This page provides summaries of the CAF third round matches for the

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. The ten group winners from the

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were drawn into five home-and-away ties.

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

, and

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

won their respective ties and qualified for the

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. Exactly the same five African teams won the qualification for the

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Seeding

The teams were seeded based on the 12 September 2013 edition of the

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(shown below, with their second-round groups in small brackets). Note: Bolded teams qualified for the

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Matches

The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 in Giza, Egypt. The matches were played in the periods 11–15 October and 15–19 November 2013. ;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. Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the

. ---- Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the

. ---- Cameroon won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the

. ---- Ghana won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the

. ---- 3–3 on aggregate. Algeria won on the

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and qualified for the

. Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer

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was ineligible to play in qualification was thrown out by

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.Reuters: Soccer-Burkina Faso protest against Algeria thrown out by FIFA
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Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

Results and schedule (CAFonline.com version)
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