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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.

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. 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 — —
19 November 1972 Morocco 0 – 0 Senegal Agadir, Morocco
Stadium: Stade Al Inbiaâte
Attendance: 10,650
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
3 December 1972 Senegal 1 – 2 Morocco Dakar, Senegal
Diop Goal 2' Ghazouani Goal 26'
Choukri Goal 72'		 Stadium: Stade Demba Diop
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

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

2 March 1972 Algeria 1 – 0 Guinea Algiers, Algeria
Kalem Goal 65' Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet
Attendance: 15,267
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
12 March 1972 Guinea 5 – 1 Algeria Conakry, Guinea
Camara Goal 28'
Petit Sory Goal 36'
Soumah Goal 54' (pen.)
Souleymane Goal 78'
Samuel Goal 82'		 Gamouh Goal 62' Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mamadou Mabel Ba (Mali)

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

8 December 1972 Egypt 2 – 1 Tunisia Cairo, Egypt
Khalil Goal 10'
Abdelrazak Goal 69'		 Chakroun Goal 61' Stadium: Nasser Stadium
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
17 December 1972 Tunisia 2 – 0 Egypt Tunis, Tunisia
Chakroun Goal 16'
Habita Goal 71'		 Stadium: Stade El Menzah
Attendance: 32,178
Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

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

15 October 1972 Sierra Leone 0 – 1 Ivory Coast Freetown, Sierra Leone
Ouattara Goal 32' Stadium: Reckrie Stadium
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)
29 October 1972 Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Sierra Leone Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Kouamé Goal 42'
Ouattara Goal 72'		 Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

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

16 July 1972 Kenya 2 – 0 Sudan Nairobi, Kenya
Anyanzwa Goal 44'
W. Ouma Goal 65'		 Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium
Attendance: 11,057
Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)
23 July 1972 Sudan 1 – 0 Kenya Khartoum, Sudan
Ezzeldin OsmanGoal 40' Stadium: Khartoum Stadium
Attendance: 10,470
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

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

25 November 1972 Tanzania 1 – 1 Ethiopia Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mashoto Goal 58' Gebremedhin Goal 30' Stadium: Tanzania National Stadium
Attendance: 14,255
Referee: Alfred John Olimba (Kenya)
3 December 1972 Ethiopia 0 – 0 Tanzania Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium
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.

10 December 1972 Ethiopia 3 – 0 Tanzania Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ingdawerk Goal 5', 12'
Tesfaye Goal 44'		 Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan)

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

30 April 1972 Lesotho 0 – 0 Zambia Maseru, Lesotho
Stadium: Setsoto Stadium
Referee: Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania)
4 June 1972 Zambia 6 – 1 Lesotho Ndola, Zambia
Mapulanga Goal 25'
Chitalu Goal 35', 80'
Mwila Goal 40', 67', 72'		 Thietsi Goal 30' Stadium: Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium
Attendance: 11,457
Referee: Jules Ratsitohara (Madagascar)

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

5 August 1972 Nigeria 2 – 1 Congo-Brazzaville Ibadan, Nigeria
Olayombo Goal 66'
Mambo Goal 77'		 M'Bono Goal 2' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,056
Referee: Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon)
15 August 1972 Congo-Brazzaville 1 – 1 Nigeria Brazzaville, Congo
Minga Goal 88' Oyarekhua Goal 28' Stadium: Stade de la Revolution
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Jules Onwanlele (Gabon)

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

18 June 1972 Dahomey 0 – 5 Ghana Cotonou, Dahomey
Sunday Goal 21'
Owusu Goal 26'
Ghartey Goal 40'
Gariba Goal 65', 75'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: T. Attiogbe (Togo)
2 July 1972 Ghana 5 – 1 Dahomey Kumasi, Ghana
Kofi Goal 20', 44'
Sunday Goal 64'
Owusu Goal 66'
Odame Goal 72' (pen.)		 Kamilou Goal Stadium: Kumasi Sports Stadium
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Poll Koudou (Ivory Coast)

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

6 June 1972 Togo 0 – 0 Zaire Lomé, Togo
Stadium: Stade Général Eyadema
Attendance: 5,719
Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)
20 June 1972 Zaire 4 – 0 Togo Kinshasa, Zaire
Kembo Goal 27'
N'Tumba Goal 37', 73'
Etepé Goal 79'		 Stadium: Stade Tata Raphaël
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

Team 1 Agg. 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
11 February 1973 Guinea 1 – 1 Morocco Conakry, Guinea
Souleymane Goal 38' Choukri Goal 22' Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Pierre Mutombo (Zaire)
25 February 1973 Morocco 2 – 0 Guinea Tetouan, Morocco
Faras Goal 60', 68' Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel
Attendance: 13,122
Referee: Marcel Edgar Bertin (Liberia)

