 In the 2010 AWC/2011 World Cup qualifiers, Algeria entered for the second time in a World Cup qualifying round in the Preliminary Round of the 2010 AWC, against Egypt, but it later withdrew for unknown reasons.They advanced automatically to the First Round, in where they were drawn to play with Tunisia.The first leg was played in home soil on 22 May, in Koléa and the final result was 1–1.