Round 1 Round 2 Round 3. Angola Ivory CoastEgyptGhanaBurkina FasoNigeriaSenegalSouth AfricaCameroonAlgeriaTunisia, GabonLibyaMoroccoGuineaBotswanaMalawiZambiaUgandaMaliCape Verde, BeninZimbabweCentral African RepublicSierra LeoneSudanNigerGambiaAngolaKenyaTogo, NamibiaLiberiaMozambiqueEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaLesothoRwandaDR CongoCongoTanzania, First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, Cameroon were suspended by FIFA on 4 July 2013 for government interference. The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 45 of the 48 teams that played in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with hosts United States, Mexico, and Canada qualifying automatically. Mongolia's Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal scored the very first . Nigeria (36) (Group F) , / , FIFA.com - 2014 FIFA World Cup - Asian preliminary competition, . [11] The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013. This page provides the summaries of the CAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification . Group A: 1 ALG Algeria. [2], On 1 August 2022, the Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee approved the qualification format for Asia's road to the 2026 World Cup, as well as the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, in preparation for the eight direct spots and the single intercontinental play-off slot allocated to the AFC by FIFA following the expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams.[3]. In round one, teams competed in eight groups of six teams and a single group of five teams. CAF African Nations Championship. The matches were played from 1 June 2012 to 7 September 2013. [3][4], The qualification structure was as follows:[4][5], All 54 FIFA-affiliated football associations from CAF entered qualification. Rwanda Algeria In this round the twenty-four lowest seeded teams were drawn into 12 home-and-away ties, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.[1]. 4 MTN Mauritania. DR Congo The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, African Qualifiers Third Round draw will be conducted on Saturday, 22 January 2022 in Douala, Cameroon. 2022 Qatar. Group B: 1 TUN Tunisia. Seeding [ edit] The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo. Senegal (66) (Group J) Group B: 1 KSA Saudi Arabia. The 10 African teams still standing in the race for Qatar will be cut down to five in the last round of qualifiers. The ties were drawn at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. [6] The suspension was lifted on 22 July 2013.[7]. The qualification process began with 43 national teams (out of 46 AFC members; Bhutan, Brunei and Guam did not enter) vying for four and a half spots. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams. Congo Gambia Or so it appears after Ghana and the Super Eagles drew 0-0 in the first leg of their 2022 World Cup qualifier in Kumasi. Liberia Here's how the playoffs work. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties. [8] Kenya won 70 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. Qualification began with two sets of two-leg knockout qualification rounds the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. The rankings are shown as of 17 October 2013. 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification CAF Third Round, Senegal had to play their home match in the third round at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their, "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws", "Latest FIFA Rankings reveal the play-off seedings for World Cup African qualifiers", "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures African Zone", "Senegal home-ban runs through the one-year home ban imposed on Senegal's Leopold Seoff", "Senegal choose Morocco to host their World Cup play-off", "Tunisia-Cameroon: A sold-out match with 50,000 spectators", Reuters: Soccer-Burkina Faso protest against Algeria thrown out by FIFA, Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification__CAF_Third_Round&oldid=1138013304, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. a) Team scoring greater number of goals advances. CONCACAF once again used a six-team final stage (known colloquially as "the Hexagonal"). South Africa A total of five slots in the final tournament were available for CAF teams. Egypt A total of five slots in the final tournament were available for CAF teams. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored). Seychelles Nigeria has left themselves in a precarious position against Ghana in a World Cup qualification playoff that is winner take all for a spot in Qatar. location. There were 389 goals in 152 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match. 2 EQG Equatorial . Nigeria. A total of five slots in the final tournament were available for CAF teams. 3 NIG Niger. The draw was held on 30 July 2011 at the Marina da Glria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ivory Coast won 42 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The winners of each group held between June 2012 and September 2013 advanced to a third round of 5 two-legged knockout ties. b) If both teams score same number of goals, then team with more away goals advances. [10] Because of the interruption of the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule of the second and third round was revised again and on 19 August 2020 CAF announced the new dates for the aforementioned rounds. Ghana held on to a crucial 1-1 draw at Nigeria and qualified for the 2022 World Cup on away goals on Tuesday. Matchday 5 originally scheduled for 30 August 7 September 2021. This page provides summaries of the CAF Third Round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Eritrea The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams. The African qualification or CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has begun from 4 September 2019 to March 2022 the team is the members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). 29 Mar 10:00 Senegal 1 - 0 Egypt. FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF Home Scores Fixtures & Results Teams Statistics Transfers 1st Round. What's at stake? After the conclusion of the second match (i.e. Group A: 1 ALG Algeria. The five winners of these ties held in October and November 2013 advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. FIFA awarded Cameroon a 30 win as a result of Togo fielding the ineligible player, The venue of Libya's home match against Togo was changed from, Senegal had to play their last two home matches in the World Cup qualifiers against Angola and Uganda at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their, FIFA awarded Angola a 30 win as a result of Liberia fielding the ineligible player, continued political instability in the Central African Republic, "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures African Zone", "Ethiopia admit fielding ineligible player in World Cup qualifier", "Ethiopia sanctioned for fielding ineligible player", "South Africa/Cameroon: Bafana Bafana to Face CAR in Yaound, Cameroon", "Decisive CAR-Ethiopia qualifier in Rep. of