1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for one berth in the final tournament in Mexico.
Thirteen nations in total entered the qualifying stage but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 nations to contest the qualifying spot.
Format
There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by aggregate score) would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: The six teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The three remaining teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
First round
| 27 October 1968 | Zambia  | 4–2 |  Sudan | Ndola, Zambia |
Kapengwe  Kaposa Makwaza |
Osman |
Referee: Mutombo (Zaire) |
| 8 November 1968 | Sudan | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Zambia | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Gagdoul Kafi Sonto |
Chitalu Kapengwe |
Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic) |
Sudan 6–6 Zambia on aggregate. Sudan advanced to the Second Round having scored more goals in the second match.[clarification needed].
| 3 November 1968 | Morocco  | 1–0 |  Senegal | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Benkhrief |
Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain) |
Senegal 2–2 Morocco on aggregate. A play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
| 13 February 1969 | Morocco | 2–0 | Senegal | Las Palmas, Spain |
| Bamous Hefnaoui |
Referee: Pintado Viu (Spain) |
Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
| 17 November 1968 | Algeria  | 1–2 |  Tunisia | Algiers, Algeria |
| Amirouche 29' (pen.) |
Chakroun 73', 75' |
Referee: Barde (France) |
Tunisia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
| 22 December 1968 | Cameroon  | 2–3 |  Nigeria | Douala, Cameroon |
| Ayo Bessanguen |
Anieke Lawal Ofuokwu |
Referee: Angaud (Congo) |
Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
| 26 January 1969 | Libya  | 2–0 |  Ethiopia | Benghazi, Libya |
| Jahani M. Koussa |
Referee: El-Attar (United Arab Republic) |
| 9 February 1969 | Ethiopia | 5–1 | Libya | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Feseha Germa Geremew |
A. Souid |
Referee: El-Kholy (United Arab Republic) |
Ethiopia won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Second Round
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia on aggregate. A play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
| 13 June 1969 | Morocco | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Tunisia | Marsailles, France |
| Idriss 27' Houmane 53' |
Chaibi 3' Cheman 87' |
Referee: Kitabdjian (France) |
Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.
| 4 May 1969 | Ethiopia | 1–1 | Sudan | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Menguistou |
Bakeit |
Referee: Touati (Tunisia) |
| 11 May 1969 | Sudan | 3–1 | Ethiopia | Khartoum, Sudan |
| El-Fadil Hider Wahba |
T. Asfaw |
Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic) |
Sudan won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.
| 18 May 1969 | Ghana  | 1–1 | Nigeria | Accra, Ghana |
| Ola |
Okoye |
Referee: Nahounou (Côte d'Ivoire) |
Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.
Final Round
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| Nigeria
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| Sudan
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
External links
- African Zone at FIFA.com
1970 FIFA World Cup finalists | |
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| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Quarter-finals | |
| Group stage | |
