2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Result:

Countries that qualified for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations

Countries that qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations

Countries that did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup or 2010 African Cup of Nations

Countries that withdrew or were disqualified

■ Host nation of the 2010 World Cup
◆ Host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa. The qualification stage doubled as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals held in Angola.

In total, 53 nations participated; however, due to the presence of the two tournaments' respective hosts, 52 teams were involved in each competition. South Africa qualified automatically as host for the World Cup,^[1] and Angola qualified as host for the African Cup of Nations. Both nevertheless competed in the qualifying phase to attempt to qualify for the other tournament.

This was the first time since 1934 that the hosts would compete in World Cup qualifiers. Angola's situation mirrored that of Egypt in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Africa, which doubled as the qualifiers to the 2006 African Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt.^[2]

First round[]

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:^[3]

Madagascar v Comoros
Somalia v Swaziland
São Tomé and Príncipe v Central African Republic
Sierra Leone v Guinea-Bissau
Seychelles v Djibouti

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.^[4] 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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	10–2	Comoros	6–2	4–0
Djibouti	1–0	Somalia	1–0	N/A
Sierra Leone	1–0	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	0–0

Second round[]

The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round) were split into 12 groups of 4 in the draw held in Durban, South Africa on 25 November 2007. Teams in each group played a home-and-away round-robin in 2008, with the 12 groups winners and 8 best runners-up advancing to the third round. As not all groups were of equal size after the exclusion of Ethiopia and the withdrawal of Eritrea, when ranking the runners-up, their results against their group's 4th placed team would not be counted.^[5]

Seeding[]

One team from each of the following pots were drawn into each group.^[6]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Cameroon Nigeria Ivory Coast Morocco Ghana Tunisia Egypt Guinea Senegal Mali Angola Togo	Zambia South Africa Cape Verde DR Congo Algeria Burkina Faso Benin Mozambique Libya Ethiopia Congo Zimbabwe	Uganda Botswana Equatorial Guinea Tanzania Gabon Malawi Sudan Burundi Liberia Rwanda Eritrea Namibia	Gambia Mauritania Kenya Chad Lesotho Mauritius Niger Swaziland Seychelles Sierra Leone Madagascar Djibouti

Legend
Countries that advanced to the Third round

Group 1[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	—	2–0	2–1	5–0
Cape Verde	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9	1–2	—	1–0	3–1
Tanzania	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8	0–0	3–1	—	1–1
Mauritius	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	0–3	0–1	1–4	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 2[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	—	3–2	0–0	4–0
Kenya	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	2–0	—	2–0	1–0
Zimbabwe	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6^[a]	0–0	0–0	—	2–0
Namibia	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6^[a]	1–2	2–1	4–2	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Zimbabwe and Namibia are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Group 3[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benin	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12	—	3–2	4–1	2–0
Angola	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10^[a]	3–0	—	0–0	3–1
Uganda	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10^[a]	2–1	3–1	—	1–0
Niger	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3	0–2	1–2	3–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Angola and Uganda are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Note: Angola were automatically qualified as hosts of the 2010 African Cup of Nations. However, they were subject to the same rules as other nations for continuation to the next stage of the qualifiers. Failure to advance from this group eliminated them from the qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Group 4[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	6	6	0	0	11	1	+10	18	—	2–0	4–1	2–0
South Africa	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7^[a]	0–1	—	0–0	4–1
Sierra Leone	6	2	1	3	4	8	−4	7^[a]	0–1	1–0	—	2–1
Equatorial Guinea	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Note: South Africa were automatically qualified as hosts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, they were subject to the same rules as other nations for continuation to the next stage of the qualifiers. Failure to advance from this group eliminated them from the qualifiers for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Group 5[]

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	6	4	2	11	5	+6	12^[a]	—	2–0	3–0	3–0
Gabon	6	4	2	8	3	+5	12^[a]	2–0	—	1–0	2–0
Libya	6	4	2	7	4	+3	12^[a]	1–0	1–0	—	4–0
Lesotho	6	0	6	2	16	−14	0	2–3	0–3	0–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ghana, Gabon and Libya are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Group 6[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10	—	1–0	3–2	3–0
Gambia	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3	9^[a]	1–0	—	0–0	3–0
Senegal	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9^[a]	1–0	1–1	—	3–1
Liberia	6	0	3	3	4	12	−8	3	0–0	1–1	2–2	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Gambia and Senegal are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Group 7[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	—	1–0	3–0	4–0
Mozambique	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8	1–1	—	3–0	1–2
Madagascar	6	1	3	2	2	7	−5	6	0–0	1–1	—	1–0
Botswana	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5	1–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

