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.

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.

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

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	—	—

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

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

Zaire qualified.