1970 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament Afcon This page details the process of qualifying for the 1970 African Cup of Nations. Qualifying tournament First round ZAM 1964 5–4 MRI 2–2 3–2 UGA 2–3 CMR 1961 2–1 0–2 KEN 1–2 TAN 0–1 1–1 ALG 2–1 MAR 2–0 0–1 GUI 5–1 TOG 4–0 1–1 NIG w/o NGR — — SEN w/o SLE — — UAR w/o SOM — — MLI w/o Upper Volta — — |} 17 November 1968 ZAM 1964 2–2 MRI Chitalu 70 pen.Kapengwe 87 Tostée 3Desvaux 13 Lusaka 8 December 1968 MRI 2–3 yes ZAM 1964 Glover 18 pen.Desvaux 37 Kalimukwa 39Simutowe 80Chitalu 120 Stade George V, Curepipe Zambia won 5–4 on aggregate. 2 February 1969 UGA 2–1 CMR 1961 Wasswa 17 90 Atangana 10 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 2 March 1969 CMR 1961 2–0 UGA Atangana 43 57 Yaoundé Cameroon won 3–2 on aggregate. 16 February 1969 KEN 0–1 TAN Choteka 40 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 1 March 1969 TAN 1–1 KEN Molo 70 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Tanzania won 2–1 on aggregate. 9 March 1969 ALG 2–0 MAR Kalem 10Natouri 20 20 August Stadium, Algiers 20,000 Moncef Ben Ali (Tunisia) 22 March 1969 MAR 1–0 ALG Mahroufi 83 Stade Al Inbiaâte, Agadir 15,000 Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal) Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate. 10 August 1969 GUI 4–0 TOG Souleymane ? Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 24 August 1969 TOG 1–1 GUI Kandia Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé Guinea won 5–1 on aggregate. NIG Cancelled NGA Withdrew Niger progress, Nigeria withdrew. SEN Cancelled SLE Withdrew Senegal progress, Sierra Leone withdrew. UAR Cancelled SOM Withdrew United Arab Republic progress, Somalia withdrew. MLI Cancelled Upper Volta Withdrew Mali progress, Upper Volta withdrew. Second round ETH 1897 9–1 TAN 7–0 2–1 ZAM 1964 3–4 CMR 1961 2–2 1–2 GHA 15–1 NIG 6–0 9–1 UAR 2–1 ALG 1–0 1–1 GUI 5–4 SEN 4–3 1–1 MLI 0–4 CIV 0–0 0–4 |} 25 May 1969 ETH 1897 7–0 TAN Vassalo 19Asmerom 24 51 83Tewolde 25Abdo 70Asfaw 80 Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 31 May 1969 TAN 1–2 ETH 1897 Zimbwe Vassalo Tewolde National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Ethiopia won 9–1 on aggregate. 29 June 1969 ZAM 1964 2–2 CMR 1961 Ndhlovu 25Simutowe 65 Confiance 60Atangana 75 Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola ... (Zambia) 3 August 1969 CMR 1961 2–1 ZAM 1964 Confiance 56Owona 75 pen. Chitalu 2 Yaoundé Cameroon won 4–3 on aggregate. 17 August 1969 GHA 6–0 NIG Owusu ? Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 21 September 1969 NIG 1–9 GHA ? Owusu Ankrah Kofi Niamey Ghana won 15–1 on aggregate. 19 September 1969 UAR 1–0 ALG El-Shazly 58 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 40,000 ... (Tunisia) 28 September 1969 ALG 1–1 UAR Kalem 9 El-Shazly 53 20 August Stadium, Algiers 20,000 Mohamed Benjelloun (Morocco) United Arab Republic won 2–1 on aggregate. 12 October 1969 GUI 4–3 SEN Kandia ? ? Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 26 October 1969 SEN 1–1 GUI ? Thiam 9 Stade Demba Diop, Dakar Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate. 12 October 1969 MLI 0–0 CIV Bamako 26 October 1969 CIV 4–0 MLI Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate. Qualified teams The 8 qualified teams are: 22em CMR 1961 COD 1966 Congo-Kinshasa (holders) ETH 1897 GHA GUI CIV SUD 1956 (hosts) UAR External links CAN 1970 details – rsssf.com Qualification 1970 Cup of Nations qualification Cup of Nations qualification