On 19 March 2008, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Malagasy Football Federation (FMF).^[7] The suspension was lifted on 19 May 2008.^[8]

Group 8[]

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	4	3	1	11	5	+6	9^[a]	—	2–0	4–1
Rwanda	4	3	1	7	3	+4	9^[a]	3–1	—	3–0
Mauritania	4	0	4	2	12	−10	0	1–4	0–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Morocco and Rwanda are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Ethiopia played four matches in this group, before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July 2008.^[9] On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the EFF from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled.^[10] While it was not clear if they were also explicitly excluded from the 2010 African Cup of Nations, their failure to complete the remaining fixtures effectively eliminated them from the tournament.

Group 9[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burkina Faso	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	—	0–0	2–0	4–1
Tunisia	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	1–2	—	2–1	5–0
Burundi	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	1–3	0–1	—	1–0
Seychelles	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0	2–3	0–2	1–2	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group 10[]

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	6	4	2	13	8	+5	12	—	3–0	4–2	2–1
Sudan	6	3	3	9	9	0	9^[a]	3–2	—	2–0	1–2
Congo	6	3	3	7	8	−1	9^[a]	1–0	1–0	—	2–0
Chad	6	2	4	7	11	−4	6	1–2	1–3	2–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.

On 28 March 2008, FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Chadian Football Federation.^[11] The suspension was lifted on 7 May 2008.^[12]

Chad was disqualified from the 2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers after failing to show up for their away match against Sudan, despite security guarantees. The match was subsequently rescheduled. Only matches between Mali, Sudan and Congo were taken into account for the qualification of the second round of the preliminaries of the African Cup of Nations. However, Chad was still able qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[13] This could have led to complications if Chad had advanced to the next round or if Chad's exclusion the now alternate group standings had produced different group winners and impacted on the ranking of the second-placed side.

For African Cup of Nations qualification:

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	4	2	2	9	6	+3	6^[a]	—	3–0	4–2
Sudan	4	2	2	5	6	−1	6^[a]	3–2	—	2–0
Congo	4	2	2	4	6	−2	6^[a]	1–0	1–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mali, Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.

Group 11[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7	—	1–0	1–0
Togo	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	6	1–0	—	6–0
Swaziland	4	1	1	2	2	8	−6	4	0–0	2–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced.^[14]

Group 12[]

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	6	5	1	13	2	+11	15	—	2–0	2–1	4–0
Malawi	6	4	2	14	5	+9	12	1–0	—	2–1	8–1
DR Congo	6	3	3	14	6	+8	9	0–1	1–0	—	5–1
Djibouti	6	0	6	2	30	−28	0	0–4	0–3	0–6	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Rankings of runners-up[]

Along with the 12 group winners, the 8 highest-ranked runners-up also advanced to the third round. Because not all groups contained an equal number of teams, only results against the first- and third-placed teams in each group counted.

Grp	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Rwanda	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
2	Kenya	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
9	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
11	Togo	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	6
5	Gabon	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6
10	Sudan	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
12	Malawi	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
7	Mozambique	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5
6	Gambia	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
3	Angola	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4
1	Cape Verde	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3
4	South Africa	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1. Total points, 2. Goal difference, 3. Goals scored, 4. Away goals scored, 5. A play-off decider at a neutral ground (if necessary)

Third round[]

The 20 remaining sides were split into five groups of four. The draw for the groups took place on 22 October 2008 in Zürich, Switzerland.^[15]

The five group winners qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and were joined by the group runners-up and third-placed teams in qualifying for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Seeding[]

Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008 (number in parentheses).^[16] One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.^[17]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Cameroon (12) Egypt (22) Ghana (25) Nigeria (27) Ivory Coast (29)	Guinea (41) Morocco (43) Tunisia (47) Mali (53) Algeria (56)	Burkina Faso (63) Gabon (67) Zambia (70) Kenya (79) Benin (81)	Rwanda (87) Togo (91) Mozambique (100) Sudan (106) Malawi (109)

Legend
Countries that qualified for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations
Countries that qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations

Group A[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13	—	2–1	3–0	0–0
Gabon	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9	0–2	—	3–0	3–1
Togo	6	2	2	2	3	7	−4	8	1–0	1–0	—	1–1
Morocco	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3	0–2	1–2	0–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	—	2–2	1–0	3–0
Tunisia	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
Mozambique	6	2	1	3	3	5	−2	7	0–0	1–0	—	1–0
Kenya	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3	2–3	1–2	2–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13^[a]	—	3–1	1–0	3–1
Egypt	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13^[a]	2–0	—	1–1	3–0
Zambia	6	1	2	3	2	5	−3	5	0–2	0–1	—	1–0
Rwanda	6	0	2	4	1	8	−7	2	0–0	0–1	0–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1–0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

