2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round
In the first round , 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knockout matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the second round where they would meet the other 9 teams that qualify directly to the second round. Those teams are the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (Cameroon , Nigeria , Senegal , South Africa and Tunisia ) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in FIFA world rankings of 25 June 2003 (Congo DR , Ivory Coast , Egypt and Morocco ).
Matches
Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Libya won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Algeria won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Uganda won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Sudan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Zimbabwe won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Cape Verde won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Gabon won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Congo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Rwanda won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Liberia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Ghana won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round .
Central African Republic withdrew. Burkina Faso advanced to the second round .
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