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 (only Comoros and Djibouti did not enter), competing for 5 World Cup places.

Format

The qualification composed of two rounds.

• First round: Nine teams entered the competition directly in the second round: the five teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia) and the four highest-ranking teams in the 25 June 2003 FIFA world rankings (Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, and Morocco). The other 42 teams were paired to play knock-out matches home and away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round.

• Second round: In the second round, the 30 teams were divided into five groups of six teams each. Teams in each group would play home and away against each other. 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 (except for Egypt, which qualifies as the host nation, the fourth nation in Egypt's group qualifying in Egypt's place, which is Libya).

The African qualifying zone saw four out of five finals places going to World Cup debutants (Angola, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana). 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea-Bissau	1–4	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Mali	flag alias = Flag of Mali.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Mali (1959-1961).svg	link alias-army = Malian Army	link alias-air force = Malian Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–2	0–2
Madagascar	3–4	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Benin	flag alias = Flag of Benin.svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg	link alias-military = Benin Armed Forces	link alias-air force = Benin Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–1	2–3
Seychelles	1–5	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Zambia	flag alias = Flag of Zambia.svg	flag alias-1964 = Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg	flag alias-1996 = Flag of Zambia (Pantone).svg	flag alias-2000 = Flag of Zambia (WFB 2000).jpg	flag alias-2004 = Flag of Zambia (WFB 2004).gif	flag alias-air force=Air Force Ensign of Zambia.svg	link alias-air force=Zambian Air Force	link alias-army = Zambian Army	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	0–4	1–1
Botswana	4–1	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Lesotho	flag alias = Flag of Lesotho.svg	flag alias-colonial = Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg	flag alias-1966 = Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg	flag alias-1987 = Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg	Lesotho Air Squadron	link alias-military = Lesotho Defence Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1987 }}	4–1	0–0
Equatorial Guinea	1–2	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Togo	flag alias = Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	flag alias-1957 = Flag of Togo (1957-1958).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of Togo (1958-1960).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–0	0–2
São Tomé and Príncipe	0–9	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Libya	flag alias = Flag of Libya.svg	flag alias-1864 = Flag of Vilayet-i Trablusgarp.svg	flag alias-1911 = Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg	flag alias-1949 = Flag of Cyrenaica.svg	flag alias-1951 = Flag of Libya (1951–1969).svg	flag alias-1969 = Flag of Libya (1969–1972).svg	flag alias-1972 = Flag of Libya (1972–1977).svg	flag alias-1977 = Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	flag alias-transition = Flag of Libya (2011 combined).svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Libyan Air Force.svg	flag alias-army = Flag of the Libyan Ground Forces.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Libya.svg	flag alias-naval-1977 = Naval Ensign of Libya (1977–2011).svg	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Libyan Navy.svg	link alias-navy = Libyan Navy	flag alias-military = Flag of the Libyan Ground Forces.svg	link alias-military = Libyan National Army	link alias-army= Libyan Ground Forces	link alias-air force = Libyan Air Force	link alias-naval = Libyan Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1977 }}	0–1	0–8
Tanzania	0–3	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Kenya	flag alias = Flag of Kenya.svg	flag alias-colonial = Flag of Kenya (1921–1963).svg	flag alias-kdf = Flag of the Kenya Defence Forces.svg	flag alias-1895 = Flag of Kenya (1895–1921).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Kenya.svg	link alias-naval = Kenya Navy	flag alias-military=Flag of the Kenya Defence Forces.svg	link alias-military=Kenya Defence Forces	flag alias-navy=Presidential Colour of the Kenyan Navy.svg	link alias-navy=Kenya Navy	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Kenya.svg	link alias-air force= Kenya Air Force	flag alias-army = Flag of the Kenyan Army.svg	link alias-army = Kenya Army	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	0–0	0–3
Niger	0–7	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Algeria	flag alias = Flag of Algeria.svg	flag alias-1830 = Flag of France (1794-1815).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of Algeria (1958-1962).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Algeria.svg	link alias-naval = Algerian National Navy	link alias-air force = Algerian Air Force	link alias-army = Algerian Land Forces	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Algeria.svg	link alias-navy = Algerian National Navy	link alias-military = Algerian People's National Army	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	0–1	0–6
Uganda	4–3	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Mauritius	flag alias = Flag of Mauritius.svg	flag alias-1869 = Flag of Mauritius (1869–1906).svg	flag alias-1906 = Flag of Mauritius (1906–1923).svg	flag alias-1923 = Flag of Mauritius (1923–1968).svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Mauritius.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Mauritius.svg	link alias-naval = National Coast Guard of Mauritius	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Mauritius.svg	link alias-navy = National Coast Guard of Mauritius	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	3–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Sudan	3–0	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Eritrea	flag alias = Flag of Eritrea.svg	flag alias-1952 = Flag of Eritrea (1952-1961).svg	flag alias-1993 = Flag of Eritrea (1993–1995).svg	link alias-naval = Eritrean Navy	link alias-military = Eritrean Defence Forces	link alias-army = Eritrean Army	link alias-air force = Eritrean Air Force	link alias-navy = Eritrean Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	3–0	0–0
