2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

This page provides summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties.

Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria won their respective ties and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[1] Exactly the same five African teams won the qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Seeding

The teams were seeded based on the 12 September 2013 edition of the FIFA World Rankings (shown below, with their second-round groups in small brackets).^[2]^[3]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Ivory Coast (19) (Group C) Ghana (24) (Group D) Algeria (28) (Group H) Nigeria (36) (Group F) Tunisia (46) (Group B)	Egypt (50) (Group G) Burkina Faso (51) (Group E) Cameroon (61) (Group I) Senegal (66) (Group J) Ethiopia (93) (Group A)

Matches

The draw of the play-offs was held on 16 September 2013 in Giza, Egypt.^[4] The matches were played in the periods 11–15 October and 15–19 November 2013.^[5]

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.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ivory Coast	4–2	Senegal	3–1	1–1
Ethiopia	1–4	Nigeria	1–2	0–2
Tunisia	1–4	Cameroon	0–0	1–4
Ghana	7–3	Egypt	6–1	1–2
Burkina Faso	3–3 (a)	Algeria	3–2	0–1

12 October 2013

17:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	3–1	Senegal
Drogba 3' (pen.) L. Sané 14' (o.g.) Kalou 49'	Report	P. Cissé 90+4'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

16 November 2013

19:00 UTC±0

Senegal	1–1	Ivory Coast
Sow 72' (pen.)	Report	Kalou 90+4'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca (Morocco)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

13 October 2013

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	1–2	Nigeria
Assefa 57'	Report	Emenike 67', 90' (pen.)

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

16 November 2013

16:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	2–0	Ethiopia
Moses 20' (pen.) Obinna 81'	Report

U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

13 October 2013

18:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Attendance: 50,000^[9]

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

17 November 2013

15:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	4–1	Tunisia
Webó 3' Moukandjo 29' Makoun 65', 85'	Report	Akaïchi 50'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 35,570

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Cameroon won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

15 October 2013

16:00 UTC±0

Ghana	6–1	Egypt
Gyan 5', 53' Gomaa 23' (o.g.) Waris 44' Muntari 72' (pen.) Atsu 88'	Report	Aboutrika 41' (pen.)

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

19 November 2013

18:00 UTC+2

Egypt	2–1	Ghana
Zaki 25' Gedo 83'	Report	Boateng 88'

30 June Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

Ghana won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

12 October 2013

16:00 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	3–2	Algeria
Pitroipa 45+2' D. Koné 65' Bancé 86' (pen.)	Report	Feghouli 50' Medjani 68'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

19 November 2013

19:15 UTC+1

Algeria	1–0	Burkina Faso
Bougherra 49'	Report

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

3–3 on aggregate. Algeria won on the away goals rule and qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Burkina Faso's protest that Algeria goalscorer Madjid Bougherra was ineligible to play in qualification was thrown out by FIFA.^[10]

Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Wael Gomaa (against Ghana)
Ludovic Sané (against Ivory Coast)

Notes

^ Senegal had to play their home match in the third round 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.^[7]^[8]