This page provides the summaries of the CAF third round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
[note 1] This round also doubles as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with the top three teams in each group qualifying for the finals (together with hosts Angola).
[note 2] Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008 (number in parentheses).
[3] Cameroon (12) Egypt (22) Ghana (25) Nigeria (27) Ivory Coast (29) Guinea (41) Morocco (43) Tunisia (47) Mali (53) Algeria (56) Burkina Faso (63) Gabon (67) Zambia (70) Kenya (79) Benin (81) Rwanda (87) Togo (91) Mozambique (100) Sudan (106) Malawi (109)
Alleged crowd violence at the playoff and the preceding match led to diplomatic tension between Egypt and Algeria.