18 November 2009

20:30 UTC+3

Egypt	0–1	Algeria
	Report	Yahia 40'

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan)

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Group D[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	—	1–0	2–2	2–0
Benin	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10	1–0	—	1–1	1–0
Mali	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9	0–2	3–1	—	1–0
Sudan	6	0	1	5	2	9	−7	1	0–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group E[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	6	5	1	0	19	4	+15	16	—	5–0	5–0	3–0
Burkina Faso	6	4	0	2	10	11	−1	12	2–3	—	1–0	4–2
Malawi	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	1–1	0–1	—	2–1
Guinea	6	1	0	5	7	14	−7	3	1–2	1–2	2–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Qualified teams[]

The following six teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
South Africa	Hosts	15 May 2004	2 (1998, 2002)
Cameroon	Third round Group A winners	14 November 2009	5 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Nigeria	Third round Group B winners	14 November 2009	3 (1994, 1998, 2002)
Algeria	Third round Group C winners	18 November 2009	2 (1982, 1986)
Ghana	Third round Group D winners	6 September 2009	1 (2006)
Ivory Coast	Third round Group E winners	10 October 2009	1 (2006)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

There were 506 goals scored over 198 games, for an average of 2.54 goals per game.

12 goals

Moumouni Dagano

9 goals

Samuel Eto'o

8 goals

Razak Omotoyossi
Frédéric Kanouté

6 goals

Didier Drogba
Dennis Oliech
Chiukepo Msowoya

5 goals

Mohamed Aboutrika
Matthew Amoah
Ismael Bangoura
Pascal Feindouno
Emmanuel Adebayor

4 goals

Shabani Nonda
Emad Motaeb
Amr Zaki
Roguy Méyé

Junior Agogo
Faneva Imà Andriatsima
Seydou Keita
Youssef Safri

3 goals

Rafik Saifi
Antar Yahia
Karim Ziani
Flávio
Yssouf Koné
Achille Emaná
Jean Makoun

Dady
Lys Mouithys
Zola Matumona
Dieumerci Mbokani
Ahmed Hassan
Hosni Abd Rabo
Prince Tagoe

Sekou Cissé
Bakari Koné
Boubacar Sanogo
Esau Kanyenda
Wilko Risser
Jerson Tegete
Adekamni Olufade

2 goals

Rafik Djebbour
Abdelkader Ghezzal
Mohamed Aoudou
Séïdath Tchomogo
Diphetogo Selolwane
Aristide Bance
Mahamoudou Kéré
Henri Mbazumutima
Albert Meyong
Syriakata Hassan
Hilaire Kedigui
Wilfried Endzanga
Ahmed Eid
Daniel Cousin
Bruno Ecuele Manga
Fabrice Do Marcolino
Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé
Njogu Demba-Nyrén
Mustapha Jarju
Laryea Kingston
Sulley Muntari
Mamadou Bah

Kamil Zayatte
Gervinho
Salomon Kalou
Romaric
Yaya Touré
McDonald Mariga
Olivier Makor
Dioh Williams
Ahmed Saad
Lalaina Nomenjanahary
Rija Rakotomandimby
Moses Chavula
Robert Ng'ambi
Sidi Yaya Keita
Wesley Marquette
Youssouf Hadji
Adel Taarabt
Domingues
Miró
Dário
Tico-Tico
Rudolph Bester
Alhassane Issoufou

Obafemi Martins
Peter Odemwingie
Yakubu
Joseph Yobo
Labama Bokota
Olivier Karekezi
Saïd Makasi
El Hadji Diouf
Philip Zialor
Kewullay Conteh
Kagisho Dikgacoi
Faisal Agab
Muhannad El Tahir
Haytham Tambal
Danny Mrwanda
Moustapha Salifou
Oussama Darragi
Hichem Essifi
Chaouki Ben Saada
Geofrey Massa
Eugene Ssepuuya
Gilbert Mushangazhike

