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.[1][2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2019 (shown in parentheses below).[5] Teams from Pot 2 would host the first leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1.  Zimbabwe (112)
  2.  Sierra Leone (114)
  3.  Mozambique (116)
  4.  Namibia (121)
  5.  Angola (122)
  6.  Guinea-Bissau (123)
  7.  Malawi (126)
  8.  Togo (128)
  9.  Sudan (129)
  10.  Rwanda (133)
  11.  Tanzania (137)
  12.  Equatorial Guinea (139)
  13.  Eswatini (139)
  14.  Lesotho (144)
  1.  Comoros (146)
  2.  Botswana (147)
  3.  Burundi (148)
  4.  Ethiopia (150)
  5.  Liberia (152)
  6.  Mauritius (157)
  7.  Gambia (161)
  8.  South Sudan (169)
  9.  Chad (175)
  10.  São Tomé and Príncipe (185)
  11.  Seychelles (192)
  12.  Djibouti (195)
  13.  Somalia (202)
  14.  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. 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
Ethiopia 0–0 Lesotho
Report (FIFA)
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Lesotho 1–1 Ethiopia
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals and advanced to second round.

Somalia 1–0 Zimbabwe
Shakunda  86' Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alfred Pousri Armi (Chad)
Zimbabwe 3–1 Somalia
 Report (FIFA)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Eritrea 1–2 Namibia
 Report (FIFA)
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Namibia 2–0 Eritrea
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Roland Danon (Ivory Coast)

Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Burundi 1–1 Tanzania
 Report (FIFA)
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: Kokou Ntalé (Togo)
Tanzania 1–1 (a.e.t.) Burundi
 Report (FIFA)
Penalties
 3–0
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 3–0 on penalties and advanced to second round.

Djibouti 2–1 Eswatini
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Slim Belakhouas (Tunisia)
Eswatini 0–0 Djibouti
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

Djibouti won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Botswana 0–0 Malawi
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)
Malawi 1–0 Botswana
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Souleiman Djama (Djibouti)

Malawi won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Gambia 0–1 Angola
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Quadri Adebimpe (Nigeria)
Angola 2–1 Gambia
 Report (FIFA)
Referee: Jean-Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

Angola won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Liberia 3–1 Sierra Leone
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Sierra Leone 1–0 Liberia
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Mauritius 0–1 Mozambique
Report (FIFA) Telinho  10'
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Mozambique 2–0 Mauritius
 Report (FIFA)
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

Mozambique won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Guinea-Bissau
Report (FIFA) Mendes  85' (pen.)
Referee: João Goma (Angola)
Guinea-Bissau 2–1 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)

Guinea-Bissau won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

South Sudan 1–1 Equatorial Guinea
 Report (FIFA)
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 South Sudan
 Report (FIFA)
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

Equatorial Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Comoros 1–1 Togo
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Elly Sasii (Tanzania)
Togo 2–0 Comoros
 Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Togo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Chad 1–3 Sudan
 Report (FIFA)
  • Agab  13', 67', 74'
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
Sudan 0–0 Chad
Report (FIFA)
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

Sudan won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.

Seychelles 0–3 Rwanda
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Rwanda 7–0 Seychelles
 Report (FIFA)
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tsegay Mogos (Eritrea)

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

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. Somalia played their home match in Djibouti due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  2. South Sudan played their home match in Sudan due to their national stadium currently undergoing renovations.[6]

References
  1. "CAF reverts to previous format for 2022 African World Cup qualifiers". Ahram Newspaper (english web version). 10 July 2019.
  2. "Fixtures of the Preliminary Round of the FIFAWC2022" (PDF). cafonline.com.
  3. FIFA.com. "204 member associations in contention for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ berths". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "Early miles of African marathon to Qatar laid out". FIFA.com. 28 July 2019.
  5. "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2019 (CAF)". FIFA.com. 25 July 2019.
  6. Huaxia (23 August 2019). "S. Sudan camps in Khartoum ahead of World Cup qualifiers". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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