2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round
This page provides summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties.
Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria won their respective ties and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[1] Exactly the same five African teams won the qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Seeding
editThe teams were seeded based on the 12 September 2013 edition of the FIFA World Rankings (shown below, with their second-round groups in small brackets).[2][3]
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Ivory Coast (19) (Group C) |
Egypt (50) (Group G) |
Matches
editThe draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 in Giza, Egypt.[4] The matches were played in the periods 11–15 October and 15–19 November 2013.[5]
- Tie-break criteria
If teams are tied after the two-match series (on basis of Results, Goals Scored, Away Goals), then a Cup System will take effect.
- Knockout format:
After the conclusion of the second match (i.e. 90 minutes of regulatory time), 30 minutes of extra-time will be played (2 x 15 minutes) Goals scored during extra-time period will be decisive.
- a) Team scoring greater number of goals advances.
- b) If both teams score same number of goals, then team with more away goals advances.
If no goals are scored in the extra-time, then penalty kick procedures will apply, as described in the Laws of the Game.[6]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ivory Coast | 4–2 | Senegal | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Ethiopia | 1–4 | Nigeria | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Tunisia | 1–4 | Cameroon | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Ghana | 7–3 | Egypt | 6–1 | 1–2 |
Burkina Faso | 3–3 (a) | Algeria | 3–2 | 0–1 |
Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Cameroon won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Ghana | 6–1 | Egypt |
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Gyan 5', 53' Gomaa 23' (o.g.) Waris 44' Muntari 72' (pen.) Atsu 88' |
Report | Aboutrika 41' (pen.) |
Ghana won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Algeria | 1–0 | Burkina Faso |
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Bougherra 49' | Report |
3–3 on aggregate. Algeria won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in qualification was thrown out by FIFA.[10]
Goalscorers
editThere were 32 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
- Madjid Bougherra
- Sofiane Feghouli
- Carl Medjani
- Aristide Bancé
- Djakaridja Koné
- Jonathan Pitroipa
- Pierre Webó
- Benjamin Moukandjo
- Mohamed Aboutrika
- Mohamed Nagy Gedo
- Amr Zaki
- Behailu Assefa
- Kevin-Prince Boateng
- Abdul Majeed Waris
- Sulley Muntari
- Christian Atsu
- Didier Drogba
- Victor Moses
- Victor Obinna
- Papiss Cissé
- Moussa Sow
- Ahmed Akaïchi
1 own goal
- Wael Gomaa (against Ghana)
- Ludovic Sané (against Ivory Coast)
Notes
edit- ^ Senegal had to play their home match in the third round at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Africa Round 3". FIFA.com. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011.
- ^ "Dates set for African and European qualifying draws". FIFA.com. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013.
- ^ "Latest FIFA Rankings reveal the play-off seedings for World Cup African qualifiers". Confederation of African Football. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Play-off draw brings high drama". FIFA.com. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – African Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011.
- ^ "African Playoff Draw Slides" (pdf). cafonline.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Senegal home-ban runs through the one-year home ban imposed on Senegal's Leopold Seoff". Confederation of African Football. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Senegal choose Morocco to host their World Cup play-off". BBC Sport. 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Tunisia-Cameroon: A sold-out match with 50,000 spectators". Afric Top Sports. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Reuters: Soccer-Burkina Faso protest against Algeria thrown out by FIFA