| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 October 2007 – 18 November 2009 |
| Teams | 51[1] (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 202 |
| Goals scored | 505 (2.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,219,427 (20,888 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Moumouni Dagano(12 goals) |
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◆ Host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa. The qualification stage doubled as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals held in Angola.
In total, 53 nations participated; however, due to the presence of the two tournaments' respective hosts, 52 teams were involved in each competition. South Africa qualified automatically as host for the World Cup,[2] and Angola qualified as host for the African Cup of Nations. Both nevertheless competed in the qualifying phase to attempt to qualify for the other tournament.
This was the first time since 1934 that the hosts would compete in World Cup qualifiers. Angola's situation mirrored that of Egypt in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Africa, which doubled as the qualifiers to the 2006 African Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt.[3]
- ^ Eritrea withdrew before playing any matches and Ethiopia was suspended by FIFA. They had played four games but the results were not officially recorded.
- ^ FIFA.com Archived 10 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hosts South Africa to play in 2010 World Cup qualifiers". Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.