1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Kenya William Ouma
Zaire Kembo Uba Kembo (6 goals)
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Qualification for championships (CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 22 CAF teams entered the competition (two withdrew). The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

Format

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There would be four rounds of play:

  • First Round, Second Round and Third Round: In each of these rounds, the teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the next round, until there would be 3 teams left.
  • Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Morocco  2–1  Senegal 0–0 2–1
Algeria  2–5  Guinea 1–0 1–5
Egypt  2–3  Tunisia 2–1 0–2
Sierra Leone  0–3  Ivory Coast 0–1 0–2
Kenya  2–1  Sudan 2–0 0–1
Tanzania  1–4  Ethiopia 1–1 0–0 0–3
Lesotho  1–6  Zambia 0–0 1–6
Nigeria  3–2  Congo-Brazzaville 2–1 1–1
Dahomey  1–10  Ghana 0–5 1–5
Togo  0–4  Zaire 0–0 0–4
Mauritius  w/o  Madagascar — —
Cameroon  w/o  Gabon — —
Morocco 0 – 0 Senegal
Attendance: 10,650
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
Senegal 1 – 2 Morocco
Diop 2' Ghazouani 26'
Choukri 72'
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

Morocco won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Algeria 1 – 0 Guinea
Kalem 65'
Attendance: 15,267
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
Guinea 5 – 1 Algeria
Camara 28'
Petit Sory 36'
Soumah 54' (pen.)
Souleymane 78'
Samuel 82'		 Gamouh 62'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mamadou Mabel Ba (Mali)

Guinea won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Egypt 2 – 1 Tunisia
Khalil 10'
Abdelrazak 69'		 Chakroun 61'
Attendance: 11,707
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)
Tunisia 2 – 0 Egypt
Chakroun 16'
Habita 71'
Attendance: 32,178
Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Sierra Leone 0 – 1 Ivory Coast
Ouattara 32'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)
Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Sierra Leone
Kouamé 42'
Ouattara 72'
Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

Ivory Coast won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Kenya 2 – 0 Sudan
Anyanzwa 44'
W. Ouma 65'
Attendance: 11,057
Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)
Sudan 1 – 0 Kenya
Ezzeldin Osman 40'
Attendance: 10,470
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

Kenya won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Tanzania 1 – 1 Ethiopia
Mashoto 58' Gebremedhin 30'
Attendance: 14,255
Referee: Alfred John Olimba (Kenya)
Ethiopia 0 – 0 Tanzania
Attendance: 19,430
Referee: Abdel Rahman El-Khider Ali (Sudan)

The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

Ethiopia 3 – 0 Tanzania
Ingdawerk 5', 12'
Tesfaye 44'
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan)

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

Lesotho 0 – 0 Zambia
Referee: Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania)
Zambia 6 – 1 Lesotho
Mapulanga 25'
Chitalu 35', 80'
Mwila 40', 67', 72'		 Thietsi 30'
Attendance: 11,457
Referee: Jules Ratsitohara (Madagascar)

Zambia won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Nigeria 2 – 1 Congo-Brazzaville
Olayombo 66'
Mambo 77'		 M'Bono 2'
Attendance: 20,056
Referee: Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon)
Congo-Brazzaville 1 – 1 Nigeria
Minga 88' Oyarekhua 28'
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Jules Onwanlele (Gabon)

Nigeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Dahomey 0 – 5 Ghana
Sunday 21'
Owusu 26'
Ghartey 40'
Gariba 65', 75'
Attendance: 10,150
Referee: Thomas Attiogbe (Togo)
Ghana 5 – 1 Dahomey
Kofi 20', 44'
Sunday 64'
Owusu 66'
Odame 72' (pen.)		 Kamilou
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Poll Koudou (Ivory Coast)

Ghana won 10–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Togo 0 – 0 Zaire
Attendance: 5,719
Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)
Zaire 4 – 0 Togo
Kembo 27'
N'Tumba 37', 73'
Etepé 79'
Attendance: 24,025
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)

Zaire won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Mauritius w/o Madagascar
Withdrew

Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Cameroon w/o Gabon
withdrew

Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Guinea  1–3  Morocco 1–1 0–2
Tunisia  2–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 1–2
Mauritius  3–5  Kenya 1–3 2–2
Ethiopia  2–4  Zambia 0–0 2–4
Nigeria  0–2  Ghana 0–2 0–0
Cameroon  1–3  Zaire 0–1 1–0 0–2
Guinea 1 – 1 Morocco
Souleymane 38' Choukri 22'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Pierre Mutombo (Zaire)
Morocco 2 – 0 Guinea
Faras 60', 68'
Attendance: 13,122
Referee: Marcel Edgar Bertin (Liberia)

Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Tunisia 1 – 1 Ivory Coast
Habita 48' (pen.) Kouamé 17'
Attendance: 15,282
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)
Ivory Coast 2 – 1 Tunisia
N'Guessan 44', 85' (pen.) Adhouma 15'
Attendance: 52,586
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

Ivory Coast won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Mauritius 1 – 3 Kenya
Imbert 37' W. Ouma 42', 84'
Shore 82'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: David Morton Galloway (Zambia)
Kenya 2 – 2 Mauritius
W. Ouma 56', 65' Jackaria 17'
Imbert 42'
Attendance: 5,560
Referee: Williams Ngaah (Kenya)[1]

Kenya won 5–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Ethiopia 0 – 0 Zambia
Attendance: 12,708
Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)
Zambia 4 – 2 Ethiopia
Mugala 47'
Simutowe 62' (pen.)
Simwala 71'
Mapulanga 83'		 Ingdawerk 43'
Teka 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,015
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan)

Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Nigeria 0 – 2
Awarded[2]
(2 – 3 85')		 Ghana
Olayombo 15'
Mambo 23'		 Owusu 18' (pen.), 55', 82'
Attendance: 31,362
Referee: Paul Nkounkou (Congo)
Ghana 0 – 0 Nigeria
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Cameroon 0 – 1 Zaire
N'Tumba 2'
Attendance: 21,752
Referee: Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey)
Zaire 0 – 1 Cameroon
Ndongo 43'
Attendance: 46,916
Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.

Zaire 2 – 0 Cameroon
Etepé 3'
Tshinabu 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,271
Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast  2–5  Morocco 1–1 1–4
Zambia  4–2  Kenya 2–0 2–2
Ghana  2–4  Zaire 1–0 1–4
Ivory Coast 1 – 1 Morocco
Kobinam 75' Acila 30'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco 4 – 1 Ivory Coast
Faras 24', 34'
Fetoui 60'
Choukri 85'		 Pokou 61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria)

Morocco won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Zambia 2 – 0 Kenya
Chanda 34'
Sinyangwe 72'
Attendance: 17,960
Referee: Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania)
Kenya 2 – 2 Zambia
W. Ouma 65'
P. Ouma 70'		 Simwala
Kaushi 56'
Attendance: 7,435

Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Ghana 1 – 0 Zaire
Armah 35' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,700
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Zaire 4 – 1 Ghana
Kembo 10', 65'
Mafuila 89' (pen.)
N'Tumba 90'		 Sam 51'
Attendance: 80,869
Referee: Marc-Emile N'Difo (Cameroon)

Zaire won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Zaire 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8
2  Zambia 2 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1
3  Morocco 2 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7
Zambia 4–0 Morocco
Sinyangwe 17', 90'
Simwala 43'
Chanda 61'
Attendance: 37,239
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Zambia 0–2 Zaire
Mayanga 22'
Etepé 33'
Attendance: 33,793
Zaire 2–1 Zambia
Kembo 32'
Etepé 82'		 Kapita 33'
Attendance: 6,050
Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)
Morocco 2–0 Zambia
Maghfour 14'
Faras 70'
Attendance: 5,456
Zaire 3–0 Morocco
Kembo 58', 61'
Ekofa 79'
Attendance: 70,750
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Morocco 0–2
(w/o) [3]		 Zaire

Zaire qualified.

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Zaire Final Round winners 9 December 1973 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Kenya – Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee.
  2. ^ The first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots. Subsequently, FIFA awarded a 2–0 win for the tie to Ghana.
  3. ^ Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2–0 win for the match.
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