# 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

In the first round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the second round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco).

## Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Zimbabwe  Zambia  Algeria  Ghana  Burkina Faso  Mali  Kenya  Angola  Togo  Libya  Liberia  Congo  Malawi  Uganda  Madagascar  Sudan  Swaziland  Guinea  Rwanda  Gabon  Lesotho | Benin  Botswana  Mozambique  Ethiopia  Mauritius  Namibia  Sierra Leone  Gambia  Burundi  Cape Verde  Eritrea  Tanzania  Chad  Niger  Central African Republic  Seychelles  Mauritania  Equatorial Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Somalia  São Tomé and Príncipe |

## Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1–4 | Mali | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Madagascar | 3–4 | Benin | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Seychelles | 1–5 | Zambia | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Botswana | 4–1 | Lesotho | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1–2 | Togo | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0–9 | Libya | 0–1 | 0–8 |
| Tanzania | 0–3 | Kenya | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Niger | 0–7 | Algeria | 0–1 | 0–6 |
| Uganda | 4–3 | Mauritius | 3–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Sudan | 3–0 | Eritrea | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Zimbabwe | 4–2 | Mauritania | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Swaziland | 1–4 | Cape Verde | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Burundi | 1–4 | Gabon | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Chad | 3–3(a) | Angola | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Congo | 2–1 | Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ethiopia | 1–3 | Malawi | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Rwanda | 4–1 | Namibia | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Guinea | 5–3 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Gambia | 2–3 | Liberia | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Somalia | 0–7 | Ghana | 0–5 | 0–2 |
| Burkina Faso | w/o | Central African Republic | | |

## Matches

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
3–3 on aggregate; Angola won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.
Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the second round.

## Goalscorers

There were 109 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.
4 goals
* Sambégou Bangoura
* Ahmed al Masli
3 goals
* Nassim Akrour
* Oumar Tchomogo
* Francis Oumar
* Dário
2 goals
* Mansour Boutabout
* Abdelmalek Cherrad
* Bruno Mauro
* Dipsy Selolwane
* Cafú
* Carlos Caló
* Stéphane N'Guéma
* Nana Arhin Duah
* Isaac Boakye
* Dennis Oliech
* Isaac Tondo
* Tarik El Taib
* Essau Kanyenda
* Soumaila Coulibaly
* Jean Lomami
* David Obua
* Harry Milanzi
1 goal
* Akwá
* Anicet Adjamossi
* Nelson Gabolwelwe
* Tshepiso Molwantwa
* Gabriel Nzeyimana
* Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
* Mbiamcie Mvoubi
* Sergio Barila
* Teshome Getu
* Shiva N'zigou
* Abdou-Rahman Njie
* Edrissa Sonko
* Lawrence Adjei
* Stephen Appiah
* Asamoah Gyan
* Souleymane Youla
* Dionisio Fernandes
* Moses Ramafole
* Zizi Roberts
* Mohamed El Rabty
* Ahmed Saad Osman
* Marei Suliman
* Mike Okoth Origi
* Robert Edmond
* J. Radonamahafalison
* A. Rakotondramanana
* Peter Mgangira
* Seydou Keita
* Djibril Sidibé
* Yohan Langlet
* Ahmed Sidibe
* Jerry Louis
* Cyril Mourgine
* Richardo Nabuth
* Paulus Shipanga
* Joao Rafael Elias
* Olivier Karekezi
* Robert Suzette
* Ibrahim Koroma
* Mujahid Ahmed
* Haitham Elrasheed
* Haytham Tambal
* Siz Dlamini
* Emmanuel Adebayor
* Moustapha Salifou
* Assani Bajope
* Hassan Mubiru
* Dadley Fichite
* Gift Kampamba
* Mumamba Numba
* George Mbwando
* Adam Ndlovu
* Peter Ndlovu
* Kaitano Tembo
1 own goal
* Rajabu Mwinyi (against Gabon)