1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

January 2018 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) KEN William Ouma ZAI Kembo Uba Kembo (6 goals) 1970 1978 FIFA thumb | right | alt=1974 FIFA World Cup qualification/Africa on a world map | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification/Africa on a world map 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. Format 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 3 MAR 2–1 SEN 0–0 2–1 ALG 2–5 GUI 1–0 1–5 EGY 1972 2–3 TUN 1959 2–1 0–2 SLE 0–3 CIV 0–1 0–2 KEN 2–1 SUD 2–0 0–1 TAN 1–4 ETH 1897 1–1 0–0 0–3 LES 1966 1–6 ZAM 1964 0–0 1–6 NGR 3–2 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 2–1 1–1 Dahomey 1–10 GHA 0–5 1–5 TOG 0–4 ZAI 0–0 0–4 MRI w/o MAD — — CMR 1961 w/o GAB — — |} 19 November 1972 MAR 0 – 0 SEN Agadir, Morocco Stade Al Inbiaâte 10,650 Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain) 3 December 1972 SEN 1 – 2 MAR Diop 2 Ghazouani 26Choukri 72 Dakar, Senegal Stade Demba Diop 9,860 Major George Lamptey (Ghana) Morocco won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 2 March 1972 ALG 1 – 0 GUI Kalem 65 Algiers, Algeria Stade du 5 Juillet 15,267 Robert Héliès (France) 12 March 1972 GUI 5 – 1 ALG Camara 28Petit Sory 36Soumah 54 pen.Souleymane 78Samuel 82 Gamouh 62 Conakry, Guinea Stade du 28 Septembre 18,000 Mamadou Mabel Ba (Mali) Guinea won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 8 December 1972 EGY 1972 2 – 1 TUN 1959 Khalil 10Abdelrazak 69 Chakroun 61 Cairo, Egypt Nasser Stadium 11,707 Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece) 17 December 1972 TUN 1959 2 – 0 EGY 1972 Chakroun 16Habita 71 Tunis, Tunisia Stade El Menzah 32,178 Babaçan (Turkey) Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 15 October 1972 SLE 0 – 1 CIV Ivory Coast Ouattara 32 Freetown, Sierra Leone Reckrie Stadium 9,200 Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea) 29 October 1972 CIV Ivory Coast 2 – 0 SLE Kouamé 42Ouattara 72 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 4,135 Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal) Ivory Coast won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 16 July 1972 KEN 2 – 0 SUD Anyanzwa 44W. Ouma 65 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi City Stadium 11,057 Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia) 23 July 1972 SUD 1 – 0 KEN Al-Dehish 40 Khartoum, Sudan Khartoum Stadium 10,470 Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt) Kenya won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 25 November 1972 TAN 1 – 1 ETH 1897 Mashoto 58 Gebremedhin 30 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania National Stadium 14,255 Alfred John Olimba (Kenya) 3 December 1972 ETH 1897 0 – 0 TAN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Haile Selassie Stadium 19,430 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 ETH 1897 3 – 0 TAN Ingdawerk 5 12Tesfaye 44 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Haile Selassie Stadium 7,201 Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan) Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off. 30 April 1972 LES 1966 0 – 0 ZAM 1964 Maseru, Lesotho Setsoto Stadium Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania) 4 June 1972 ZAM 1964 6 – 1 LES 1966 Mapulanga 25Chitalu 35 80Mwila 40 67 72 Thietsi 30 Ndola, Zambia Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium 11,457 Jules Ratsitohara (Madagascar) Zambia won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 5 August 1972 NGA 2 – 1 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville Olayombo 66Mambo 77 M'Bono 2 Ibadan, Nigeria Liberty Stadium 20,056 Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon) 15 August 1972 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 1 – 1 NGA Minga 88 Oyarekhua 28 Brazzaville, Congo Stade de la Revolution 11,100 Jules Onwanlele (Gabon) Nigeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 18 June 1972 Dahomey 0 – 5 GHA Sunday 21Owusu 26Ghartey 40Gariba 65 75 Cotonou, Dahomey Stade de l'Amitié 10,150 Thomas Attiogbe (Togo) 2 July 1972 GHA 5 – 1 Dahomey Kofi 20 44Sunday 64Owusu 66Odame 72 pen. Kamilou Kumasi, Ghana Kumasi Sports Stadium 8,700 Poll Koudou (Ivory Coast) Ghana won 10–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. 