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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round

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This page provides the summaries of the CAF second round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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[N 1]
FIFA awarded Botswana a 3–0 win as a result of Ethiopia fielding the ineligible player Minyahile Beyene. The match originally ended 2–1 to Ethiopia.^[3]^[4]
[N 2]
Central African Republic's second and third home matches in the World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia were played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in the Central African Republic.^[5]^[6]
[N 3]
FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 4–3 to Equatorial Guinea.^[7]
[N 4]
FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 2–1 to Cape Verde.^[7]
[N 5]
FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the player Fernando Varela, who had been sent off in the match against Equatorial Guinea on 24 March 2013. As a result of his sending off for unsporting conduct towards a match official, Varela had been given a four match suspension and would miss the rest of the qualifying campaign plus one further FIFA game. Varela did not participate in the games against Equatorial Guinea on 8 June 2013 or the game against Sierra Leone on 16 June 2013. Complicating matters, Varela's red card against Equatorial Guinea was removed from the FIFA.com website.^[8] The match originally ended 2–0 to Cape Verde.^[9]
[N 6]
FIFA awarded Zambia a 3–0 win as a result of Sudan fielding the ineligible player Saif Eldin. The match originally ended 2–0 to Sudan.^[10]^[11]
[N 7]
FIFA awarded Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Burkina Faso fielding the ineligible player Herve Xavier Zengue. The match originally ended 0–0.^[12]
[N 8]
FIFA awarded Niger a 3–0 win as a result of Gabon fielding the ineligible player Charly Moussono. The match originally ended 0–0.^[13]^[14]
[N 9]
The Group F fixtures on matchday four and five were moved to 5 June and 12 June respectively to allow Nigeria to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[15]
[N 10]
Mali's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria was played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in Mali.^[16]
[N 11]
Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon was played at a neutral venue. The match was ordered to be played behind closed doors due to security concerns, but the official match report indicates a small crowd was present.^[17]
[N 12]
FIFA awarded Cameroon a 3–0 win as a result of Togo fielding the ineligible player Alaixys Romao. The match originally ended 2–0 to Togo.^[18]^[19]
[N 13]
The venue of Libya's home match against Togo was changed from Martyrs of February Stadium, Benina to June 11 Stadium, Tripoli following security incidents in Benghazi.^[20]
[N 14]
Senegal had to play their last two home matches in the World Cup qualifiers against Angola and Uganda at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast.^[21]^[22]
[N 15]
FIFA awarded Angola a 3–0 win as a result of Liberia fielding the ineligible player Nathaniel Sherman. The match originally ended 4–1 to Angola.^[23]

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[botswana-ethiopia-6] [N 1]
FIFA awarded Botswana a 3–0 win as a result of Ethiopia fielding the ineligible player Minyahile Beyene. The match originally ended 2–1 to Ethiopia.^[3]^[4]

[car-at-neutral-venue-9] [N 2]
Central African Republic's second and third home matches in the World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia were played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in the Central African Republic.^[5]^[6]

[capeverde-equatorialguinea-12] [N 3]
FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 4–3 to Equatorial Guinea.^[7]

[capeverde-equatorialguinea2-13] [N 4]
FIFA awarded Cape Verde a 3–0 win as a result of Equatorial Guinea fielding the ineligible player Emilio Nsue. The match originally ended 2–1 to Cape Verde.^[7]

[tunisia-capeverde-16] [N 5]
FIFA awarded Tunisia a 3–0 win as a result of Cape Verde fielding the player Fernando Varela, who had been sent off in the match against Equatorial Guinea on 24 March 2013. As a result of his sending off for unsporting conduct towards a match official, Varela had been given a four match suspension and would miss the rest of the qualifying campaign plus one further FIFA game. Varela did not participate in the games against Equatorial Guinea on 8 June 2013 or the game against Sierra Leone on 16 June 2013. Complicating matters, Varela's red card against Equatorial Guinea was removed from the FIFA.com website.^[8] The match originally ended 2–0 to Cape Verde.^[9]

[sudan-zambia-20] [N 6]
FIFA awarded Zambia a 3–0 win as a result of Sudan fielding the ineligible player Saif Eldin. The match originally ended 2–0 to Sudan.^[10]^[11]

[burkinafaso-congo-23] [N 7]
FIFA awarded Congo a 3–0 win as a result of Burkina Faso fielding the ineligible player Herve Xavier Zengue. The match originally ended 0–0.^[12]

[niger-gabon-26] [N 8]
FIFA awarded Niger a 3–0 win as a result of Gabon fielding the ineligible player Charly Moussono. The match originally ended 0–0.^[13]^[14]

