African Group

African Group Qualification

The 24 lowest-ranked teams in Africa contested Round One. The 24 teams were paired into 12 home-and-away series, with the 12 winners advancing to Round Two.

Round One Winners

  • Kenya
  • Togo
  • Namibia
  • Liberia
  • Mozambique
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Lesotho
  • Rwanda
  • Congo DR
  • Congo
  • Tanzania

The 12 Round One winners will then join the remaining 28 teams in Round Two. The 40 teams in Round Two have been drawn into ten groups of four and will play the teams in their respective groups both home and away. Round Two is due to get underway on 1st June 2012 and will come to a close on 10th September 2013.

Round Two Draw

Group A: South Africa, Botswana Botswana, Central African Republic, Ethiopia

Group B: Tunisia, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea

Group C: Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Gambia, Tanzania

Group D: Ghana, Zambia, Sudan, Lesotho

Group E: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger, Congo

Group F: Nigeria, Malawi, Winner, Namibia

Group G: Egypt, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

Group H: Algeria, Mali, Benin, Rwanda

Group I: Cameroon, Libya, Winner 2, Congo DR

Group J: Senegal, Uganda, Angola, Liberia

The ten group winners advance to Round Three where they will be paired into five home-and-away ties, which will be played in the periods 11-15 October and 15-19 November 2013. The five winners will advance to the 2014 World Cup Finals.