6 June 1972 TOG 0 – 0 ZAI Lomé, Togo Stade Général Eyadema 5,719 Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria) 20 June 1972 ZAI 4 – 0 TOG Kembo 27N'Tumba 37 73Etepé 79 Kinshasa, Zaire Stade Tata Raphaël 24,025 Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon) Zaire won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round. MRI w/o MAD Withdrew Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically. CMR 1961 w/o GAB withdrew Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically. Second round 3 GUI 1–3 MAR 1–1 0–2 TUN 1959 2–3 CIV 1–1 1–2 MRI 3–5 KEN 1–3 2–2 ETH 1897 2–4 ZAM 1964 0–0 2–4 NGR 0–2 GHA 0–2 0–0 CMR 1961 1–3 ZAI 0–1 1–0 0–2 |} 11 February 1973 GUI 1 – 1 MAR Souleymane 38 Choukri 22 Conakry, Guinea Stade du 28 Septembre 2,200 Pierre Mutombo (Zaire) 25 February 1973 MAR 2 – 0 GUI Faras 60 68 Tetouan, Morocco Stade Saniat Rmel 13,122 Marcel Edgar Bertin (Liberia) Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round. 11 February 1973 TUN 1959 1 – 1 CIV Habita 48 pen. Kouamé 17 Tunis, Tunisia Stade El Menzah 15,282 Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya) 25 February 1973 CIV 2 – 1 TUN 1959 N'Guessan 44 85 pen. Adhouma 15 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 52,586 Major George Lamptey (Ghana) Ivory Coast won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round. 10 December 1972 MRI 1 – 3 KEN Imbert 37 W. Ouma 42 84Shore 82 Curepipe, Mauritius Stade George V 43,500 David Morton Galloway (Zambia) 17 December 1972 KEN 2 – 2 MRI W. Ouma 56 65 Jackaria 17Imbert 42 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi City Stadium 5,560 Williams Ngaah (Kenya)The Kenya – Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee. Kenya won 5–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round. 1 April 1973 ETH 1897 0 – 0 ZAM 1964 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Haile Selassie Stadium 12,708 Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt) 15 April 1973 ZAM 1964 4 – 2 ETH 1897 Mugala 47Simutowe 62 pen.Simwala 71Mapulanga 83 Ingdawerk 43Teka 79 pen. Lusaka, Zambia 7 April Stadium 20,015 Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan) Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round. 10 February 1973 NGA 0 – 2AwardedThe first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots. Subsequently, FIFA awarded a 2–0 win for the tie to Ghana.(2 – 3 85') GHA Olayombo 15Mambo 23 Owusu 18 pen. 55 82 Lagos, Nigeria Surulere Stadium 31,362 Paul Nkounkou (Congo) 25 February 1973 GHA 0 – 0 NGA Accra, Ghana Accra Sports Stadium 40,000 Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal) Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round. 4 February 1973 CMR 1961 0 – 1 ZAI N'Tumba 2 Douala, Cameroon Stade de la Réunification 21,752 Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey) 25 February 1973 ZAI 0 – 1 CMR 1961 Ndongo 43 Kinshasa, Zaire Stade du 20 Mai 46,916 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 ZAI 2 – 0 CMR 1961 Etepé 3Tshinabu 88 pen. Kinshasa, Zaire Stade du 20 Mai 16,271 Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon) Zaire advanced to the Third Round. Third round CIV 2–5 MAR 1–1 1–4 ZAM 1964 4–2 KEN 2–0 2–2 GHA 2–4 ZAI 1–0 1–4 |} 20 May 1973 CIV 1 – 1 MAR Kobinam 75 Acila 30 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 25,000 Badara N'Diaye (Senegal) 3 June 1973 MAR 4 – 1 CIV Faras 24 34Fetoui 60Choukri 85 Pokou 61 Tetouan, Morocco Stade Saniat Rmel 11,000 Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria) Morocco won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round. 