2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round
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The CAF first round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 4 to 10 September 2019.[1][2]
Format[edit]
A total of 28 teams (teams ranked 27–54 in the CAF entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The 14 winners advanced to the second round.[3]
Seeding[edit]
The draw for the first round was held on 29 July 2019 at 12:00 EST (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2019 (shown in parentheses below).[5] Teams from Pot 2 hosted the first leg, while teams from Pot 1 hosted the second leg.
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Summary[edit]
The first legs were played on 4–7 September, and the second legs on 8 and 10 September 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia  | 1–1 (a) |  Lesotho | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Somalia  | 2–3 |  Zimbabwe | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Eritrea  | 1–4 |  Namibia | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Burundi  | 2–2 (0–3 p) |  Tanzania | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Djibouti  | 2–1 |  Eswatini | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Botswana  | 0–1 |  Malawi | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Gambia  | 1–3 |  Angola | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Liberia  | 3–2 |  Sierra Leone | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Mauritius  | 0–3 |  Mozambique | 0–1 | 0–2 |
São Tomé and Príncipe  | 1–3 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0–1 | 1–2 |
South Sudan  | 1–2 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Comoros  | 1–3 |  Togo | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Chad  | 1–3 |  Sudan | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Seychelles  | 0–10 |  Rwanda | 0–3 | 0–7 |
Matches[edit]
| Lesotho | 1–1 | Ethiopia |
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1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals and advanced to second round.
| Zimbabwe | 3–1 | Somalia |
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Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 3–0 on penalties and advanced to second round.
Djibouti won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Malawi won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| Angola | 2–1 | Gambia |
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Angola won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| Liberia | 3–1 | Sierra Leone |
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| Sierra Leone | 1–0 | Liberia |
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| Report |
Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| Mauritius | 0–1 | Mozambique |
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| Report | Telinho  10' |
Mozambique won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Report | Jos. Mendes 85' (pen.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2–1 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Guinea-Bissau won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| South Sudan | 1–1 | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Report |
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| Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | South Sudan |
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| Report |
Equatorial Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Togo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Sudan won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
| Seychelles | 0–3 | Rwanda |
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| Rwanda | 7–0 | Seychelles |
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Rwanda won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Goalscorers[edit]
There were 57 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.04 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Fábio Abreu- Wilson Gaspar
- Geraldo
Fiston Abdul Razak- Cédric Amissi
Ezechiel N'Douassel
Ibroihim Djoudja
Hamza Abdi Idleh- Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh
Luis Meseguer- Emilio Nsue
Ali Sulieman
Siboniso Mamba
Assan Ceesay
Tsepo Seturumane
Sam Johnson- Mohammed Sangare
- Terrence Tisdell
Gerald Phiri
Geny Catamo- Clésio
- Telinho
Absalom Iimbondi
Djihad Bizimana
Iniesta
Kei Kamara- Kwame Quee
Omar Mohamed- Anwar Shakunda
Saimon Msuva- Mbwana Samatta
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba- Gilles Sunu
Khama Billiat- Marshall Munetsi
- Admiral Muskwe
1 own goal
- Kassim M'Dahoma (against Togo)
- Niko Kata (against South Sudan)
- Esey Tesfay (against Namibia)
- Nkau Lerotholi (against Ethiopia)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Somalia played their home match in Djibouti due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
- ^ South Sudan played their home match in Sudan due to their national stadium currently undergoing renovations.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "CAF reverts to previous format for 2022 African World Cup qualifiers". Ahram Newspaper (english web version). 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Fixtures of the preliminary round of the FIFAWC2022" (PDF). cafonline.com.
- ^ FIFA.com. "204 member associations in contention for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 berths". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Early miles of African marathon to Qatar laid out". FIFA.com. 28 July 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2019 (CAF)". FIFA.com. 25 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019.
- ^ Huaxia (23 August 2019). "S. Sudan camps in Khartoum ahead of World Cup qualifiers". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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