2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round
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In the First Round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the Second Round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt and Morocco).
Matches
- Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Benin | 3–2 | Madagascar |
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Tchomogo 33' (pen.), 62', 90+2' | Report | Radonamahafalison 15' Rakotondramanana 23' |
- Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Libya | 8–0 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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El Masli 8', 17', 20' El Taib 45', 63' Suliman 54' Osman 74' El Rabty 88' |
Report |
- Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Chad | 3–1 | Angola |
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Oumar 53', 74', 83' | Report | Bruno Mauro 49' |
Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Monetchet Nahi (Côte d'Ivoire) |
- Angola won on the away goals rule after tying 3–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the Second Round.