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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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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.

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
DatesOctober 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969
Teams11[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored69 (2.88 per match)
Attendance446,751 (18,615 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Garba Okoye (4 Goals)
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1974 →

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.

Format

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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 Ghana 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.[2]

Qualification

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Zambia   6–6   Sudan 4–2 2–4 (aet)  
Morocco   4–2   Senegal 1–0 1–2 2–0
Algeria   1–2   Tunisia 1–2 0–0  
Nigeria   4–3   Cameroon 1–1 3–2  
Libya   3–5   Ethiopia 2–0 1–5  
Ghana   Bye    
Zambia  4–2  Sudan
Kapengwe   14', 56'
Kaposa   58'
Makwaza   83'		 Babiker Santo   26', 30'
Attendance: 11,714
Referee: Philippe Mutombo (Zaire)
Sudan  4–2 (a.e.t.)  Zambia
Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh   38'
Ismaeil Bakhit   76', 81'
Babiker Santo   114'		 Chitalu   22'
Kapengwe   96'
Attendance: 17,083

The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.

Morocco  1–0  Senegal
Benkhrif   72'
Attendance: 22,582
Senegal  2–1  Morocco
Diéme   26'
Diop   32'		 Akesbi   14'
Attendance: 11,487
Referee: 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.

Morocco  2–0  Senegal
Bamous   54'
Hafnaoui   60'
Attendance: 7,924
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

Algeria  1–2  Tunisia
Amirouche   29' (pen.) Chakroun   72', 80'
Attendance: 13,419
Referee: Roger Barde (France)
Tunisia  0–0  Algeria
Attendance: 36,814
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

Nigeria  1–1  Cameroon
Aghoghovbia   47' Owona   69'
Attendance: 87,201
Referee: Philip Robinson (Liberia)
Cameroon  2–3  Nigeria
Ayo   ?'
Bassanguen   ?'		 Ofuokwu   ?'
Anieke   ?'
Oshode   ?'
Attendance: 6,988
Referee: Joseph Blanchard Angaud (Congo)

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

Libya  2–0  Ethiopia
Al-Jahani   22'
Koussa   49'
Attendance: 5,687
Ethiopia  5–1  Libya
Germa   1', 85'
Feseha   11'
Geremew   77', 84'		 Ben Soed   ?'
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Ahmed El-Kholy (United Arab Republic)

Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Tunisia   2–2   Morocco 0–0 0–0 (aet) 2–2 (aet)
Ethiopia   2–4   Sudan 1–1 1–3
Nigeria   3–2   Ghana 2–1 1–1
Tunisia  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 26,706
Morocco  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Attendance: 9,781
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

Morocco  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Khanousi   27'
Jarir   53'		 Chaïbi   3'
Cheman   87'
Stade Municipal, Marseille
Attendance: 4,185

Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.

Ethiopia  1–1  Sudan
Mengistu   79' Hasabu El Sagheir   9'
Attendance: 9,015
Referee: Mohamed Touati (Tunisia)
Sudan  3–1  Ethiopia
Gagarin   20', 60'
Jagdoul   80'		 Asfaw   65'
Attendance: 22,373

Sudan advanced to the Final Round.

Nigeria  2–1  Ghana
Imasuen   62'
Oshode   64'		 Ankrah   18'
Attendance: 25,118
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Ghana  1–1  Nigeria
Ola   41' Garba   19'
Attendance: 22,386
Referee: Tiedro Cy-Nahounou (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Morocco 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2
2   Nigeria 4 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1
3   Sudan 3 4 0 3 1 5 8 −3
Nigeria  2–2  Sudan
Okoye   7', 30' Abbas   33'
Jadallah Kheirelseid   43'
Attendance: 20,651
Referee: Ourabah Mohandi (Algeria)
Morocco  2–1  Nigeria
El Filali   50'
Faras   63'		 Lawal   53'
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)
Sudan  3–3  Nigeria
Abbas   33'
Awad Koka   70'
Bushra Wahba   84'		 Okoye   49'
Ineh   55'
Opone   72'
Attendance: 26,502
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Sudan  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 18,020
Morocco  3–0  Sudan
El Filali   41'
Jarir   76', 86'
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Nigeria  2–0  Morocco
Lawal   67' (pen.)
Okoye   82'
Attendance: 11,156
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

Morocco qualified.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Morocco Final round winners 26 October 1969 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire
  2. ^ "Sudan won't play match". Daily Graphic. No. 5830. Accra. 30 June 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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