This page provides the summaries of the CAF first round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In this round the twenty-four lowest seeded teams were drawn into 12 home-and-away ties, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.[1]
The matches were scheduled to be held with first legs on 11 November 2011 and second legs on 15 November 2011. The 12 winners advanced to the second round of the African qualifiers.
The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used to seed the teams.
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Kenya won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Namibia won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Mozambique won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Equatorial Guinea won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Ethiopia won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Lesotho won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Rwanda won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----DR Congo won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----Congo won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----2–2 on aggregate. Tanzania won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round.