The
CAF first round of
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar national football team, Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Par ...
was played from 4 to 10 September 2019.
Format
A total of 28 teams (teams ranked 27–54 in the
CAF entrant list) played home-and-away over
two legs. The 14 winners advanced to the
second round
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.
Seeding
The draw for the first round was held on 29 July 2019 at 12:00
EST (
UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
), at the CAF headquarters in
Cairo
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, Egypt.
The seeding was based on the
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, first introduced in December 1992. The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their gam ...
of July 2019 (shown in parentheses below).
Teams from Pot 2 hosted the first leg, while teams from Pot 1 hosted the second leg.
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.
Summary
The first legs were played on 4–7 September, and the second legs on 8 and 10 September 2019.
Matches
1–1 on aggregate. Ethiopia won on away goals and advanced to
second round
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.
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Zimbabwe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Namibia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won 3–0 on penalties and advanced to second round.
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Djibouti won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Malawi won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Angola won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Mozambique won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Guinea-Bissau won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Equatorial Guinea won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Togo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Sudan won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
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Rwanda won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to second round.
Goalscorers
Notes
References
External links
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Qualifiers – Africa Matches: Round 1 FIFA.com
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