1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969 |
| Teams | 11[1] (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 69 (2.88 per match) |
| Attendance | 446,751 (18,615 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Garba Okoye (4 Goals) |
| Qualification for championships (CAF) |
|---|
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
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.
Qualification
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6–6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sudan |
4–2 | 2–4 (aet) | |
Morocco  |
4–2 |  Senegal |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
Algeria  |
1–2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tunisia |
1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Nigeria |
4–3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cameroon |
1–1 | 3–2 | |
Libya  |
3–5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ethiopia |
2–0 | 1–5 | |
Ghana  |
Bye |
| Sudan | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh  38'Ismaeil Bakhit 76', 81'Babiker Santo 114' |
Chitalu 22' Kapengwe 96' |
The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.
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 advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.
| Nigeria | 1–1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Aghoghovbia 47' |
Owona 69' |
Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.
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Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
| 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 |
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 advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.
| Ethiopia | 1–1 | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| Mengistu 79' |
Hasabu El Sagheir 9' |
Sudan advanced to the Final Round.
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
Final Round
| 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 |
Morocco qualified.
Qualified teams
| 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
- 4 goals
- Garba Okoye
- 3 goals
- Houmane Jarir
Emment Kapengwe- Babiker Santo
- 2 goals
- Zerga Geremew
- Asmeron Germa
- Mohammed El Filali
- Mohammed Lawal
- Olumuyiwa Oshode
- Nasr El-Din Abbas
- Ismaeil Bakhit
- Ali Gagarin
Ezzedine Chakroun
- 1 goal
- Boualem Amirouche
- David Ayo
- Dieudonné Bassanguen
- Norbert Owona
- Kebede Asfaw
- Emmanuel Feseha
- Mengistu Worku
- Abekah Ankrah
- Emmanuel Ola
- Mahmoud Al-Jahani
- Ahmed Ben Soed
- Mohamed Koussa
- Hassan Akesbi
- Driss Bamous
- Boujemaa Benkhrif
- Ahmed Faras
- Cherkaoui Hafnaoui
- Moulay Khanousi
- Joseph Aghoghovbia
- Peter Anieke
- Sam Garba
- Sebastian Broderick Imasuen
- Sunday Ineh
- Augustine Ofuokwu
- Samuel Opone
- Emile Pierre Diéme
- Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop
- Jadallah Kheirelseid
- Hasabu El Sagheir
- Abdelkfi Elsheikh
- Jagdoul
- Awad Koka
- Bushra Wahba
- Tahar Chaïbi
- Abdesselem Cheman
- Godfrey Chitalu
- Sandy Kaposa
- Dickson Makwaza
External links
- African Zone at FIFA.com