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)

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

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

 Mozambique
 DR Congo
 Togo
 Liberia
 Tanzania
 Congo
 Kenya
 Rwanda
 Ethiopia
 Namibia
 Burundi
 Madagascar

 Guinea-Bissau
 Equatorial Guinea
 Chad
 Swaziland
 Comoros
 Lesotho
 Eritrea
 Somalia
 Djibouti
 Mauritius
 Seychelles
 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  0–7  Kenya 0–3 0–4
Guinea-Bissau  1–2  Togo 1–1 0–1
Djibouti  0–8  Namibia 0–4 0–4
Mauritius  w/o  Liberia — —
Comoros  1–5  Mozambique 0–1 1–4
Equatorial Guinea  3–2  Madagascar 2–0 1–2
Somalia  0–5  Ethiopia 0–0 0–5
Lesotho  3–2  Burundi 1–0 2–2
Eritrea  2–4  Rwanda 1–1 1–3
Swaziland  2–8  DR Congo 1–3 1–5
São Tomé and Príncipe  1–6  Congo 0–5 1–1
Chad  2–2 (a)  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

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

 Ivory Coast
 Egypt
 Ghana
 Burkina Faso
 Nigeria
 Senegal
 South Africa
 Cameroon
 Algeria
 Tunisia

 Gabon
 Libya
 Morocco
 Guinea
 Botswana
 Malawi
 Zambia
 Uganda
 Mali
 Cape Verde

 Benin
 Zimbabwe
 Central African Republic
 Sierra Leone
 Sudan
 Niger
 Gambia
 Angola
 Kenya†
 Togo†

 Namibia†
 Liberia†
 Mozambique†
 Equatorial Guinea†
 Ethiopia†
 Lesotho†
 Rwanda†
 DR Congo†
 Congo†
 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]

Note: Scores marked by [a] are results awarded by FIFA.

Group A

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 — 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–1
 Cape Verde 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 1–2 — 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
 Sierra Leone 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 2–2 2–1 — 3–2
 Equatorial Guinea 6 0 2 4 6 15 −9 2 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Awarded

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 — 1–1 2–0 3–0
 Morocco 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 2–2 — 2–1 2–0
 Tanzania 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6 2–4 3–1 — 2–1
 Gambia 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–3 1–1 2–0 —
Source:

Group D

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

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burkina Faso 6 4 0 2 7 4 +3 12 — 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 4–0
 Congo 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
 Gabon 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 1–0 0–0 — 4–1
 Niger 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 0–1 2–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] —
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Awarded

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 — 2–0 1–1 1–0
 Malawi 6 1 4 1 4 5 −1 7 1–1 — 2–2 0–0
 Kenya 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 6 0–1 0–0 — 1–0
 Namibia 6 1 2 3 2 4 −2 5 1–1 0–1 1–0 —
Source:

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 6 6 0 0 16 7 +9 18 — 4–2 2–0 2–1
 Guinea 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 2–3 — 6–1 1–0
 Mozambique 6 0 3 3 2 10 −8 3 0–1 0–0 — 0–0
 Zimbabwe 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2 2–4 0–1 1–1 —
Source:

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 15 — 1–0 3–1 4–0
 Mali 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 2–1 — 2–2 1–1
 Benin 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8 1–3 1–0 — 2–0
 Rwanda 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source:

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 — 1–0 1–0 2–1
 Libya 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 2–1 — 0–0 2–0
 DR Congo 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6 0–0 0–0 — 2–0
 Togo 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Awarded

Group J

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

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.[8] The teams were seeded based on the September 2013 edition of the FIFA Ranking (shown below in brackets).[9][10]

Pot 1 Pot 2

 Ivory Coast (19)
 Ghana (24)
 Algeria (28)
 Nigeria (36)
 Tunisia (46)

 Egypt (50)
 Burkina Faso (51)
 Cameroon (61)
 Senegal (66)
 Ethiopia (93)

Matches

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  4–2  Senegal 3–1 1–1
Ethiopia  1–4  Nigeria 1–2 0–2
Tunisia  1–4  Cameroon 0–0 1–4
Ghana  7–3  Egypt 6–1 1–2
Burkina Faso  3–3 (a)  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
 Ivory Coastthird round winners16 November 20132 (2006, 2010)
 Nigeriathird round winners16 November 20134 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
 Cameroonthird round winners17 November 20136 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
 Ghanathird round winners19 November 20132 (2006, 2010)
 Algeriathird round winners19 November 20133 (1982, 1986, 2010)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "African Qualifiers – FIFA World Cup 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Press Release following CAF EXCO May 2013 meetings". cafonline.com. 16 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws". FIFA. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Play-off draw brings high drama". FIFA.com. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013.
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