A quick summary of action around the CAF second group phase on the weekend of SAT 05-SUN 06 SEP 2009. more...

The draw for the CAF third round of qualifiers for South Africa 2010 was not kind to Togo, Cameroon, or Morocco, all of whom ended up together in Group A. Burkina Faso’s strong performance in the second round earns them a meeting with Côte d’Ivoire in Group E, whilst Mali and Sudan are together again in Group D with Ghana and Benin. Only group winners qualify from this round, which begins in MAR 2009. more...

The draw for the CAF third round of 2010 Men’s World Cup qualifiers is due to take place on WED 22 OCT 2008. The twenty teams that survived the second round are to be drawn into five groups of four, with seedings based on the FIFA world rankings of OCT 2008. Each group consists of one team from each pot. more...

A quick summary of action around the CAF second round on the weekend of FRI 10-SUN 12 OCT 2008. more...

The Confédération Africaine de Football decided to disqualify Chad from the 2010 African Nations Cup. But FIFA have not disqualified Chad from the World Cup qualifiers, even though the two are one and the same. The decision stems from Chad’s away match against Sudan SAT 31 MAY 2008 in second round Group 10. FIFA permitted the match to be postponed, but this week, CAF ruled that Chad had refused to travel to Sudan despite receiving appropriate guarantees of safety from the Sudan Football Association. It will be up to FIFA and CAF to resolve thir contradictory decisions.

In the CAF second round, the Sudan-Chad and Gabon-Lesotho matches scheduled for SAT 31 MAY 2008 have both been postponed. Sudan and Chad are in the midst of a diplomatic dispute that forced the cancellation of the Group 10 match. Meanwhile, the lingering effects of an air traffic controllers’ strike in Gabon earlier in the week meant that the Crocodiles could not travel to Libreville for their Group 5 encounter. FIFA and CAF will make a decision on the state of these matches.