2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round
In the First Round, 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the Second Round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco).
Matches
Guinea-Bissau  | 1–2 |  Mali |
|---|---|---|
Fernandes  50' |
Report | Keita 8' Coulibaly 69' |
- Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Madagascar  | 1–1 |  Benin |
|---|---|---|
| Edmond 28' |
Report | Adjamossi 74' |
| Benin | 3–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Tchomogo 33' (pen.), 62', 90+2' |
Report | Radonamahafalison 15' Rakotondramanana 23' |
- Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Zambia  | 1–1 |  Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
| Milanzi 7' |
Report | Suzette 69' |
- Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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- Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Equatorial Guinea  | 1–0 |  Togo |
|---|---|---|
| Barila 25' (pen.) |
Report |
| Togo | 2–0 | Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Adebayor 43' Salifou 53' |
Report |
- Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
São Tomé and Príncipe  | 0–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Libya |
|---|---|---|
| Report | El Masli 85' |
| Libya | 8–0 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
|---|---|---|
| El Masli 8', 17', 20' El Taib 45', 63'Suliman 54'Osman 74'El Rabty 88' |
Report |
- Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Mauritania .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 2–1 |  Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Langlet 3' Sidibe 10' |
Report | Mbwando 81' |
- Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Swaziland  | 1–1 |  Cape Verde |
|---|---|---|
| Dlamini 64' |
Report | Morais 55' |
| Cape Verde | 3–0 | Swaziland |
|---|---|---|
| Cafú 51', 65' Morais 90' |
Report |
- Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Chad  | 3–1 |  Angola |
|---|---|---|
| Oumar 53', 74', 83' |
Report | Bruno Mauro 49' |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast)
| Angola | 2–0 | Chad |
|---|---|---|
| Akwá 42' Bruno Mauro 57' |
Report |
- Angola won on the away goals rule after tying 3–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Congo  | 1–0 |  Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|
| Mvoubi 89' (pen.) |
Report |
| Sierra Leone | 1–1 | Congo |
|---|---|---|
| Koroma 58' |
Report | Guié-Mien 67' |
- Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
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- Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Guinea  | 1–0 |  Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Bangoura 70' |
Report |
| Mozambique | 3–4 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Dário 75', 80', 89' |
Report | Youla 14' Bangoura 21', 35', 54' |
- Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Liberia  | 3–0 |  Gambia |
|---|---|---|
| Roberts 10' Isaac Tondo 76', 83' |
Report |
- Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
- Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the Second Round.
References
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