1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Tunisia Bassam Jeridi (5 goals)
1982
1990

A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format edit

There would be four rounds of play:

  • First Round: 3 teams, Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 26 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second 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 4 teams left.
  • Final Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt   2–1   Zimbabwe 1–0 1–1
Kenya   5–4   Ethiopia 2–1 3–3
Mauritius   0–5   Malawi 0–1 0–4
Zambia   3–1   Uganda 3–0 0–1
Tanzania   1–1 (a)   Sudan 1–1 0–0
Sierra Leone   0–5   Morocco 0–1 0–4
Benin   0–6   Tunisia 0–2 0–4
Ivory Coast   6–3   Gambia 4–0 2–3
Nigeria   4–0   Liberia 3–0 1–0
Angola   1–1 (4–3 p)   Senegal 1–0 0–1
Madagascar   w/o   Lesotho
Libya   w/o   Niger
Guinea   w/o   Togo
Algeria   Bye
Cameroon   Bye
Ghana   Bye
Egypt  1–0  Zimbabwe
Mayhoub   7'
Attendance: 80,000
Zimbabwe  1–1  Egypt
Sedki   9' (o.g.) Suleiman   34'
Attendance: 40,000

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


Kenya  2–1  Ethiopia
Masiga   16'
Tabu   57'
Kebede   19'
Ethiopia  3–3  Kenya
Haile   9'
Tesfaye   37'
Kebede   80'
Ayoyi   48'
Masiga   56'
Onyango   88'

Kenya won 5–4 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Mauritius  0–1  Malawi
Phuka   44'
Malawi  4–0  Mauritius
Sinalo   2', 89'
Leclézio   48' (o.g.)
Waya   84'

Malawi won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Zambia  3–0  Uganda
Hangunyu   44'
Msiska   51'
Bwalya   89'
Uganda  1–0  Zambia
Katerega   73'

Zambia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Tanzania  1–1  Sudan
Tino   28' Mazda   68'
Sudan  0–0  Tanzania

Sudan advanced to the Second Round on away goals after a draw 1–1 on agg.


Morocco  4–0  Sierra Leone
M. Merry   34', 77'
Dahane   51' (pen.)
Labied   81'

Morocco won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Benin  0–2  Tunisia
Jeridi   63'
Gasri   86'
Tunisia  4–0  Benin
Jeridi   5', 16'
Rakbaoui   56'
Gasri   74'
Attendance: 12,000

Tunisia won 6–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Ivory Coast  4–0  Gambia
Traoré   47', 62'
N'Dri   66'
Ben Salah   84'
Gambia  3–2  Ivory Coast
Sowe   22'
Ndour   66'
Wadda   81'
Traoré   40'
Tiéhi   54'
Independence Stadium, Banjul, Gambia

Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.


Nigeria  3–0  Liberia
Edobor   7', 15'
Adeshina   78'
Liberia  0–1  Nigeria
Temile   42'
Attendance: 10,000

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


Angola  1–0  Senegal
Ivo   57'
Senegal  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Angola
Sèye   24'
Penalties
3 – 4

Angola advanced to the Second Round on penalties after a draw won 1–1 on agg.


Madagascar  w/o  Lesotho
Withdrew

Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Lesotho withdrew.


Libya  w/o  Niger
Withdrew

Libya advanced to the Second Round, Niger withdrew.


Guinea  w/o  Togo
Withdrew

Guinea advanced to the Second Round, Togo withdrew.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia   5–2   Cameroon 4–1 1–1
Morocco   2–0   Malawi 2–0 0–0
Angola   2–3   Algeria 0–0 2–3
Kenya   1–6   Nigeria 0–3 1–3
Egypt   1–1 (3–2 p)   Madagascar 1–0 0–1
Guinea   1–2   Tunisia 1–0 0–2
Sudan   0–4   Libya 0–0 0–4
Ivory Coast   0–2   Ghana 0–0 0–2
Zambia  4–1  Cameroon
Chabala   24', 38', 40'
Njovu   28'
Kana-Biyik   70'
Cameroon  1–1  Zambia
M'Fédé   31' Chilengi   5'

Zambia won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.


Morocco  2–0  Malawi
El Haddaoui   10'
Dahane   75' (pen.)
Malawi  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 50,000

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


Angola  0–0  Algeria
Algeria  3–2  Angola
Mansouri   14'
Menad   42'
Bouiche   65'
Jesus   78'
Machado   83'

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


Kenya  0–3  Nigeria
Edobor   12'
Keshi   45'
Yekini   47'
Nigeria  3–1  Kenya
Sadi   18'
Yekini   20'
Sofoluwe   89'
Masiga   36'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Doudou N'Jie (Gambia)

Nigeria won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.


Egypt  1–0  Madagascar
Suleiman   64'
Attendance: 65,000

Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties after a draw 1–1 on agg.


Guinea  1–0  Tunisia
Diaby   14'
Tunisia  2–0  Guinea
Braham   24'
Hsoumi   80'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Salem Sherif (Libya)

Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.


Sudan  0–0  Libya
Attendance: 25,000
Libya  4–0  Sudan
Ben Brahim   53'
Al-Beshari   55'
Al-Maadani   61'
Bani   71'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Hama Djibo (Nigeria)

Libya won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.


Ghana  2–0  Ivory Coast
Nti   50'
Alhassan   79'

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

Third round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   3–0   Zambia 2–0 1–0
Ghana   0–2   Libya 0–0 0–2
Nigeria   1–2   Tunisia 1–0 0–2
Egypt   0–2   Morocco 0–0 0–2
Algeria  2–0  Zambia
Bensaoula   15'
Madjer   84'
Zambia  0–1  Algeria
Bensaoula   78'

Algeria won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.


Ghana  0–0  Libya
Libya  2–0  Ghana
Al-Senussi   33'
Al-Qadi   70' (pen.)

Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.


Nigeria  1–0  Tunisia
Isima   77'
Tunisia  2–0  Nigeria
Jeridi   8', 28'
Attendance: 33,000

Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.


Morocco  2–0  Egypt
Timoumi   37'
Bouderbala   82'
Attendance: 100,000

Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia   1–7   Algeria 1–4 0–3
Morocco   3–1   Libya 3–0 0–1
Tunisia  1–4  Algeria
Rakbaoui   16' Madjer   24'
Menad   43', 87'
Kaci-Saïd   67'
Attendance: 40,000
Algeria  3–0  Tunisia
Madjer   8'
Menad   34'
Yahi   78'

Algeria won 7–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.


Morocco  3–0  Libya
Merry   44' (pen.)
Timoumi   85'
Bouderbala   90'
Attendance: 60,000
Libya  1–0  Morocco
Al-Farjani   43'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Algeria Final Round winners 18 October 1985 1 (1982)
  Morocco Final Round winners 18 October 1985 1 (1970)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also edit

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