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
Guinea-Bissau ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Fernandes ![]() |
Report | Keita ![]() Coulibaly ![]() |
- Mali won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Madagascar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Edmond ![]() |
Report | Adjamossi ![]() |
Benin ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Tchomogo ![]() |
Report | Radonamahafalison ![]() Rakotondramanana ![]() |
- Benin won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Zambia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Milanzi ![]() |
Report | Suzette ![]() |
- Zambia won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
- Botswana won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Barila ![]() |
Report |
Togo ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Adebayor ![]() Salifou ![]() |
Report |
- Togo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
São Tomé and Príncipe ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | El Masli ![]() |
Libya ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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El Masli ![]() El Taib ![]() Suliman ![]() Osman ![]() El Rabty ![]() |
Report |
- 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.
Swaziland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Dlamini ![]() |
Report | Morais ![]() |
Cape Verde ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Cafú ![]() Morais ![]() |
Report |
- 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.
Chad ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Oumar ![]() |
Report | Bruno Mauro ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Monetchet Nahi (Ivory Coast)
Angola ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Akwá ![]() Bruno Mauro ![]() |
Report |
- Angola won on the away goals rule after tying 3–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Congo ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mvoubi ![]() |
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Sierra Leone ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Koroma ![]() |
Report | Guié-Mien ![]() |
- 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 ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bangoura ![]() |
Report |
- Guinea won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Liberia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Roberts ![]() Isaac Tondo ![]() |
Report |
- 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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