The fact that the qualification for both tournaments is combined means that South Africa will become only the second host nation to go through qualification, (1934 Italy vs. Greece) although their performance does not influence their chances of going to the 2010 World Cup. South Africa is attempting to qualify for Angola 2010. With Angola needing to qualify for the World Cup but not for the Nations Cup, a few more interesting stipulations are tossed in to the mix.There will be three rounds of CAF qualifying. The fixtures for the first round involve only the lowest-ranked ten teams in Africa and have already been announced.
The second round will place the 48 remaining teams into twelve groups of four teams. The four teams all play each other as hosts and as visitors. After six games, the twelve group winners and the eight best second-place finishers advance to the final round.
The final round will consist of five groups of four teams. Again, each team will play home and away to all other teams in the group, resulting in a total of six matches.
The winner of each final-round group goes to the World Cup and the top three in each group go to the 2010 Nations Cup. If South Africa win their group, then the second-place team in the group goes to the World Cup. If Angola get to this stage, then all four teams in their group qualify for the Nations Cup.
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