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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates11 November 2011 – 19 November 2013
Teams52 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played152
Goals scored389 (2.56 per match)
Attendance2,887,430 (18,996 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
Egypt Mohamed Salah
Ghana Asamoah Gyan
(5 Goals)
← 2010
2018 →
Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

The African section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as the qualifies of the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 52 teams from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who competing for 5 spots of the 32 teams in the finals.

Format

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 proposed format, announced on 16 May 2011, began in November 2011 with the first round of 12 two-legged knock-out ties. The ties, involving the 24 lowest-ranked teams according to FIFA World Rankings, were drawn in Brazil on 30 July 2011. The 12 winners joined the remaining 28 CAF entrants in the second round, which consists of 10 groups of 4. The winners of each group – held between June 2012 and September 2013 – advanced to the third round of 5 two-legged knock-out ties. The 5 winners of these ties – held in October and November 2013 – advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

Entrants

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.[2] (World rankings shown in brackets)[3]

Bye to second round
(ranked 1st to 28th) 		Competing in first round
(ranked 29th to 52nd)
  1. File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (14)
  2. File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (34)
  3. File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (36)
  4. File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (39)
  5. File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (43)
  6. File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (46)
  7. File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (49)
  8. File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (50)
  9. File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (52)
  10. File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (55)
  11. File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (60)
  12. File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya (63)
  14. File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (63)
  16. File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea (68)
  17. File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (71)
  18. File:Flag of Malawi (2010–2012).svg Malawi (72)
  19. File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (74)
  20. File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (76)
  21. File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali (77)
  22. File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde (82)
  23. File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin (86)
  25. File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (86)
  27. File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic (89)
  28. File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (93)
  29. File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (97)
  30. File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger (98)
  31. File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (100)
  32. File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia (102)
  2. File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (103)
  3. File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo (123)
  5. File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo (123)
  7. File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (125)
  8. File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (127)
  9. File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo (129)
  10. File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (130)
  11. File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (134)
  12. File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (139)
  13. File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (140)
  14. File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (143)
  15. File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (149)
  16. File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau (151)
  17. File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea (155)
  18. File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad (158)
  19. File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland (169)
  20. File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros (175)
  21. File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (184)
  22. File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (188)
  23. File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (191)
  24. File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti (194)
  25. File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (195)
  26. File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (199)
  27. File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe (unranked)
Notes

First round

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

The first round consisted of 12 home-and-away ties, featured the 24 lowest ranked teams in Africa. The ties were drawn at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round.

Seeding

The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams.

Pot 1 Pot 2

File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar

File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe

Matches

The first legs were scheduled for 11–12 November 2011, with the second legs on 15–16 November 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Seychelles File:Flag of Seychelles.svg 0–7 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 0–3 0–4
Guinea-Bissau File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg 1–2 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 1–1 0–1
Djibouti File:Flag of Djibouti.svg 0–8 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 0–4 0–4
Mauritius File:Flag of Mauritius.svg w/o File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia — —
Comoros File:Flag of the Comoros.svg 1–5 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 0–1 1–4
Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2–0 1–2
Somalia File:Flag of Somalia.svg 0–5 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 0–0 0–5
Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg 3–2 File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 1–0 2–2
Eritrea File:Flag of Eritrea.svg 2–4 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 1–1 1–3
Swaziland File:Flag of Eswatini.svg 2–8 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 1–3 1–5
São Tomé and Príncipe File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg 1–6 File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 0–5 1–1
Chad File:Flag of Chad.svg 2–2 (a) File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1–2 1–0
  • Note: Mauritius withdrew from the tournament on 31 October 2011.[5] Liberia automatically advanced to the second round.

Second round

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round

The second round saw the top 28 ranked CAF teams joined by the 12 winners from the first round. These teams were drawn into ten groups of four teams at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The matches were played from 1 June 2012 to 7 September 2013. The top team from each group advanced to the third round.

