1974 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament December 2021 Afcon This page details the process of qualifying for the 1974 African Cup of Nations which was held in Egypt in March 1974. Eight teams qualified for the finals, including Egypt as hosts and Congo as the holders of the title, having won the 1972 tournament in Cameroon. Qualification followed a knock-out model, with teams playing two-legged ties with another, one match being played at a home venue for each team. After a preliminary round, 24 teams competed in the first round of qualification. The winners went on to the second round with the winning teams from those ties qualifying for the finals. Matches were held between March and July 1973. A number of teams withdrew at the preliminary or first round stages of the tournament with their scheduled opponents automatically progressing to the next round. After winning their first round match the Central African Republic were disqualified and their opponents, Ivory Coast progressed to the second round, eventually reaching the finals. Alongside Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritius, Uganda, Zaire and Zambia reached the finals, Uganda having taken part in the preliminary round of the qualification process. Qualifying tournament Preliminary round SOM 2–5 UGA 2–0 0–5 CAR w/o GAB — — SLE w/o Dahomey — — |} 10 March 1973 SOM 2–0 UGA Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu 24 March 1973 UGA 5–0 SOM Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate. CTA Cancelled GAB Withdrew Central African Republic progress, Gabon withdrew. SLE Cancelled Dahomey Withdrew Sierra Leone progress, Dahomey withdrew. First round SLE 3–5 MLI 1–1 2–4 GHA 3–3 (5–3 p) SEN 3–2 0–1 CAR 5–7 CIV 4–2 1–5 ETH 1897 2–4 TAN 2–1 0–3 LES 1966 1–5 MRI 0–0 1–5 SUD 2–3 NGR 1–1 1–2 Upper Volta 1–9 ZAI 0–5 1–4 UGA 3–1 KEN 1–0 2–1 ZAM 1964 4–3 MAD 3–1 1–2 ALG w/o LBY 1972 — — CMR 1961 w/o NIG — — GUI w/o TOG — — |} 31 March 1973 SLE 1–1 MLI Bocoum 39 Freetown 28 April 1973 MLI 4–2 SLE Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako Mali won 5–3 on aggregate. 8 April 1973 GHA 3–2 SEN Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 21 April 1973 SEN 1–0 GHA Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 3–5 Ghana won 5–3 on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate. 8 April 1973 CTA 4–2 CIV Bangui 22 April 1973 CIV 2–1AbandonedThe match was abandoned at half-time after Central African Republic refused to play the second half following a brawl between both teams' players and officials. The match was ordered replayed on 29 July 1973 on neutral ground in Lagos, Nigeria. CTA Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 29 July 1973 CIV 5–1 CTA Surulere Stadium, Lagos Ivory Coast won 7–5 on aggregate. 8 April 1973 ETH 1897 2–1 TAN Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 22 April 1973 TAN 3–0 ETH 1897 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate. 8 April 1973 LES 1966 0–0 MRI Maseru 22 April 1973 MRI 5–1 LES 1966 Port Louis Mauritius won 5–1 on aggregate. 13 April 1973 SUD 1–1 NGA Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum 21 April 1973 NGA 2–1 SUD Surulere Stadium, Lagos Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate. 15 April 1973 Upper Volta 0–5 ZAI Kembo Uba Kembo Ouagadougou 22 April 1973 ZAI 4–1 Upper Volta Kembo Uba Kembo Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa Zaire won 9–1 on aggregate. 15 April 1973 UGA 1–0 KEN Mukasa 3 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 28 April 1973 KEN 1–2 UGA Chitechi 20 Mukasa 30Semwanga 50 pen. Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi Uganda won 3–1 on aggregate. 22 April 1973 ZAM 1964 3–1 MAD Mugala 4 58Chitalu 65 Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola 5 June 1973 MAD 2–1 ZAM 1964 Chitalu 43 Antananarivo Zambia won 4–3 on aggregate. ALG Cancelled LBY 1972 Withdrew Algeria progress, Libya withdrew. CMR 1961 Cancelled NIG Withdrew Cameroon progress, Niger withdrew. GUI Cancelled TOG Withdrew Guinea progress, Togo withdrew. Second round CMR 1961 2–3 ZAI 2–1 0–2 MLI 3–3 (6–7 p) GUI 2–2 1–1 UGA 3–2 ALG 2–1 1–1 TAN 1–1 (3–4 p) MRI 1–1 0–0 GHA 0–4 CIV 0–3 0–1 ZAM 1964 7–4 NGR 5–1 2–3 |} 27 May 1973 CMR 1961 2–1 ZAI Kembo Uba Kembo Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé 14 June 1973 ZAI 2–0 CMR 1961 Kembo Uba Kembo Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa Zaire won 3–2 on aggregate. 27 May 1973 MLI 2–2 GUI Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako 14 June 1973 GUI 1–1 MLI Conakry 7–6 Guinea won 7–6 on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate. 27 May 1973 UGA 2–1 ALG Mukasa Obua Gamouh 33 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 30,000 14 June 1973 ALG 1–1 UGA Hadefi 52 pen. Ouma 66 5 July Stadium, Algiers 13,481 ... (Egypt) Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate. 27 May 1973 TAN 1–1 MRI National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 14 June 1973 MRI 0–0 TAN Port Louis 4–3 Mauritius won 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate. 9 September 1973 GHA 0–3 CIV Pokou ? ? Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 23 September 1973 CIV 1–0 GHA Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Ivory Coast won 4–0 on aggregate. 15 July 1973 ZAM 1964 5–1 NGA Chanda 31Kaushi 58 70Sinyangwe 60 75 pen. Iziebige 20 Independence Stadium, Lusaka ... (Lesotho) 29 July 1973 NGA 3–2 ZAM 1964 Kaushi Chanda Surulere Stadium, Lagos Zambia won 7–4 on aggregate. Qualified teams The 8 qualified teams are: 22em CGO 1970 (holders) EGY 1972 (hosts) GUI CIV MRI UGA ZAI ZAM 1964 Notes n External links CAN 1974 details - rsssf.com Qualification 1974 Cup Of Nations qualification