2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF First Round

This page provides the summaries of the CAF First Round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

Five knockout ties were originally required, involving the ten lowest ranked African countries (based on FIFA rankings as of July 2007). The actual draw was apparently conducted one day before the format was announced by CAF. The pairings were: [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/news/newsid=579938.html#fifa+world+cup+qualifiers+underway+africa FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway in Africa] ]

*fb|MAD v fb|COM
*fb|SOM v fb|SWZ
*fb|STP v fb|CTA
*fb|SLE v fb|GNB
*fb|SEY v fb|DJI

São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic both withdrew in early September. As a result, Swaziland and Seychelles (the highest ranked of the ten nations) were no longer required to play in this round, and the teams they were originally matched against, Somalia and Djibouti, were redrawn to play each other instead. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=589289.html#african+pair+pull+qualifying+race African pair pull out of qualifying race] ] The tie between Djibouti and Somalia was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches; the other two ties were played as two leg ties.

The winners advanced to the Second Round.

Matches

footballbox
date = 2007-10-14
time = 14:30 UTC+3
team1 = fb-rt|MAD
score = 6 – 2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250416/match=300032121/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|COM
goals1 = Andriantsima goal|30 goal|40 goal|49|pen. goal|57
Rakotomandimby goal|65
Tsaralaza goal|79
goals2 = Midtadi goal|6
Ibor goal|53|pen.
stadium = Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
attendance = 7,754
referee = Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

footballbox
date = 2007-10-17
time = 15:00 UTC+3
team1 = fb-rt|COM
score = 0 – 4
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250416/match=300032116/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|MAD
goals1 =
goals2 = Nomenjanaharay goal|38 goal|52
Rakotomandimby goal|62
Robson goal|74
stadium = Stade de Beaumer, Moroni
attendance = 1,610
referee = Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Madagascar won 10 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.----

footballbox
date = 2007-10-16
time = 16:00 UTC+3
team1 = fb-rt|DJI
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250416/match=300032120/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|SOM
goals1 = H. Yassin goal|84
goals2 =
stadium = El Hadj Hassan Gouled, Djibouti
attendance = 10,000
referee = Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

Djibouti advanced to the Second Round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches.----

footballbox
date = 2007-10-14
time = 16:30 UTC+0
team1 = fb-rt|SLE
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250416/match=300032124/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|GNB
goals1 = Conteh goal|15
goals2 =
stadium = National Stadium, Freetown
attendance = 25,000
referee = Sule Mana (Nigeria)

footballbox
date = 2007-10-17
time = 16:30 UTC+0
team1 = fb-rt|GNB
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250416/match=300032119/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|SLE
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau
attendance = 12,000
referee = Josepf Odartei (Ghana)

Sierra Leone won 1 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Notes

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