0| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34273.html Report]
team2 = fb|NIG
goals1 = Abdelmalek Cherrad 16', 22'
Nassim Akrour 42', 45', 82'
Mansour Boutabout 77'
goals2 =
stadium = Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Algiers, Algeria
Attendance:53,200
Referee:Ba Seydou (Mauritania
* Algeria won 7-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|UGA
score = 3 - 0| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34274.html Report]
team2 = fb|MRI
goals1 = Assani Bajope 17', Hassan Mubiru 35', David Obua 75'
goals2 =
stadium = Nelson Mandela National Stadium
Kampala, Uganda
Attendance:56,000
Referee:Modou (Gambia)

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date = November 16, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|MRI
score = 3 - 1| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34275.html Report]
team2 = fb|UGA
goals1 = Richardo Nabuth 18', Cyril Mourigine 32' Jerry Louis 89'
goals2 = David Obua 112'
stadium = Stade George V
Curepipe, Mauritius
Attendance:17, 000
Referee:Luis Manuel Joao (Angola)
* Uganda won 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.----footballbox
date = October 11, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|SUD
score = 3 - 0| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34276.html Report]
team2 = fb|ERI
goals1 = Haytham Tambal 10'
Haitham El-Rasheed 30'
Mugahid Ahmed 77'
goals2 =
stadium = Stade de Khartoum
Khartum, Sudan
Attendance:39, 000
Referee:Coffi Codja (Benin)

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date = November 14, 2003
team1 = fb-rt|ERI
score = 0 - 0| report = [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr34277.html Report]
team2 = fb|SUD
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Cicero Stadium
Asmara, Eritrea
Attendance:32, 000
Referee:Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
* Sudan won 3-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.