1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) CMR François Omam-Biyik (4 goals) 1986 1994 FIFA 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy. 26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of Mauritius and Mozambique due to their outstanding debts, leaving 24 nations to contest the qualifying spots. Lesotho, Rwanda and Togo withdrew after the draw for the first round, which took place on 12 December 1987, but before playing a match. Libya won their first round tie and advanced to the second round, but withdrew halfway through that stage, meaning all their results in the group were annulled. Format First Round: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Zaire, the eight best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining sixteen teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round. Second Round: The eight winners from the first round were joined by the eight seeded teams and divided into four groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. Final Round: The four remaining teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify. First round 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round Eight knockout (two-legged) ties were originally required, involving the sixteen lowest ranked African countries. The withdrawals of three teams meant only five ties were actually contested. The eight successful teams advanced to the group format of the second round. ANG 2–1 SUD 0–0 2–1 ZIM w/o LES 1987 – – ZAM 1964 w/o RWA 1962 – – UGA 2–3 MWI 1–0 1–3 LBY 1977 3–2 BFA 3–0 0–2 GHA 0–2 LBR 0–0 0–2 TUN 1959 5–3 GUI 5–0 0–3 GAB w/o TOG – – ALG bye CMR bye EGY bye CIV bye KEN bye MAR bye NGR bye ZAI bye |} Second round 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round The eight qualifiers from the first round were joined by the eight highest-ranked CAF teams. The teams were split into four groups of four which played a home-and-away round-robin, with the four group winners advancing to the final round. LegendCountries that advanced to the final round Group A Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsALG431061+57CIV412151+44ZIM4013110−91LBY 1977Withdrew after one match ALGCIVZIMALG – 1–0 3–0CIV 0–0 – 5–0ZIM 1–2 0–0 – Libya played one match in this group before withdrawing from the competition, annulling their results. Group B Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsEGY632162+48LBR622223−16MWI613234−15KEN613224−25 EGYKENLBRMWI 1964EGY – 2–0 2–0 1–0KEN 0–0 – 1–0 1–1LBR 1–0 0–0 – 1–0MWI 1–1 1–0 0–0 – Group C Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsCMR641196+39NGA631275+27ANG612367−14GAB620459−44 CMRNGAANGGABCMR – 1–0 1–1 2–1NGA 2–0 – 1–0 1–0ANG 1–2 2–2 – 2–0GAB 1–3 2–1 1–0 – Group D Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsTUN 195963125507ZAM 1964630376+16ZAI62227706MAR613245−15 TUN 1959ZAM 1964ZAIMARTUN 1959 – 1–0 1–0 2–1ZAM 1964 1–0 – 4–2 2–1ZAI 3–1 1–0 – 0–0MAR 0–0 1–0 1–1 – Final round ALG 0–1 EGY 0–0 0–1 CMR 3–0 TUN 1959 2–0 1–0 |} The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 8 October 1989 ALG 0–0 EGY Stade 17 Juin, Constantine 55,000 Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius) 17 November 1989 EGY 1–0 ALG H. Hassan 4 Cairo Stadium, Cairo 100,000 Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia) Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. 8 October 1989 CMR 2–0 TUN 1959 Mfédé 54Kundé 90+1 Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé 80,000 Abdelali Naciri (Morocco) 19 November 1989 TUN 1959 0–1 CMR Omam-Biyik 14 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 45,000 Badara Sène (Senegal) Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup. Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 EGY A1 final round winners 17 November 1989 1 1 (1934) CMR A1 final round winners 19 November 1989 1 1 (1982) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 4 goals 20em yes CMR François Omam-Biyik 3 goals 20em yes ALG Rabah Madjer ALG Djamel Menad CMR André Kana-Biyik EGY Abdel Rasoul Hesham MWI Peterkins Kayira NGA Stephen Keshi TUN Jameleddine Limam ZAI Eugène Kabongo 2 goals 20em yes ANG José Vieira Dias ANG Joseph Maluka CMR Émile Mbouh GUI Abdoulaye Emmerson CIV Oumar Ben Salah LBR James Debbah LBR George Weah NGA Samson Siasia TUN Nabil Maâloul UGA Sundayin Moriri ZAI N'Kiambi Mapuata ZAM Kalusha Bwalya ZAM Derby Makinka 1 goal 20em yes ANG Mavango Kiala ANG Osvaldo de Oliveira ANG Paulão ANG Manuel Saavedra BFA Gabriel Gnimassou BFA Jules Kadeba CMR Bonaventure Djonkep CMR Emmanuel Kundé CMR Louis-Paul Mfédé EGY Mohamed Ala'a EGY Mohamed El-Akad EGY Hossam Hassan EGY Ibrahim Hassan GAB Régis Manon GAB Michel Minico GAB Joel Minko GAB Guy-Roger Nzamba GAB Nicaise Ondeno GUI Camara Toure KEN Peter Dawo KEN George Onyango CIV Jean-Pierre Guede Akenon CIV Yao Lambert Amani CIV Sékou Bamba LBY 1977 Ezzewdin Bezan LBY 1977 Fawzi El-Aisawi LBY 1977 Ayad El-Ghadi MWI Gilbert Chirwa MWI Singo McDonald MWI Lawrence Waya MAR Aziz Bouderbala MAR Mohamed Madih MAR Abdelfettah Rhiati MAR Mohammed Timoumi NGA Michael Obiku NGA Wole Odegbami SUD Osama Idriss TUN Lasaad Abdelli TUN Tarak Dhiab TUN Bassam Jeridi TUN Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi TUN Kais Yâakoubi ZAI Kuyangana Makukula ZAI Nkiere Wawa ZAM Lucky Msiska ZAM Charly Musonda ZAM Witson Nyirenda ZIM Stanley Ndunduma External links Africa Zone at FIFA.com World Cup 1990 qualifications - Africa at RSSSF.com CAF 1990 Category:1988 in African men's international football Category:1989 in African men's international football Category:Egypt at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:1989 in Tunisian sport Category:1989–90 in Algerian football