1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) October 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969 11FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire 1 24 69 446751 Nigeria Sam Garba (5 Goals) 1966 1974 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA 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. This was the first World Cup to have a guaranteed place for an African team, a place which went to Morocco. Format There would be three rounds of play: First Round: Ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis, with one team receiving a bye to the Second Round. 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. In June 1969, FIFA announced that Morocco had suggested that the final round be played as a single round-robin at a neutral venue, but that Sudan would not agree to this change of the format. 30 June 1969 Sudan won't play match https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Daily_Graphic/SUcFXAlM61sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22play+match+sudan%22&pg=PA15&printsec=frontcover Daily Graphic Accra 5830 15 4 October 2024 In the event of a tie, extra time would be played, and whichever team had scored more goals in the second leg would progress. If both games were drawn, or if extra time were not played, then a playoff on neutral ground would decide the fixture. If the playoff was a draw after extra time, a coin toss would be made to decide the winner. Entrants ALG CMR 1961 ETH 1897 GHA LBY 1951 MAR NGR SEN SUD 1956 TUN 1959 ZAM 1964 Qualification First round 3 ZAM 1964 6–6 SUD 1956 4–2 2–4 (aet)   MAR 4–2 SEN 1–0 1–2 2–0 ALG 1–2 TUN 1959 1–2 0–0   NGR 4–3 CMR 1961 1–1 3–2   LBY 1951 3–5 ETH 1897 2–0 1–5   GHA Bye — — — |} 27 October 1968 ZAM 1964 4–2 SUD 1956 Mwila 34Chitalu 47 85Kapengwe 65 Osman Santo 16 42 Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola 11,714 Philippe Mutombo (Zaire) 8 November 1968 SUD 1956 4–2 yes ZAM 1964 Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh 38Ismaeil Bakhit 76 81Osman Santo 114 Chitalu 22Kapengwe 96 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 17,083 Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic) The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match. 3 November 1968 MAR 1–0 SEN Benkhrif 72 Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca 22,582 José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) 5 January 1969 SEN 2–1 MAR Diéme 26Diop 32 Akesbi 14 Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 11,487 Mamadou Mabel Ba Diarra (Mali) The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. 13 February 1969 MAR 2–0 SEN Bamous 54Hafnaoui 60 Estadio Union Deportivo, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 7,924 Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain) Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off. 17 November 1968 ALG 1–2 TUN 1959 Amirouche 29 pen. Chakroun 72 80 El-Annasser Stadium, Algiers 13,419 Roger Barde (France) 29 December 1968 TUN 1959 0–0 ALG Stade El Menzah, Tunis 36,814 Fabio Monti (Italy) Tunisia advanced to the Second Round. 7 December 1968 NGA 1–1 CMR 1961 Aghoghovbia 47 Owona 69 Surulere Stadium, Lagos 87,201 Philip Robinson (Liberia) 22 December 1968 CMR 1961 2–3 NGA Ayo ?Bassanguen ? Ofuokwu ?Anieke ?Oshode ? Stade Akwa, Douala 6,988 Joseph Blanchard Angaud (Congo) Nigeria advanced to the Second Round. 26 January 1969 LBY 1951 2–0 ETH 1897 Al-Jahani 22Koussa 49 11 June Stadium, Tripoli 5,687 Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (United Arab Republic) 9 February 1969 ETH 1897 5–1 LBY 1951 Germa 1 85Feseha 11Geremew 77 84 Ben Soed ? Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 6,759 Ahmed El-Kholy (United Arab Republic) Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round. Second round 3 TUN 1959 2–2 MAR 0–0 0–0 (aet) 2–2 (aet) ETH 1897 2–4 SUD 1956 1–1 1–3 NGR 3–2 GHA 2–1 1–1 |} 27 April 1969 TUN 1959 0–0 MAR Stade El Menzah, Tunis 26,706 Michel Kitabdjian (France) 18 May 1969 MAR 0–0 yes TUN 1959 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca 9,781 Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and as both legs were drawn, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. 13 June 1969 MAR 2–2 yes TUN 1959 Khanousi 27Jarir 53 Chaïbi 3Cheman 87 Stade Municipal, Marseille, France 4,185 Michel Kitabdjian (France) Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss. 4 May 1969 ETH 1897 1–1 SUD 1956 Mengistu 79 Hasabu El Sagheir 9 Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 9,015 Mohamed Touati (Tunisia) 11 May 1969 SUD 1956 3–1 ETH 1897 Gagarin 20 60Jagdoul 80 Asfaw 65 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 22,373 Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic) Sudan advanced to the Final Round. 10 May 1969 NGA 2–1 GHA Imasuen 62Oshode 64 Ankrah 18 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan 25,118 Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) 18 May 1969 GHA 1–1 NGA Ola 41 Garba 19 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 22,386 Tiedro Cy-Nahounou (Ivory Coast) Nigeria advanced to the Final Round. Final Round RankTeamPts PointsPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference1MAR5421153+22NGA4412187+13SUD 19563403158−3 13 September 1969 NGA 2–2 SUD 1956 Garba 33 43 Abbas 7Jadallah Kheirelseid 30 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan 20,651 Ourabah Mohandi (Algeria) 21 September 1969 MAR 2–1 NGA El Filali 50Faras 63 Lawal 53 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca 3,600 Roger Mâchin (France) 3 October 1969 SUD 1956 3–3 NGA Abbas 33Awad Koka 70Bushra Wahba 84 Garba 49Ineh 55Opone 72 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 26,502 Aurelio Angonese (Italy) 10 October 1969 SUD 1956 0–0 MAR Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 18,020 Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic) 26 October 1969 MAR 3–0 SUD 1956 El Filali 41Jarir 76 86 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca 19,600 Major George Lamptey (Ghana) 8 November 1969 NGA 2–0 MAR Lawal 67 pen.Garba 82 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan 11,156 Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia) Morocco qualified. Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 MAR A1 Final round winners 26 October 1969 1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 5 goals 20em yes NGA Sam Garba 3 goals 20em yes MAR Houmane Jarir ZAM Emment Kapengwe SUD 1956 Babiker Santo 2 goals 20em yes ETH 1897 Zerga Geremew ETH 1897 Asmeron Germa MAR Mohammed El Filali NGA Mohammed Lawal NGA Olumuyiwa Oshode SUD 1956 Nasr El-Din Abbas SUD 1956 Ismaeil Bakhit SUD 1956 Ali Gagarin TUN Ezzedine Chakroun 1 goal 20em yes ALG Boualem Amirouche CMR 1961 David Ayo CMR 1961 Dieudonné Bassanguen CMR 1961 Norbert Owona ETH 1897 Kebede Asfaw ETH 1897 Emmanuel Feseha ETH 1897 Mengistu Worku GHA Abekah Ankrah GHA Emmanuel Ola LBY Mahmoud Al-Jahani LBY Ahmed Ben Soed LBY Mohamed Koussa MAR Hassan Akesbi MAR Driss Bamous MAR Boujemaa Benkhrif MAR Ahmed Faras MAR Cherkaoui Hafnaoui MAR Moulay Khanousi NGA Joseph Aghoghovbia NGA Peter Anieke NGA Sebastian Broderick Imasuen NGA Sunday Ineh NGA Augustine Ofuokwu NGA Samuel Opone SEN Emile Pierre Diéme SEN Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop SUD 1956 Jadallah Kheirelseid SUD 1956 Hasabu El Sagheir SUD 1956 Abdelkfi Elsheikh SUD 1956 Jagdoul SUD 1956 Awad Koka SUD 1956 Bushra Wahba TUN Tahar Chaïbi TUN Abdesselem Cheman ZAM Godfrey Chitalu ZAM Sandy Kaposa ZAM Dickson Makwaza References External links African Zone at FIFA.com CAF 1970 Category:1968 in African men's international football Category:1969 in African men's international football Category:Morocco at the 1970 FIFA World Cup