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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Kenya William Ouma
Zaire Kembo Uba Kembo (6 goals)
← 1970
1978 →

A total of 22 CAF teams entered the competition (two withdrew). The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

Format edit

There would be four rounds of play:

  • First Round, Second Round and Third Round: In each of these rounds, the teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the next round, until there would be 3 teams left.
  • Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Morocco   2–1   Senegal 0–0 2–1
Algeria   2–5   Guinea 1–0 1–5
Egypt   2–3   Tunisia 2–1 0–2
Sierra Leone   0–3   Ivory Coast 0–1 0–2
Kenya   2–1   Sudan 2–0 0–1
Tanzania   1–4   Ethiopia 1–1 0–0 0–3
Lesotho   1–6   Zambia 0–0 1–6
Nigeria   3–2   Congo-Brazzaville 2–1 1–1
Dahomey   1–10   Ghana 0–5 1–5
Togo   0–4   Zaire 0–0 0–4
Mauritius   w/o   Madagascar — —
Cameroon   w/o   Gabon — —
Morocco  0 – 0  Senegal
Attendance: 10,650
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
Senegal  1 – 2  Morocco
Diop   2' Ghazouani   26'
Choukri   72'
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

Morocco won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Algeria  1 – 0  Guinea
Kalem   65'
Attendance: 15,267
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
Guinea  5 – 1  Algeria
Camara   28'
Petit Sory   36'
Soumah   54' (pen.)
Souleymane   78'
Samuel   82'		 Gamouh   62'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mamadou Mabel Ba (Mali)

Guinea won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Egypt  2 – 1  Tunisia
Khalil   10'
Abdelrazak   69'		 Chakroun   61'
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
Tunisia  2 – 0  Egypt
Chakroun   16'
Habita   71'
Attendance: 32,178
Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Sierra Leone  0 – 1  Ivory Coast
Ouattara   32'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)
Ivory Coast  2 – 0  Sierra Leone
Kouamé   42'
Ouattara   72'
Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

Ivory Coast won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Kenya  2 – 0  Sudan
Anyanzwa   44'
W. Ouma   65'
Attendance: 11,057
Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)
Sudan  1 – 0  Kenya
Ezzeldin Osman  40'
Attendance: 10,470
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

Kenya won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Tanzania  1 – 1  Ethiopia
Mashoto   58' Gebremedhin   30'
Attendance: 14,255
Referee: Alfred John Olimba (Kenya)
Ethiopia  0 – 0  Tanzania
Attendance: 19,430
Referee: Abdel Rahman El-Khider Ali (Sudan)

The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

Ethiopia  3 – 0  Tanzania
Ingdawerk   5', 12'
Tesfaye   44'
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan)

Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

Lesotho  0 – 0  Zambia
Referee: Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania)
Zambia  6 – 1  Lesotho
Mapulanga   25'
Chitalu   35', 80'
Mwila   40', 67', 72'		 Thietsi   30'
Attendance: 11,457
Referee: Jules Ratsitohara (Madagascar)

Zambia won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Nigeria  2 – 1  Congo-Brazzaville
Olayombo   66'
Mambo   77'		 M'Bono   2'
Attendance: 20,056
Referee: Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon)
Congo-Brazzaville  1 – 1  Nigeria
Minga   88' Oyarekhua   28'
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Jules Onwanlele (Gabon)

Nigeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Dahomey  0 – 5  Ghana
Sunday   21'
Owusu   26'
Ghartey   40'
Gariba   65', 75'
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Thomas Attiogbe (Togo)
Ghana  5 – 1  Dahomey
Kofi   20', 44'
Sunday   64'
Owusu   66'
Odame   72' (pen.)		 Kamilou  
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Poll Koudou (Ivory Coast)

Ghana won 10–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Togo  0 – 0  Zaire
Attendance: 5,719
Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)
Zaire  4 – 0  Togo
Kembo   27'
N'Tumba   37', 73'
Etepé   79'
Attendance: 24,025
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)

Zaire won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar
Withdrew

Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Cameroon  w/o  Gabon
withdrew

Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Guinea   1–3   Morocco 1–1 0–2
Tunisia   2–3   Ivory Coast 1–1 1–2
Mauritius   3–5   Kenya 1–3 2–2
Ethiopia   2–4   Zambia 0–0 2–4
Nigeria   0–2   Ghana 0–2 0–0
Cameroon   1–3   Zaire 0–1 1–0 0–2
Guinea  1 – 1  Morocco
Souleymane   38' Choukri   22'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Pierre Mutombo (Zaire)
Morocco  2 – 0  Guinea
Faras   60', 68'
Attendance: 13,122
Referee: Marcel Edgar Bertin (Liberia)

Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Tunisia  1 – 1  Ivory Coast
Habita   48' (pen.) Kouamé   17'
Attendance: 15,282
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)
Ivory Coast  2 – 1  Tunisia
N'Guessan   44', 85' (pen.) Adhouma   15'
Attendance: 52,586
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

Ivory Coast won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Mauritius  1 – 3  Kenya
Imbert   37' W. Ouma   42', 84'
Shore   82'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: David Morton Galloway (Zambia)
Kenya  2 – 2  Mauritius
W. Ouma   56', 65' Jackaria   17'
Imbert   42'
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Williams Ngaah (Kenya)[1]

Kenya won 5–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Ethiopia  0 – 0  Zambia
Attendance: 12,708
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)
Zambia  4 – 2  Ethiopia
Mugala   47'
Simutowe   62' (pen.)
Simwala   71'
Mapulanga   83'		 Ingdawerk   43'
Teka   79' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,015
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan)

Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Nigeria  0 – 2
Awarded[2]
(2 – 3 85')		  Ghana
Olayombo   15'
Mambo   23'		 Owusu   18' (pen.), 55', 82'
Attendance: 31,362
Referee: Paul Nkounkou (Congo)
Ghana  0 – 0  Nigeria
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Cameroon  0 – 1  Zaire
N'Tumba   2'
Attendance: 21,752
Referee: Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey)
Zaire  0 – 1  Cameroon
Ndongo   43'
Attendance: 46,916
Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.

Zaire  2 – 0  Cameroon
Etepé   3'
Tshinabu   88' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,271
Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

Third round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast   2–5   Morocco 1–1 1–4
Zambia   4–2   Kenya 2–0 2–2
Ghana   2–4   Zaire 1–0 1–4
Ivory Coast  1 – 1  Morocco
Kobinam   75' Acila   30'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco  4 – 1  Ivory Coast
Faras   24', 34'
Fetoui   60'
Choukri   85'		 Pokou   61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria)

Morocco won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Zambia  2 – 0  Kenya
Chanda   34'
Sinyangwe   72'
Attendance: 17,960
Referee: Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania)
Kenya  2 – 2  Zambia
W. Ouma   65'
P. Ouma   70'		 Simwala  
Kaushi   56'
Attendance: 7,435

Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Ghana  1 – 0  Zaire
Armah   35' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,700
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Zaire  4 – 1  Ghana
Kembo   10', 65'
Mafuila   89' (pen.)
N'Tumba   90'		 Sam   51'
Attendance: 80,869
Referee: Marc-Emile N'Difo (Cameroon)

Zaire won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Zaire 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8
2   Zambia 2 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1
3   Morocco 2 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7
Zambia  4–0  Morocco
Sinyangwe   17', 90'
Simwala   43'
Chanda   61'
Attendance: 37,239
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Zambia  0–2  Zaire
Mayanga   22'
Etepé   33'
Attendance: 33,793
Zaire  2–1  Zambia
Kembo   32'
Etepé   82'		 Kapita   33'
Attendance: 6,050
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco  2–0  Zambia
Maghfour   14'
Faras   70'
Attendance: 5,456
Zaire  3–0  Morocco
Kembo   58', 61'
Ekofa   79'
Attendance: 70,750
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Morocco  0–2
(w/o) [3]		  Zaire

Zaire qualified.

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Zaire Final Round winners 9 December 1973 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Kenya – Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee.
  2. ^ The first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots. Subsequently, FIFA awarded a 2–0 win for the tie to Ghana.
  3. ^ Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2–0 win for the match.
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