1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Central African Republic was excluded by FIFA for not paying the entry fee. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There would be four rounds of play:

• First Round: 4 teams, Sudan, Liberia, Togo, and Zimbabwe, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 24 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

22 June 1980	Senegal	0 – 1	Morocco	Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
			?	Attendance: 7,872 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia)

6 July 1980	Morocco	0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Senegal	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
				Attendance: 15,032 Referee: Koudou Poll (Côte d'Ivoire)

Morocco advanced to the Second Round.

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13 July 1980	Zaire	5 – 2	Mozambique	Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
	Kyika Masseno Ndaye		Gilles	Attendance: 34,871 Referee: Stanislas Kamden (Cameroon)

27 July 1980	Mozambique	1 – 2 (3 – 7 agg.)	Zaire	Maputo
				Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Raymond Ralibenja (Madagascar)

Zaire advanced to the Second Round.

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29 June 1980	Cameroon	3 – 0	Malawi	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
	Milla Kundé Abega			Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

20 July 1980	Malawi	1 – 1 (1 – 4 agg.)	Cameroon	Kasungu
	?		Onguene	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Nicholous Hoohlo (Lesotho)

Cameroon advanced to the Second Round.

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22 June 1980	Guinea	3 – 1	Lesotho	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
				Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Doudou N'Jie (Gambia)

6 July 1980	Lesotho	1 – 1 (2 – 4 agg.)	Guinea	Maseru
				Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Zuberi Bundallah (Tanzania)

Guinea advanced to the Second Round.

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29 June 1980	Tunisia	2 – 0	Nigeria	Stade El Menzah, Tunis
	Liman Lahzami			Attendance: 30,066 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland)

12 July 1980	Nigeria	2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 3 pen)	Tunisia	Surulere Stadium, Lagos
	Osigwe Bweten			Attendance: 52,487 Referee: John Hunting (England)
		Penalties

Nigeria won on penalties, and so advanced to the Second Round.

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8 May 1980	Libya	2 – 1	Gambia	11 June Stadium, Tripoli
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

6 July 1980	Gambia	0 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Libya	Banjul
				Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali)

Libya advanced to the Second Round.

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17 May 1980	Ethiopia	0 – 0	Zambia	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt)

1 June 1980	Zambia	4 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Ethiopia	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola
				Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Zuberi Bundallah (Tanzania)

Zambia advanced to the Second Round.

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16 July 1980	Niger	0 – 0	Somalia	Stade du 29 Julliet, Niamey
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo)

27 July 1980	Somalia	1 – 1 (1 – 1 agg.)	Niger	Mogadiscio Stadium, Mogadishu
				Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Demeke Abate (Ethiopia)

Niger advanced to the Second Round due on away goals.

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31 May 1980	Sierra Leone	2 – 2	Algeria	Brookfields National Stadium, Freetown
	Noah  58' Dyfan  60'		Bensaoula  72' Belloumi  85'	Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo)

13 June 1980	Algeria	3 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Sierra Leone	Stade 19 Juin 1956, Oran
	Fergani  42' Bensaoula  47' Madjer  78'		Sento  79'	Attendance: 12,636 Referee: Yousef El-Ghoul (Libya)

Algeria advanced to the Second Round.

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5 July 1980	Kenya	3 – 1	Tanzania	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi
	Owino Adelo		Ally	Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Babiker El-Bedawi (Sudan)

19 July 1980	Tanzania	5 – 0 (6 – 3 agg.)	Kenya	William Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam
	Ally Tino Risshard			Attendance: 5,940 Referee: Winston Gumboh (Zambia)

Tanzania advanced to the Second Round.

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	Egypt	w/o	Ghana
			Withdrew

Egypt advanced to the Second Round, Ghana withdrew.

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	Madagascar	w/o	Uganda
			Withdrew

Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Uganda withdrew.

Second round

12 December 1980	Algeria	2 – 0	Sudan	Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine
	Bensaoula  9' Fergani  45'			Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia)

28 December 1980	Sudan	1 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Algeria	Khartoum
	Cheikh  80'		Gamouh  65'	Attendance: 28,385 Referee: Yousef El-Ghoul (Libya)

Algeria advanced to the Third Round.