[nigeria-28] [N 9]
The Group F fixtures on matchday four and five were moved to 5 June and 12 June respectively to allow Nigeria to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[15]

[mali-at-neutral-venue-30] [N 10]
Mali's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria was played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in Mali.^[16]

[libya-at-neutral-venue-33] [N 11]
Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon was played at a neutral venue. The match was ordered to be played behind closed doors due to security concerns, but the official match report indicates a small crowd was present.^[17]

[togo-cameroon-36] [N 12]
FIFA awarded Cameroon a 3–0 win as a result of Togo fielding the ineligible player Alaixys Romao. The match originally ended 2–0 to Togo.^[18]^[19]

[libya-venue-changed-38] [N 13]
The venue of Libya's home match against Togo was changed from Martyrs of February Stadium, Benina to June 11 Stadium, Tripoli following security incidents in Benghazi.^[20]

[senegal-at-neutral-venue-42] [N 14]
Senegal had to play their last two home matches in the World Cup qualifiers against Angola and Uganda at a neutral venue, due to a one-year ban from playing at their home stadium imposed by the CAF following riots in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast.^[21]^[22]

[angola-liberia-44] [N 15]
FIFA awarded Angola a 3–0 win as a result of Liberia fielding the ineligible player Nathaniel Sherman. The match originally ended 4–1 to Angola.^[23]

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"Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Islands 24 March 2013". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

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"Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup qualifying round". FIFA.com. 2013-09-12. Archived from the original on September 15, 2013.

[18] [10]
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[19] [11]
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[22] [12]
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"Executive Committee strongly backs further governance reforms and strengthens fight against racism and discrimination". FIFA.com. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013.

[mali-venue-29] [16]
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[34] [18]
"World Cup: Fifa probe puts Ethiopia and Tunisia progress in doubt". BBC Sport. 2013-06-16.

[35] [19]
"Togo sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA.com. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013.

[37] [20]
"Venue change for Libya-Togo qualifier". FIFA.com. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[senegal-venue-40] [21]
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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Ethiopia	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Third round	—	2–1	1–0	2–0
South Africa	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11		1–1	—	4–1	2–0
Botswana	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7		3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–1	—	3–2
Central African Republic	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3		1–2	0–3	2–0	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tunisia	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14	Third round	—	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–1	3–1
Cape Verde	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9		1–2	—	1–0	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Sierra Leone	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8		2–2	2–1	—	3–2
Equatorial Guinea	6	0	2	4	6	15	−9	2		1–1	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–2	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Ivory Coast	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Third round	—	1–1	2–0	3–0
Morocco	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9		2–2	—	2–1	2–0
Tanzania	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6		2–4	3–1	—	2–1
Gambia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4		0–3	1–1	2–0	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Ghana	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	15	Third round	—	2–1	7–0	4–0
Zambia	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11		1–0	—	4–0	1–1
Lesotho	6	1	2	3	4	15	−11	5		0–2	1–1	—	0–0
Sudan	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2		1–3	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–3	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Burkina Faso	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12	Third round	—	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–0	4–0
Congo	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11		0–1	—	1–0	1–0
Gabon	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7		1–0	0–0	—	4–1
Niger	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4		0–1	2–2	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—

2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_CAF_Second_Round

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round

Format

Seeding

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Nigeria	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Third round	—	2–0	1–1	1–0
Malawi	6	1	4	1	4	5	−1	7		1–1	—	2–2	0–0
Kenya	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	6		0–1	0–0	—	1–0
Namibia	6	1	2	3	2	4	−2	5		1–1	0–1	1–0	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Egypt	6	6	0	0	16	7	+9	18	Third round	—	4–2	2–0	2–1
Guinea	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10		2–3	—	6–1	1–0
Mozambique	6	0	3	3	2	10	−8	3		0–1	0–0	—	0–0
Zimbabwe	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2		2–4	0–1	1–1	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Algeria	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15	Third round	—	1–0	3–1	4–0
Mali	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		2–1	—	2–2	1–1
Benin	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8		1–3	1–0	—	2–0
Rwanda	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2		0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Cameroon	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Third round	—	1–0	1–0	2–1
Libya	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9		2–1	—	0–0	2–0
DR Congo	6	1	3	2	3	3	0	6		0–0	0–0	—	2–0
Togo	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4		0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–1	2–1	—

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Senegal	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Third round	—	1–0	1–1	3–1
Uganda	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8		1–1	—	2–1	1–0
Angola	6	1	4	1	7	5	+2	7		1–1	1–1	—	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Liberia	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4		0–2	2–0	0–0	—