2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round

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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).

Matches[]

Guinea-Bissau 1–2 Mali
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: (Mauritania)
  • Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Madagascar 1–1 Benin
28' Report Adjamossi 74'
Mahamasina Stadium, Antananarivo
Attendance: 5,131
Benin 3–2 Madagascar
Tchomogo 33' (pen.), 62', 90+2' Report Radonamahafalison 15'
Rakotondramanana 23'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Nigeria)
  • Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Seychelles 0–4 Zambia
Report Kampamba 8'
44'
Milanzi 52'
Numba 75'
Attendance: 2,700
Zambia 1–1 Seychelles
Milanzi 7' Report 69'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (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 64'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Angola)
Lesotho 0–0 Botswana
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (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: (Cameroon)
Togo 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
Adebayor 43'
Salifou 53'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (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: (Burkina Faso)
Libya 8–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
El Masli 8', 17', 20'
El Taib 45', 63'
54'
74'
88'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Tunisia)
  • Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Tanzania 0–0 Kenya
Report
Attendance: 8,864
Referee: (Ethiopia)
Kenya 3–0 Tanzania
Oliech 9', 32'
Origi 30'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: (Egypt)
  • Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Niger 0–1 Algeria
Report Boutabout 63'
Attendance: 20,126
Algeria 6–0 Niger
Cherrad 16', 22'
Akrour 42', 45', 82'
Boutabout 77'		 Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 53,200
Referee: (Mauritania)
  • Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Uganda 3–0 Mauritius
Bajope 17'
Mubiru 35'
Obua 75'		 Report
Nelson Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Mauritius 3–1 (a.e.t.) Uganda
18'
Mourgine 32'
Louis 89'		 Report Obua 112'
Stade George V, Curepipe
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: (Angola)
  • Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Sudan 3–0 Eritrea
Tambal 10'
30'
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
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Mauritania 2–1 Zimbabwe
Langlet 3'
Sidibe 10'		 Report Mbwando 81'
Stade olympique, Nouakchott
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Guinea)
  • Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Swaziland 1–1 Cape Verde
64' Report Morais 55'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Eritrea)
Cape Verde 3–0 Swaziland
Cafú 51', 65'
Morais 90'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
  • Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Burundi 0–0 Gabon
Report
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Kenya)
Gabon 4–1 Burundi
N'Zigou 2'
16' (o.g.)
Nguéma 38', 80'		 Report 90'
Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville
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: (Ivory Coast)
Angola 2–0 Chad
Akwá 42'
Bruno Mauro 57'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (DR Congo)
Congo 1–0 Sierra Leone
89' (pen.) Report
Stade Alphonse Massamba, Brazzaville
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: (Nigeria)
Sierra Leone 1–1 Congo
Koroma 58' Report Guié-Mien 67'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (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'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Malawi 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Civo Stadium, Lilongwe
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Sudan)
  • Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Rwanda 3–0 Namibia
43'
Karekezi 52'
Lomami 58'		 Report
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: (Tanzania)
Namibia 1–1 Rwanda
Shipanga 39' Report Lomami 37'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (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: (South Africa)
  • Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Gambia 2–0 Liberia
64'
Sonko 79'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Liberia 3–0 Gambia
Roberts 10'
Isaac Tondo 76', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
  • 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'
Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra (Ghana)
Attendance: 19,447
Referee: (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.
Burkina Faso w/o Central African Republic
  • Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the Second Round.

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