2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)


Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Africa. 51 teams took part, competing for 5 World Cup places.
The qualification was composed of two Rounds. 9 teams entered the competition directly on the Second Round: the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals and the 4 highest-ranking teams in the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings. The other 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round.
In the Second Round, the 30 teams were divided in 5 groups of 6 teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup.
The competition also constituted the qualification competition for the 2006 African Nations Cup with the top three nations of each group qualifying.
The African qualifying zone saw 4 out of 5 finals places going to World Cup debutants. Nigeria missed out on a fourth consecutive finals appearance while Cameroon did not reach their fifth consecutive finals.
The African zone also featured a group of death — Group 3, which brought together Africa's most frequent World Cup qualifier Cameroon with the two eventual finalists of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt and the Ivory Coast.

Tiebreakers

First round

Second round

Group [|1]

The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1
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Goalscorers

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