This page provides the summaries of the CAF second round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations . The 48 qualifiers (45 direct entrants plus 3 winners of the first round ) were split into 12 groups of four in the draw held in Durban , South Africa on 25 November 2007. Teams in each group played a home-and-away round-robin in 2008, with the 12 groups winners and 8 best runners-up advancing to the third round . As not all groups were of equal size after the exclusion of Ethiopia and the withdrawal of Eritrea, when ranking the runners-up, their results against their group's 4th placed team would not be counted.[1]
Seeding
One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.[2]
Particular cases: Angola and South Africa
Group 1
Results
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (
Morocco )
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Jose Antonio De Sousa (
Angola )
Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (
Zambia )
6 September 2008 15:00 UTC+4
Attendance: 103
Referee: Alfred Ndinya (
Kenya )
6 September 2008 16:00 UTC-1
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+3
11 October 2008 15:30 UTC+1
Group 2
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Zimbabwe and Namibia are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
Attendance: 27,979
Referee: Verson Lwanja (
Malawi )
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Alex Kotey (
Ghana )
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Herminio Monteiro Lopes (
Angola )
6 September 2008 16:00 UTC+3
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (
Burundi )
7 September 2008 15:00 UTC+2
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+2
12 October 2008 16:15 UTC+0
Group 3
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Angola and Uganda are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Ousmane Karembe (
Mali )
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jean-Claude Niyongabo (
Burundi )
7 September 2008 16:00 UTC+1
7 September 2008 16:30 UTC+1
12 October 2008 16:00 UTC+3
12 October 2008 16:00 UTC+1
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Michel Gasingwa (
Rwanda )
Group 4
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
South Africa and Sierra Leone are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (
Libya )
6 September 2008 15:00 UTC+2
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja (
Malawi )
6 September 2008 16:30 UTC+0
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+1
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+1
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (
Zambia )
Group 5
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Ghana, Gabon and Libya are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ibrahim Chaibou (
Niger )
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Michel Gasingwa (
Rwanda )
5 September 2008 22:00 UTC+2
7 September 2008 15:00 UTC+2
11 October 2008 15:30 UTC+1
11 October 2008 14:30 UTC+0
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (
Sudan )
Group 6
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Gambia and Senegal are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Alex Kotey (
Ghana )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yakhouba Keita (
Guinea )
Eight people, all young men, were crushed to death by crowds before this match outside the stadium.[7]
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Gil Ndume (
Gabon )
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ibrahim Chaibou (
Niger )
5 September 2008 22:00 UTC+1
6 September 2008 16:30 UTC+0
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (
Libya )
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+0
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
11 October 2008 16:00 UTC+0
Group 7
Results
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (
Zambia )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmed Auda (
Egypt )
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
7 September 2008 14:30 UTC+3
7 September 2008 15:00 UTC+2
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Abdellah El Achiri (
Morocco )
11 October 2008 16:30 UTC+2
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cheikh Ahmed Tidane Seck (
Senegal )
11 October 2008 14:30 UTC+0
Group 8
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Morocco and Rwanda are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Ethiopia were excluded from the competition on 2008-09-12 due to FIFA's suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation , and the results of their matches were annulled.[8]
Results
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alfred Ndinya (
Kenya )
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (
Libya )
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja (
Malawi )
6 September 2008 17:00 UTC+0
7 September 2008 16:00 UTC+3
11 October 2008 15:30 UTC+2
11 October 2008 19:30 UTC+0
Group 9
Results
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (
Libya )
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gil Ndume (
Gabon )
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Yasser Abn el Raaof Younis (
Egypt )
6 September 2008 16:30 UTC+4
6 September 2008 18:00 UTC+0
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mathews Katjimune (
Namibia )
11 October 2008 17:00 UTC+2
12 October 2008 15:30 UTC+2
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (
Uganda )
Group 10
Ranking
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
Sudan and Congo are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Results
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Crespin Aguidissou (
Benin )
7 September 2008 15:30 UTC+1
11 October 2008 18:00 UTC+0
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Yakhouba Keita (
Guinea )
11 October 2008 21:00 UTC+3
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (
Libya )
Group 11
Ranking
Eritrea withdrew from the qualifiers on 25 March 2008 and were not replaced.[11]
Results
Attendance: 5,819
Referee: Jean-Claude Niyongabo (
Burundi )
Attendance: 7,462
Referee: Alex Kotey (
Ghana )
11 October 2008 15:30 UTC+0
Group 12
Results
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mathews Katjimune (
Namibia )
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Yakhouba Keita (
Guinea )
5 September 2008 21:00 UTC+3
Attendance: 700
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (
Angola )
7 September 2008 15:30 UTC+1
11 October 2008 14:30 UTC+2
12 October 2008 20:00 UTC+2
Rankings of runners-up
Along with the 12 group winners, the 8 best runners-up also advanced to the third round. In determining the rankings of the runners-up, results against the fourth-placed team (for groups with 4 teams) would be excluded (and are hence excluded from the table below).
Ranking rules
Total points
Goal difference
Goals scored
Away goals scored
A play-off decider at a neutral ground (if necessary)
Goalscorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Notes
↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-06-22 postponed because the referees' flight was late.[4] 1 2 3 Lesotho opted to play all their matches in South Africa .[5] ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-05-31 postponed as the visiting Lesotho squad failed to arrive after a strike by air traffic controllers in Gabon.[6] 1 2 3 4 The Sudan v Chad match was originally scheduled for 2008-05-31, but postponed due to conflict between Sudan and Chad .[9] Both legs between Sudan and Chad were later rescheduled and moved to Egypt .[10] 1 2 Togo were barred from hosting qualifiers due to violence during their 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali . ↑ Match originally scheduled for 2008-09-06 postponed at the request of Zambia for mourning the death of President Levy Mwanawasa .[12]