This page provides the summaries of the CAF First Round matches for
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Format
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
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Brazil
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on 30 July 2011.
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
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of the African qualifiers.
Seeding
The July 2011
FIFA Ranking
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was used to seed the teams.
Results
Kenya
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won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Congo DR
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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Congo won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
Second Round
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2–2 on aggregate.
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
won on the
away goals rule
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and advanced to the
Second Round
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Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
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Dioko Kaluyituka
Alain Kaluyituka (born 2 January 1987) is a DR Congo professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has represented his country Congo DR 30 times, scoring 9 times. He has also represented his former club TP Mazembe in International footbal ...
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Trésor Mputu
Trésor Mputu Mabi (born 10 December 1985) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for TP Mazembe and the DR Congo national team.
He has been described by former Cameroon and DR Congo coach Claude Le Roy as being "the ...
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Dennis Oliech
Dennis Oguta Oliech
(; born 2 February 1985) is a Kenyan retired professional footballer who played as a striker. As a member of the Kenya national team, he became his nation's second all-time goalscorer, behind William "Chege" Ouma (35 go ...
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Lazarus Kaimbi
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Mahamat Labbo
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Shimelis Bekele
Shimelis Bekele Godo ( am, ሽመልስ በቀለ; born 2 January 1990) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club El Gouna FC and the Ethiopia national team. He represented Et ...
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Getaneh Kebede
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Rudolf Bester
Rudolf Bester (born 19 July 1983) is a retired Namibian professional football forward who last played for Alexandra Black Aces.
Career
He previously played for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Čukarički, having joined the team in January 2008 fro ...
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Sydney Urikhob
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Sidumo Shongwe
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Cedric Amissi
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Selemani Ndikumana
Selemani Yamin Ndikumana (born 18 March 1987) is a Burundian footballer who plays for KMC in Tanzania.
Career
The striker began his career with AS Inter Star and in 2006 joined Tanzanian Premier League club Simba SC. He moved in January 2008 ...
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Mohamed Youssouf
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Gladys Bokese
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Yves Diba Ilunga
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Ladislas Douniama
Ladislas Petre Meyair Douniama (born 24 May 1986) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for Rostrenen FC.
Club career
Douniama was born in Brazzaville, Congo. He made his senior debut for Nîmes Olympique in Championnat National on ...
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Chris Malonga
Francis Chris Malonga Ntsayi (born 11 July 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Racing Besançon. Born in France, he represented Congo at international level.
Club career
Youth career and Nancy
Malonga was born in Sen ...
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Matt Moussilou
Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba (born 1 June 1982) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Meyrin. Born in France, he has been capped by Congo at international level.
Club career
On 2 April 2005, he scored four goals for Li ...
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Francis N'Ganga
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Prince Oniangue
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Harris Tchilimbou
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Viera Ellong
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Juvenal
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Randy
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Abraham Tedros
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Tesfalem Tekle
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Oumed Oukri
Oumed Oukri (Amharic: ዑመድ ዑክሪ; born 5 October 1990), also spelt as Oumed Oukuri or Omod Okwury, is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ethiopian Premier League club Hadiya Hossana FC.
Club career
Oumed w ...
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Basile de Carvalho
Basile Salomon Pereira de Carvalho (born 31 October 1981) is a Senegalese-born Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. In 2011 and 2012 he made ...
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Bokang Mothoane
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Lehlomela Ramabele
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Thapelo Tale
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Brian Onyango
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Titus Mulama
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Pascal Ochieng
Pascal Ochieng (born 15 May 1986 in Kenya) is a Kenyan international footballer, currently playing for Simba
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Victor Wanyama
Victor Mugubi Wanyama (; born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Kenyan national team.
Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to scor ...
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Yvan Rajoarimanana
Yvan Rajoarimanana Avotriniaina (born August 23, 1988) is a Malagasy footballer who currently plays CNaPS Sport.
Career
Rajoarimanana started his football career with Ajesaia. He played one year with Ajessaia in the Ligue one before joined t ...
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Falimery Ramanamahefa
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Clésio Baúque
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Domingues
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Miro
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Jerry Sitoe
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Whiskey
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Heinrich Isaacks
Heinrich "Heini" Isaacks (born 5 March 1985) is a Namibian footballer who plays for Maritzburg United in the South African Premier Soccer League as a midfielder and striker. He played for Namibia internationals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifi ...
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Labama Bokota
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Jean-Claude Iranzi
Jean-Claude Iranzi (born 5 October 1990) is a Rwandan professional association football, footballer who plays for Rayon Sports F.C., Rayon Sports in Rwanda Premier League.
Club career
Kiyovu Sport
Iranzi was born in Kigali. He began his career ...
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Olivier Karekezi
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Elias Uzamukunda
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Orlando Gando
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Nurdin Bakari
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Mrisho Ngassa
Mrisho Khalfani juma Ngasa (born 5 May 1989) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays for Tanzanian Championship League club Ndanda. He is the Tanzania national team most-capped player and top goalscorer.
Club career
In April 2009, ...
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Serge Gakpé
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Jonas Mendes
Jonas Asvedo Mendes (born 20 November 1989) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.
Raised in Portugal, he played three Primeira Liga games for Beira-Mar, and 30 in the s ...
(playing against Togo)
Notes
References
External links
Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version)
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