This page provides the summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 20 qualifiers (the 12 group winners and the best 8 runners-up from the
second round
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) were split into five groups of four, in the draw held on 22 October 2008 in
Zürich
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. 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
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(together with hosts
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
).
This round also doubles as the qualification stage for the
2010 African Cup of Nations
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange (telecommunications), Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial association football, football championship of Africa (Confederat ...
, with the top three teams in each group qualifying for the finals (together with hosts
Angola
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).
Seeding
Teams were seeded based on their
FIFA World Rankings
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in October 2008 (number in parentheses). One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group.
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
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before this match.
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Goalscorers
Notes
References
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