2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round


This page provides the summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 20 qualifiers were split into five groups of four, in the draw held on 22 October 2008 in Zürich. Teams in each group will play a home-and-away round-robin in 2009, with the 5 groups winners advancing to the World Cup Finals in South Africa.
This round also doubles as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with the top three teams in each group qualifying for the finals.

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008. One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.
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Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Tiebreaking play-off

Alleged crowd violence at the playoff and the preceding match led to diplomatic tension between Egypt and Algeria.

Group D


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Group E


  • 19 people were killed in a stampede before this match.
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