12 August 1973 ZAM 1964 2 – 0 KEN Chanda 34Sinyangwe 72 Ndola, Zambia 7 April Stadium 17,960 Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania) 19 August 1973 KEN 2 – 2 ZAM 1964 W. Ouma 65P. Ouma 70 Simwala Kaushi 56 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi City Stadium 7,435 Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia) Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round. 5 August 1973 GHA 1 – 0 ZAI Armah 35 pen. Accra, Ghana Accra Sports Stadium 28,700 Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) 19 August 1973 ZAI 4 – 1 GHA Kembo 10 65Mafuila 89 pen.N'Tumba 90 Sam 51 Kinshasa, Zaire Stade du 20 Mai 80,869 Marc-Emile N'Difo (Cameroon) Zaire won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round. Final round RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1ZAI8440091+82ZAM 19642410356−13MAR2410329−7 21 October 1973 ZAM 1964 4–0 MAR Sinyangwe 17 90Simwala 43Chanda 61 7 April Stadium, Lusaka 37,239 Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) 4 November 1973 ZAM 1964 0–2 ZAI Mayanga 22Etepé 33 7 April Stadium, Lusaka 33,793 Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia) 18 November 1973 ZAI 2–1 ZAM 1964 Kembo 32Etepé 82 Kapita 33 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa 6,050 Badara N'Diaye (Senegal) 25 November 1973 MAR 2–0 ZAM 1964 Maghfour 14Faras 70 Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan 5,456 Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt) 9 December 1973 ZAI 3–0 MAR Kembo 58 61Ekofa 79 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa 70,750 Major George Lamptey (Ghana) 23 December 1973 MAR 0–2(w/o)Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2–0 win for the match. ZAI Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia Zaire qualified. Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 ZAI A1 Final Round winners 9 December 1973 1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 6 goals 20em yes KEN William Ouma ZAI Kembo Uba Kembo 5 goals 20em yes GHA Kwasi Owusu MAR Ahmed Faras 4 goals 20em yes ZAI Kakoko Etepé ZAI Jean-Kalala N'Tumba 3 goals 20em yes ETH 1897 Tariku Ingdawerk MAR Moustapha Choukri ZAM 1964 Freddie Mwila ZAM 1964 Moses Simwala ZAM 1964 Brighton Sinyangwe 2 goals 20em yes CIV Noël Kouamé CIV Bernard N'Guessan CIV Mama Ouattara GHA Abwcari Gariba GHA Osei Kofi GHA Ibrahim Sunday GUI Chérif Souleymane MRI Daniel Jean Robert Imbert NGA Yakubu Mambo NGA Kenneth Olayombo TUN Ezzedine Chakroun TUN Mohieddine Habita ZAM 1964 Bernard Chanda ZAM 1964 Godfrey Chitalu ZAM 1964 Joseph Mapulanga 1 goal 20em yes ALG Rabah Gamouh ALG Mokhtar Kalem CMR 1961 Paul-Gaston Ndongo People's Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel M'Bono People's Republic of the Congo Noël Minga CIV Kouman Kobinam CIV Laurent Pokou Dahomey Damien Kamilou EGY 1972 Sayed Abdelrazak EGY 1972 Ali Khalil ETH 1897 Tekeste Gebremedhin ETH 1897 Kassahun Teka ETH 1897 Seyoum Tesfaye GHA Akuetteh Armah GHA Joseph Ghartey GHA Clifford Odame GHA Joseph Sam GUI Maxime Camara GUI Smith Samuel GUI Petit Sory GUI Soriba Soumah KEN Daniel Anyanzwa KEN Peter Ouma KEN John Shore LES 1966 Ramoseli Thietsi MRI Anwar Jackaria MAR Hassan Amcharrat MAR Chérif Fetoui MAR Maouhoub Ghazouani MAR Mohamed Maghfour NGA Sunday Oyarekhua SEN Louis Gomis Diop SUD Izzeldin Osman TAN Nassoro Mashoto TUN Abdesselam Adhouma ZAI Mbungu Ekofa ZAI Mavuba Mafuila ZAI Mayanga Maku ZAI Kamunda Tshinabu ZAM 1964 Obby Kapita ZAM 1964 Simon Kaushi ZAM 1964 Burton Mugala ZAM 1964 Boniface Simutowe See also 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC) References CAF 1974 Category:1972 in African men's international football Category:1973 in African men's international football Category:Zaire at the 1974 FIFA World Cup