2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round explained

See main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF). 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).

Seeding

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Summary

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Matches

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

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.----

Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

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.----

3–3 on aggregate; Angola won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.----

Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

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 won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----

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.