Zimbabwe	4–2	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Mauritania	flag alias = Flag of Mauritania.svg	flag alias-1959=Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg	link alias-naval = Mauritanian Navy	link alias-air force= Mauritania Islamic Air Force	link alias-navy = Mauritanian Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = 1959 }}	3–0	1–2
Swaziland	1–4	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Cape Verde	flag alias = Flag of Cape Verde.svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Cape Verde (1975-1992).svg	Cape Verdean Coast Guard	flag alias-naval = Flag of the Cape Verdean Coast Guard.svg	Cape Verdean National Guard	flag alias-army = Flag of the Cape Verdean National Guard.svg	Cape Verdean Coast Guard	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Cape Verdean Coast Guard.svg	link alias-military = Cape Verdean Armed Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–1	0–3
Burundi	1–4	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Gabon	flag alias = Flag of Gabon.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Gabon 1959-1960.svg	link alias-naval = Gabonese Navy	link alias-air force = Gabonese Air Force	link alias-army = Gabonese Army	link alias-navy = Gabonese Navy	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }}	0–0	1–4
Chad	3–3(a)	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Angola	flag alias = Flag of Angola.svg	link alias-naval = Angolan Navy	link alias-army = Angolan Army	link alias-navy = Angolan Navy	link alias-military = Angolan Armed Forces	link alias-air force = National Air Force of Angola	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }}	3–1	0–2
Congo	2–1	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Sierra Leone	flag alias = Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sierra Leone.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sierra Leone.svg	link alias-military = Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–0	1–1
Ethiopia	1–3	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Malawi	flag alias = Flag of Malawi.svg	flag alias-2010 = Flag of Malawi (2010–2012).svg	Malawi Army	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–3	0–0
Rwanda	4–1	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Namibia	flag alias = Flag of Namibia.svg	link alias-army = Namibian Army	flag alias-army = Flag of the Namibian Army.svg	link alias-naval = Namibian Navy	flag alias-naval = Flag of the Namibian Navy.svg	link alias-air force = Namibian Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Namibian Air Force.svg	link alias-navy = Namibian Navy	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Namibian Navy.svg	flag alias-military = Flag of the Namibian Defence Force.svg	link alias-military = Namibian Defence Force	flag alias-1990=Flag of Namibia (WFB 2000).svg	flag alias-2004=Flag of Namibia (WFB 2004).svg	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}	3–0	1–1
Guinea	5–3	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Mozambique	flag alias = Flag of Mozambique.svg	flag alias-1974 = Flag of Mozambique (1974-1975).svg	flag alias-1975 = Flag of Mozambique (1975–1983).svg	flag alias-1983 = Flag of Mozambique (1983).svg	flag alias-1984 = Flag of Mozambique (WFB 2000).svg	Mozambican Army	flag alias-army = Flag of the Mozambique Army.svg	Mozambique Naval Command	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Mozambique Naval Command.svg	Mozambique Naval Command	link alias-air force = Mozambique Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Mozambique Air Force.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	1–0	4–3
Gambia	2–3	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Liberia	flag alias = Flag of Liberia.svg	flag alias-23px = Flag of Liberia 23px.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	2–0	0–3
Somalia	0–7	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ghana	flag alias = Flag of Ghana.svg	flag alias-1964 = Ghana flag 1964.svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	0–5	0–2
Burkina Faso	w/o	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Central African Republic	flag alias = Flag of the Central African Republic.svg	link alias-military = Central African Armed Forces	Central African Ground Forces	link alias-air force = Central African Republic Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }}

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Togo	flag alias = Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	flag alias-1957 = Flag of Togo (1957-1958).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of Togo (1958-1960).svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || || Template:Dts || 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ghana	flag alias = Flag of Ghana.svg	flag alias-1964 = Ghana flag 1964.svg	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Ghana.svg	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Ghana.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || || Template:Dts || 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ivory Coast	flag alias = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire (WFB 2009).gif	flag alias-2004 = Flag of Cote d'Ivoire (2004 World Factbook).gif	size =	variant =	name =	altlink = national football team }} || || Template:Dts || 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Angola	flag alias = Flag of Angola.svg	link alias-naval = Angolan Navy	link alias-army = Angolan Army	link alias-navy = Angolan Navy	link alias-military = Angolan Armed Forces	link alias-air force = National Air Force of Angola	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }} || || Template:Dts || 0 (debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Tunisia	flag alias = Flag of Tunisia.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg	flag alias-old = Tunisian flag till 1831.svg	border-old =	flag alias-bey = Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg	Tunisian National Navy	link alias-army = Tunisian Army	link alias-air force= Tunisian Air Force	Tunisian National Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || || Template:Dts || 3 (1978, 1998, 2002)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

Template:Goalscorers Below are full goalscorer lists for the each round: Template:Flatlist