Seeding

The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
File:Flag of Malawi (2010–2012).svg Malawi
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde

File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya†
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo†

File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia†
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia†
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique†
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea†
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia†
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho†
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda†
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo†
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo†
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania†

† First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw

Groups

Cameroon were suspended by FIFA on 4 July 2013 for government interference.[6] The suspension was lifted on 22 July 2013.[7]

Group A

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg File:Flag of South Africa.svg File:Flag of Botswana.svg File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 13 Third round — 2–1 1–0 2–0
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 1–1 — 4–1 2–0
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 3–2
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 1–2 0–3 2–0 —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Awarded

Group B

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Tunisia.svg File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 Third round — 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–1
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 1–2 — 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 2–2 2–1 — 3–2
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 6 0 2 4 6 15 −9 2 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Awarded

Group C

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg File:Flag of Morocco.svg File:Flag of Tanzania.svg File:Flag of The Gambia.svg
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Third round — 1–1 2–0 3–0
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 2–2 — 2–1 2–0
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6 2–4 3–1 — 2–1
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–3 1–1 2–0 —
Source: [8]

Group D

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Ghana.svg File:Flag of Zambia.svg File:Flag of Lesotho.svg File:Flag of Sudan.svg
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 6 5 0 1 18 3 +15 15 Third round — 2–1 7–0 4–0
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 1–0 — 4–0 1–1
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 6 1 2 3 4 15 −11 5 0–2 1–1 — 0–0
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 6 0 2 4 3 14 −11 2 1–3 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Awarded

Group E

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg File:Flag of Gabon.svg File:Flag of Niger.svg
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 6 4 0 2 7 4 +3 12 Third round — 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 4–0
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 1–0 0–0 — 4–1
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 0–1 2–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Awarded

Group F

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Nigeria.svg File:Flag of Malawi.svg File:Flag of Kenya.svg File:Flag of Namibia.svg
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Third round — 2–0 1–1 1–0
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 6 1 4 1 4 5 −1 7 1–1 — 2–2 0–0
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 6 0–1 0–0 — 1–0
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 6 1 2 3 2 4 −2 5 1–1 0–1 1–0 —
Source: [8]

Group G

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Egypt.svg File:Flag of Guinea.svg File:Flag of Mozambique.svg File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6 6 0 0 16 7 +9 18 Third round — 4–2 2–0 2–1
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 2–3 — 6–1 1–0
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 6 0 3 3 2 10 −8 3 0–1 0–0 — 0–0
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2 2–4 0–1 1–1 —
Source: [8]

Group H

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Algeria.svg File:Flag of Mali.svg File:Flag of Benin.svg File:Flag of Rwanda.svg
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 15 Third round — 1–0 3–1 4–0
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 2–1 — 2–2 1–1
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 1–3 1–0 — 2–0
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: [8]

Group I

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Cameroon.svg File:Flag of Libya.svg File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Third round — 1–0 1–0 2–1
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 2–1 — 0–0 2–0
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6 0–0 0–0 — 2–0
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Awarded

Group J

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification File:Flag of Senegal.svg File:Flag of Uganda.svg File:Flag of Angola.svg File:Flag of Liberia.svg
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Third round — 1–0 1–1 3–1
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 1–1 — 2–1 1–0
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 6 1 4 1 7 5 +2 7 1–1 1–1 — 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 4 0–2 2–0 0–0 —
Source: [8]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Awarded

Third round

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

The third round saw the 10 group winners from the second round drawn into five home and away ties. The winners of each tie advanced to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Seeding

The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo.[9] The teams were seeded based on the September 2013 edition of the FIFA Ranking (shown below in brackets).[10][11]

Pot 1 Pot 2

File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (19)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (24)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (28)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (36)
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (46)

File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (50)
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (51)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (61)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (66)
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (93)

Matches

The matches were played in the periods of 11–15 October and 16–19 November 2013.[2][12]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3–1 1–1
Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg 1–4 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1–2 0–2
Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–4 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0–0 1–4
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg 7–3 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6–1 1–2
Burkina Faso File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 3–3 (a) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 3–2 0–1

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast third round winners 16 November 2013 2 (2006, 2010)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria third round winners 16 November 2013 4 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon third round winners 17 November 2013 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana third round winners 19 November 2013 2 (2006, 2010)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria third round winners 19 November 2013 3 (1982, 1986, 2010)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

There were 389 goals scored in 152 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

References

  1. ↑ "African Qualifiers – FIFA World Cup 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil | Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures | African Zone" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Preliminary Draw". FIFA. 21 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
  5. ↑ "Mauritius withdraw from FIFA World Cup qualifiers". FIFA.com. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Cameroon suspended indefinitely by FIFA". Yahoo! Sports. 4 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "FIFA lifts suspension of Cameroon". FOXNews.com. 22 July 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 "FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Press Release following CAF EXCO May 2013 meetings". cafonline.com. 16 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws". FIFA. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Latest FIFA Rankings reveal the play-off seedings for World Cup African qualifiers". Confederation of African Football. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Play-off draw brings high drama". FIFA.com. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013.

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