2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

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This page provides the summaries of the CAF first round matches for the

2010 African Cup of Nations
.

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:[1]

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.[2] 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

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Madagascar  10–2  Comoros 6–2 4–0
Djibouti  1–0[note 1]  Somalia 1–0 —
Sierra Leone  1–0  Guinea-Bissau 1–0 0–0
Madagascar 6 – 2 Comoros
Andriantsima 30', 40', 49' (pen.), 57'
Rakotomandimby 65'
Tsaralaza
79'		 Report
Ibor 53' (pen.
)
Attendance: 7,754
Comoros 0 – 4 Madagascar
Report
Nomenjanaharay 38', 52'
Rakotomandimby 62'
Robson
74'
Attendance: 1,610

Madagascar won 10 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the

second round
.

Djibouti 1 – 0 Somalia
H. Yassin 84' Report
Djibouti
Attendance: 10,000
)

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.[citation needed
]

Sierra Leone 1 – 0 Guinea-Bissau
Conteh 15' Report
Nigeria
)

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

second round
.

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Faneva Imà Andriantsima

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. ^ This tie was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches.

References

  1. ^ FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway in Africa
  2. ^ African pair pull out of qualifying race
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