# 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

This page provides the summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 20 qualifiers (the 12 group winners and the best 8 runners-up from the second round) were split into five groups of four, in the draw held on 22 October 2008 in Zürich. Teams in each group will play a home-and-away round-robin in 2009, with the 5 groups winners advancing to the World Cup Finals in South Africa (together with hosts South Africa).
This round also doubles as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with the top three teams in each group qualifying for the finals (together with hosts Angola).

## Seeding

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

## Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Gabon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Togo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Morocco | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |

## Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

## Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| Algeria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Egypt | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 5 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 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.

### Tiebreaking play-off

Alleged crowd violence at the playoff and the preceding match led to diplomatic tension between Egypt and Algeria.

## Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| Ghana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Benin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Mali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Sudan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 16 | Qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Malawi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | Qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
* 19 people were killed in a stampede before this match.

## Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.
6 goals
* Didier Drogba
5 goals
* Moumouni Dagano
4 goals
* Matthew Amoah
3 goals
* Samuel Eto'o
* Mohamed Aboutrika
* Pascal Feindouno
* Frédéric Kanouté
* Chiukepo Msowoya
* Victor Obinna
2 goals
* Abdelkader Ghezzal
* Rafik Saïfi
* Mohamed Aoudou
* Razak Omotoyossi
* Achille Emaná
* Jean Makoun
* Hosny Abd Rabo
* Amr Zaki
* Daniel Cousin
* Roguy Méyé
* Bakari Koné
* Romaric
* Yaya Touré
* Gervinho
* Dennis Oliech
* Adel Taarabt
* Obafemi Martins
* Oussama Darragi
* Issam Jemâa
1 goal
* Nadir Belhadj
* Madjid Bougherra
* Rafik Djebbour
* Karim Matmour
* Antar Yahia
* Karim Ziani
* Séïdath Tchomogo
* Romuald Boco
* Aristide Bancé
* Mahamoudou Kéré
* Habib Bamogo
* Jonathan Pitroipa
* Alain Traoré
* Geremi Njitap
* Pierre Webó
* Ahmed Hassan
* Emad Moteab
* Bruno Ecuele Manga
* Éric Mouloungui
* Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
* Moise Brou
* Anthony Annan
* Kwadwo Asamoah
* Michael Essien
* Sulley Muntari
* Prince Tagoe
* Mamadou Bah
* Sambégou Bangoura
* Oumar Kalabane
* Kamil Zayatte
* Salomon Kalou
* Kader Keïta
* Siaka Tiéné
* McDonald Mariga
* Julius Owino
* Allan Wanga
* Jacob Ngwira
* Mamadou Diallo
* Lassane Fané
* Modibo Maïga
* Tenema Ndiaye
* Mamadou Samassa
* Mounir El Hamdaoui
* Domingues
* Tico-Tico
* Dário
* Michael Eneramo
* Peter Odemwingie
* Ikechukwu Uche
* Yakubu
* Patrick Mutesa Mafisango
* Mudathir El Tahir
* Hassan Korongo
* Emmanuel Adebayor
* Moustapha Salifou
* Floyd Ayité
* Ammar Jemal
* Nabil Taïder
* Wissem Ben Yahia
* Rainford Kalaba
* Francis Kasonde
1 own goal
* Mamadou Tall (against Ivory Coast)
* Saïdou Panandétiguiri (against Ivory Coast)
* Hicham Mahdoufi (against Gabon)