This page provides the summaries of the CAF first round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Format Five knockout ties were originally required, involving the ten lowest ranked African countries (based on FIFA rankings as of July 2007). The actual draw was apparently conducted one day before the format was announced by CAF. The pairings were:FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway in Africa
Madagascar v. Comoros Somalia v. Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe v. Central African Republic Sierra Leone v. Guinea-Bissau Seychelles v. Djibouti
São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic both withdrew in early September 2007. As a result, Swaziland and Seychelles (the two highest-ranked of the ten nations) were no longer required to play in this round, and the teams they were originally matched against, Somalia and Djibouti, were pitched against each other instead.African pair pull out of qualifying race The tie was played as a single game in Djibouti; Somalia was not deemed safe due to the ongoing war.
The winners advanced to the second round.
Matches
Madagascar won 10 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Djibouti advanced to the second round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Djibouti, as Somalia was not deemed suitable for FIFA matches.
Sierra Leone won 1 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Goalscorers
Notes
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