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

11 February 1973 Tunisia 1 – 1 Ivory Coast Tunis, Tunisia
Habita Goal 48' (pen.) Kouamé Goal 17' Stadium: Stade El Menzah
Attendance: 15,282
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)
25 February 1973 Ivory Coast 2 – 1 Tunisia Abidjan, Ivory Coast
N'Guessan Goal 44', 85' (pen.) Adhouma Goal 15' Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Attendance: 52,586
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

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

10 December 1972 Mauritius 1 – 3 Kenya Curepipe, Mauritius
Imbert Goal 37' W. Ouma Goal 42', 84'
Shore Goal 82'		 Stadium: Stade George V
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: David Morton Galloway (Zambia)
17 December 1972 Kenya 2 – 2 Mauritius Nairobi, Kenya
W. Ouma Goal 56', 65' Jackaria Goal 17'
Imbert Goal 42'		 Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Williams Ngaah (Kenya)[1]

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

1 April 1973 Ethiopia 0 – 0 Zambia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium
Attendance: 12,708
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)
15 April 1973 Zambia 4 – 2 Ethiopia Lusaka, Zambia
Mugala Goal 47'
Simutowe Goal 62' (pen.)
Simwala Goal 71'
Mapulanga Goal 83'		 Ingdawerk Goal 43'
Teka Goal 79' (pen.)		 Stadium: 7 April Stadium
Attendance: 20,015
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan)

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

10 February 1973 Nigeria 0 – 2
Awarded[2]
(2 – 3 85')		 Ghana Lagos, Nigeria
Olayombo Goal 15'
Mambo Goal 23'		 Owusu Goal 18' (pen.), 55', 82' Stadium: Surulere Stadium
Attendance: 31,362
Referee: Paul Nkounkou (Congo)
25 February 1973 Ghana 0 – 0 Nigeria Accra, Ghana
Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

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

4 February 1973 Cameroon 0 – 1 Zaire Douala, Cameroon
N'Tumba Goal 2' Stadium: Stade de la Réunification
Attendance: 21,752
Referee: Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey)
25 February 1973 Zaire 0 – 1 Cameroon Kinshasa, Zaire
Ndongo Goal 43' Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai
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.

27 February 1973 Zaire 2 – 0 Cameroon Kinshasa, Zaire
Etepé Goal 3'
Tshinabu Goal 88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai
Attendance: 16,271
Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

Team 1 Agg. 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
20 May 1973 Ivory Coast 1 – 1 Morocco Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Kobinam Goal 75' Acila Goal 30' Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
3 June 1973 Morocco 4 – 1 Ivory Coast Tetouan, Morocco
Faras Goal 24', 34'
Fetoui Goal 60'
Choukri Goal 85'		 Pokou Goal 61' Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria)

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

12 August 1973 Zambia 2 – 0 Kenya Ndola, Zambia
Chanda Goal 34'
Sinyangwe Goal 72'		 Stadium: 7 April Stadium
Attendance: 17,960
Referee: Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania)
19 August 1973 Kenya 2 – 2 Zambia Nairobi, Kenya
W. Ouma Goal 65'
P. Ouma Goal 70'		 Simwala Goal
Kaushi Goal 56'		 Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium
Attendance: 7,435
Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)

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

5 August 1973 Ghana 1 – 0 Zaire Accra, Ghana
Armah Goal 35' (pen.) Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
19 August 1973 Zaire 4 – 1 Ghana Kinshasa, Zaire
Kembo Goal 10', 65'
Mafuila Goal 89' (pen.)
N'Tumba Goal 90'		 Sam Goal 51' Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai
Attendance: 80,869
Referee: Marc-Emile N'Difo (Cameroon)

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

Final round

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 Goal 17', 90'
Simwala Goal 43'
Chanda Goal 61'
Attendance: 37,239
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Zambia 0 – 2 Zaire
Mayanga Goal 22'
Etepé Goal 33'
Attendance: 33,793
Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)
Zaire 2 – 1 Zambia
Kembo Goal 32'
Etepé Goal 82'		 Kapita Goal 33'
Attendance: 6,050
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco 2 – 0 Zambia
Maghfour Goal 14'
Faras Goal 70'
Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan
Attendance: 5,456
Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt)
Zaire 3 – 0 Morocco
Kembo Goal 58', 61'
Ekofo Goal 79'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Morocco 0 – 2
(w/o) [3]		 Zaire
Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Zaire qualified.

Goalscorers

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

See also

References

  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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