Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup group, Netherlands, advanced to face the Group F runners-up, Slovakia, while Japan, as Group E runners-up, faced Group F winners Paraguay. Cameroon was the first team to be eliminated in the World Cup, following their 2–1 defeat by Denmark on 19 June 2010. "All times local (UTC+02)" Cameroon's top goalscorer at FIFA World Cup finals, Roger Milla, also holds the record as oldest player to ever score at a FIFA World Cup. When he scored his goal during the 1-6 defeat against Russia in 1994, he was aged 42 years and 39 days. Roger Milla won the Bronze Boot in
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 2008 in Zürich, Switzerland. The five group winners will qualify for the FIFA World Cup and the African Cup of Nations in 2010. Together with them, the five runners-up and the five third-placed teams qualify for the African Cup of Nations. Teams were seeded based on their FIFA World Rankings in October 2008 (number in parentheses). One team from each of the following pots was drawn into each group. The following six teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. There were 506 goals scored over 198 games, for an average of 2.54 goals per game. 12 goals 9 goals