1 goal

Nadir Belhadj
Madjid Bougherra
Karim Matmour
Gilberto
Locó
Mantorras
António Mendonça
Job
Yamba Asha
Zé Kalanga
Khaled Adénon
Jocelyn Ahoueya
Romuald Boco
Stéphane Sessègnon
Oumar Tchomogo
Boitumelo Mafoko
Habib Bamogo
Charles Kaboré
Issouf Ouattara
Jonathan Pitroipa
Alain Traoré
Selemani Ndikumana
André Bikey
Gustave Bebbe
Geremi
Rigobert Song
Somen Tchoyi
Pierre Webó
Babanco
Lito
José Semedo
Marco Soares
Léger Djimrangar
Marius Mbaiam
Misdongarde Betolngar
Ibor Bakar
Gervais Batota
Franchel Ibara
Hérita Ilunga
Lomana LuaLua
Trésor Mputu
Tsholola Tshinyama
Ahmed Daher
Moussa Hirir
Rodolfo Bodipo
Juan Ramón Epitié
Juvenal
Ronan
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Moïse Brou Apanga
Éric Mouloungui

Stéphane N'Guéma
Ousman Jallow
Aziz Corr Nyang
Anthony Annan
Stephen Appiah
Kwadwo Asamoah
Michael Essien
Sambégou Bangoura
Oumar Kalabane
Kanga Akalé
Kader Keïta
Siaka Tiéné
Didier Zokora
Mohammed Jamal
Austin Makacha
Francis Ouma
Julius Owino
Allan Wanga
Sello Muso
Lehlohonolo Seema
Omar Daoud
Hesham Shaban
Osama Al Fazzani
Guy Hubert Mamihasindrahona
Praxis Rabemananjara
Hubert Robson
Jean Tsaralaza
Elvis Kafoteka
Joseph Kamwendo
Jacob Ngwira
Atusaye Nyondo
Noel Mkandawire
Adama Coulibaly
Soumaila Coulibaly
Mamadou Diallo
Modibo Maïga
Tenema N'Diaye
Mamadou Samassa
Andy Sophie
Dominique Da Silva
Ahmed Teguedi
Abdessalam Benjelloun
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Houssine Kharja
Tarik Sektioui
Nabil El Zhar
Merouane Zemmama
Carlitos
Genito
Costa Khaiseb
Paulus Shipanga

Ismaël Alassane
Kamilou Daouda
Michael Eneramo
Obinna Nwaneri
Christian Obodo
Chidi Odiah
Bobo Bola
Patrick Mafisango
Henri Camara
Issiar Dia
Ibrahima Faye
Cheikh Gueye
Kader Mangane
Ibrahima Sonko
Modou Sougou
Mohamed Kallon
Sheriff Suma
Thembinkosi Fanteni
Surprise Moriri
Siphiwe Tshabalala
Saif Eldin Ali Idris Farah
Mudather El Tahir
Ala'a Eldin Yousif
Siza Dlamini
Athuman Idd
Nizar Khalfan
Floyd Ayité
Tijani Belaïd
Saber Ben Frej
Radhi Jaïdi
Ammar Jemal
Fahid Ben Khalfallah
Yassin Mikari
Nabil Taïder
Wissem Ben Yahia
Andrew Mwesigwa
David Obua
Ibrahim Sekagya
Dan Wagaluka
Rainford Kalaba
Francis Kasonde
Christopher Katongo
Felix Katongo
Cuthbert Malajila
Esrom Nyandoro

1 own goal

Saïdou Panandétiguiri (for Ivory Coast)
Mamadou Tall (for Ivory Coast)
(for Egypt)

Bruno Ecuele Manga (for Libya)
Amin Erbati (for Gabon)
Pascal Anicet (for Benin)

Kassaly Daouda (for Angola)
Joseph Yobo (for Sierra Leone)
Cheikh Gueye (for Algeria)

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External links[]

African zone at FIFA.com

[table_hth_ZIM0.18263201004948-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Zimbabwe and Namibia are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_ANG0.44823300207417-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Angola and Uganda are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_RSA0.14187126427045-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_GHA0.98127376380436-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Ghana, Gabon and Libya are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_GAM0.064984243859064-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Gambia and Senegal are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_MAR0.42589976984351-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Morocco and Rwanda are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_SUD0.88673813775496-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_MLI0.58179860961707-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mali, Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[table_hth_ALG0.0023218779835486-26] Jump up to: ^a ^b Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1–0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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show v t 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
AFC	First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Second round Third round Algeria v Egypt (Tiebreaking play-offs)
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round Fourth round
CONMEBOL	Group round
OFC	First round (South Pacific Games) Second round (OFC Nations Cup)
UEFA	First round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Second round (play-offs) Republic of Ireland v France
Play-offs	AFC v OFC CONCACAF v CONMEBOL

show v t Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2021 Ivory Coast 2023 Guinea 2025
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics Hat-tricks
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.