Congo", "Equatorial Guinea sanctioned for fielding ineligible player", "Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Islands 24 March 2013", "Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup qualifying round", "Congo benefit as Burkina Faso docked points by Fifa", "Gabon sanctioned for using ineligible player", "Executive Committee strongly backs further governance reforms and strengthens fight against racism and discrimination", "Libya to play Cameroon World Cup tie at neutral venue", "World Cup: Fifa probe puts Ethiopia and Tunisia progress in doubt", "Togo sanctioned for fielding ineligible player", "Uganda: Cranes to Play Senegal in Morocco", "Liberia sanctioned for fielding ineligible player", Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification__CAF_Second_Round&oldid=1136921307, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 February 2023, at 21:42. [8][9], The July 2015 FIFA Rankings were used to seed the teams for the first two rounds, both of which were drawn in Russia on 25 July 2015. This page provides the summaries of the CAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. It took Equatorial Guinea The 14 winners advanced to the second round. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking were used to seed the teams for the first two rounds, both of which were drawn in Brazil on 30 July 2011. MozambiqueDR CongoTogoLiberiaTanzaniaCongoKenyaRwandaEthiopiaNamibiaBurundiMadagascar, Guinea-BissauEquatorial GuineaChadSwazilandComorosLesothoEritreaSomaliaDjiboutiMauritiusSeychellesSo Tom and Prncipe. Mali There were 362 goals scored in 158 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match. Which big players will miss out? These are the rankings used for the final draw. The third round saw the 10 group winners from the second round drawn into five home and away ties. Sudan Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in qualification has been thrown out by FIFA.[10]. An earlier Somali request for the match to be played in, "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures - African Zone", "Mauritius withdraw from FIFA World Cup qualifiers", "Somalia/Ethiopia World Cup 2014 match venue switched", Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification__CAF_First_Round&oldid=1059763384, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 December 2021, at 13:34. Cameroon won 41 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A play-off tournament involving six teams will be held to decide the last two FIFA World Cup berths:[12] these consist of one team per confederation, except for UEFA, and one additional team from the confederation of the host countries (CONCACAF). The third round saw the teams ranked 1-6 joined by the 6 group winners from the second round.These teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.. For FIFA World Cup qualifying stages using a home-and-away knockout format, the team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. However, Libya complied after FIFA gave them a new deadline. Group G Norway 1-1 Netherlands Turkey 2-2 Montenegro Latvia 3-1 Gibraltar. The nine group winners qualified, while the eight best runners-up ranked according to all their games except for games against the sixth-placed team in their group entered into the play-offs for the four remaining spots. Tanzania The winner of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the second-placed teams will either qualify directly or participate in . Group B: 1 TUN Tunisia. License/buy our content | Privacy policy | Terms & conditions | Advertising guide | Accessibility | A-Z index | Inside the Athlet blog | About us | Work for us. Senegal beat Egypt in a penalty shootout after dominating a thrilling, end-to-end match on Tuesday to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. Algeria, who lost the first leg (2-3), secured their ticket to the World Cup finals. Fifty-two out of the 53 national associations affiliated to CAF entered the qualifying to determine the continent's five slots for the next World Cup.[1]. The four lowest-ranked nations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga) competed in the first round of qualifying: a single round-robin tournament in Apia, Samoa, from 22 to 26 November 2011. Mohamed Salah got the better of his club mate Sadio Mane as Egypt edged Senegal 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup playoff on Friday. There were three groups of four teams and the top two teams in each group advanced to Round 4. 3 ZAM Zambia. Mali's Moussa Sissako scored an own goal and was sent off as they lost 1-0 to Tunisia in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff. Here's the way the. This page provides the summaries of the CAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Togo, Namibia The Second Round was contested by the top eight runners-up. The schedule of the competition was as follows. 31 nations were eliminated and the Bahamas withdrew (because their stadium was not completed in time for the competition).[9]. [4] Sierra Leone also faced possible exclusion from the qualifiers due to the suspension of their football association. The top team from each group advanced to the third round. Format [ edit] In this round the twenty-four lowest seeded teams were drawn into 12 home-and-away ties, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. Equatorial Guinea won 32 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round. The teams last met in 2011. ATT. Tanzania, First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Algeria's Islam Slimani headed home for a 1-0 away victory over Cameroon in their CAF World Cup playoff first leg in Douala on Friday. In May 2010, the CONCACAF Executive Committee announced a possible change in its qualifying format for the 2014 World Cup, which would start with a preliminary knockout stage followed by three group phases. CAF African Nations Championship. Because one group had one team fewer than the others, matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups were not included in this ranking. [6], Below is the schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar. Teams will be drawn into twelve groups of four or five teams. The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup the quadrennial world championship for mens national football teams organised by FIFA. FT: Abuja National . Congo The number of preliminary rounds was reduced to two, based on information provided by FIFA in early July 2015. So Tom and Prncipe. 20 games took place all over the African continent between 1 and 3 September 2021 for the account of Matchday 1 of the Second Round (group stage) of the African Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022. The winners of each group held between June 2012 and September 2013 advanced to the third round of 5 two-legged knock-out ties. There were six groups of four teams, with the six group winners joining the nations ranked 16 in Round 3. Jordan beat Uzbekistan in round 5 and played Uruguay, the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL, for the right to qualify, where they were eliminated. 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