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14 December 1980	Niger	0 – 1	Togo	Stade du 29 Julliet, Niamey
			Akoulassi	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali)

28 December 1980	Togo	1 – 2 (2 – 2 agg.)	Niger	Lomé
	Dodjobi		Barhamane	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yardia Thiombiano (Upper Volta)

Niger advanced to the Third Round due on away goals.

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7 December 1980	Liberia	0 – 0	Guinea	Monrovia
				Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo)

21 December 1980	Guinea	1 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Liberia	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
	Bangoura			Attendance: 15,524 Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

Guinea advanced to the Third Round.

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12 October 1980	Cameroon	2 – 0	Zimbabwe	Stade de la Réunification, Douala
	Mbida Onguene			Attendance: 47,840 Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

16 November 1980	Zimbabwe	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Cameroon	Rufaro Stadium, Harare
	Muchinerepi			Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nyrenda Chayu (Zambia)

Cameroon advanced to the Third Round.

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16 November 1980	Morocco	2 – 0	Zambia	Fes Stadium, Fes
	Boussati Limane			Attendance: 6,375 Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

30 November 1980	Zambia	2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 5 pen)	Morocco	Independence Stadium, Lusaka
	Masemba Frederic			Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
		Penalties

Morocco won on penalties and advanced to the Third Round.

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6 December 1980	Nigeria	1 – 1	Tanzania	Surulere Stadium, Lagos
	Akwalla		Salim	Attendance: 25,235 Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

20 December 1980	Tanzania	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Nigeria	William Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam
			Chiedozie  ?	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt)

Nigeria advanced to the Third Round.

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16 November 1980	Madagascar	1 – 1	Zaire	Antananarivo
	Kira		Malbanga	Attendance: 12,191 Referee: Jean Cyril Monty (Mauritius)

21 December 1980	Zaire	3 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.)	Madagascar	Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
	Malbanga Mayele Mpeti		Abdou	Attendance: 37,754 Referee: Joseph Blanchard-Angaud (Congo)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

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	Egypt	w/o	Libya
			Withdrew

Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.

Third round

1 May 1981	Algeria	4 – 0	Niger	Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine
	Madjer  44' Belloumi  46', 77' Korichi  53'			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Doudou N'Jie (Gambia)

31 May 1981	Niger	1 – 0 (1 – 4 agg.)	Algeria	Stade du 29 Julliet, Niamey
	Seydou  90'			Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

Algeria advanced to the Final Round.

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12 April 1981	Guinea	1 – 1	Nigeria	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
	Sededji		L. Sorry	Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda)

15 April 1981	Nigeria	1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Guinea	Surulere Stadium, Lagos
	Nwosu			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.

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26 April 1981	Morocco	1 – 0	Egypt	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
	Daidi			Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Nyrenda Chayu (Zambia)

8 May 1981	Egypt	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
				Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Cheikh M'Baye (Senegal)

Morocco advanced to the Final Round.

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12 April 1981	Zaire	1 – 0	Cameroon	Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
	N'Kama  23'			Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Suleiman El-Naim (Sudan)

26 April 1981	Cameroon	6 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.)	Zaire	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
	Milla Kundé Mbida		Mukendi	Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia)

Cameroon advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

10 October 1981	Nigeria	0 – 2	Algeria	Surulere Stadium, Lagos
			Belloumi  34' Zidane  44'	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

30 October 1981	Algeria	2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Nigeria	Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine
	Belloumi  9' Madjer  85'		Owolabi  40'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Algeria qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

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15 November 1981	Morocco	0 – 2	Cameroon	Stade Municipal, Kenitra
			Milla  15' (pen.) Tokoto  40'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Cheikh M'Baye (Senegal)

29 November 1981	Cameroon	2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Morocco	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
	Aoudou  ...' (pen.) Milla  47'		Yaghcha  ...'	Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt)

Cameroon qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

See also

• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

External links

• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Zone Africa) - fifa.com
• 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification details (Zone Africa) - rsssf.com