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 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
  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.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

Ethiopia 0–0 Lesotho
Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Lesotho 1–1 Ethiopia
  • Seturumane 56'
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
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
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alfred Pousri Armi (Chad)
Zimbabwe 3–1 Somalia
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

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

Eritrea 1–2 Namibia
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Namibia 2–0 Eritrea
 Report
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Roland Danon (Ivory Coast)

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

Burundi 1–1 Tanzania
 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kokou Ntalé (Togo)
Tanzania 1–1 (a.e.t.) Burundi
 Report
Penalties
 3–0
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

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

Djibouti 2–1 Eswatini
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Slim Belakhouas (Tunisia)
Eswatini 0–0 Djibouti
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

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

Botswana 0–0 Malawi
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)
Malawi 1–0 Botswana
 Report
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Souleiman Djama (Djibouti)

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

Gambia 0–1 Angola
Report
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Quadri Adebimpe (Nigeria)
Angola 2–1 Gambia
 Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Jean-Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

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

Liberia 3–1 Sierra Leone
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Sierra Leone 1–0 Liberia
 Report
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

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

Mauritius 0–1 Mozambique
Report Telinho 10'
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Mozambique 2–0 Mauritius
 Report
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

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

São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Guinea-Bissau
Report Jos. Mendes 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: João Goma (Angola)
Guinea-Bissau 2–1 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Report
  • Iniesta 12'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)

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

South Sudan 1–1 Equatorial Guinea
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 South Sudan
 Report
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

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

Comoros 1–1 Togo
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Elly Sasii (Tanzania)
Togo 2–0 Comoros
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

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

Chad 1–3 Sudan
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bangaly Konate (Guinea)
Sudan 0–0 Chad
Report
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

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

Seychelles 0–3 Rwanda
Report
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Rwanda 7–0 Seychelles
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
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. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ Huaxia (23 August 2019). "S. Sudan camps in Khartoum ahead of World Cup qualifiers". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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