# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

The CAF first round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 4 to 10 September 2019.

## Format

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.

## Seeding

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.
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2019 (shown in parentheses below). 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 |
| Zimbabwe (112) Sierra Leone (114) Mozambique (116) Namibia (121) Angola (122) Guinea-Bissau (123) Malawi (126) Togo (128) Sudan (129) Rwanda (133) Tanzania (137) Equatorial Guinea (139) Eswatini (139) Lesotho (144) | Comoros (146) Botswana (147) Burundi (148) Ethiopia (150) Liberia (152) Mauritius (157) Gambia (161) South Sudan (169) Chad (175) São Tomé and Príncipe (185) Seychelles (192) Djibouti (195) Somalia (202) Eritrea (202) |

## Summary

The first legs were played on 4–7 September, and the second legs on 8 and 10 September 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals and advanced to second round.
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 won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Mozambique won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Guinea-Bissau won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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.
Rwanda won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

## Goalscorers

There were 57 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.04 goals per match.
3 goals
* Joseph Mendes
* Meddie Kagere
* Ramadan Agab
2 goals
* Peter Shalulile
* Muhadjiri Hakizimana
* Yannick Mukunzi
* Jacques Tuyisenge
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)