1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details | |
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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) | ![]() |
← 1966 1974 → |
Qualification for championships (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.
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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Zambia ![]() | 6–6 | ![]() | 4–2 | 2–4 (aet) | |
Morocco ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
Algeria ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Nigeria ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Libya ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
Ghana ![]() | Bye |
Sudan ![]() | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh ![]() Ismaeil Bakhit ![]() Babiker Santo ![]() | Chitalu ![]() Kapengwe ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Aghoghovbia ![]() | Owona ![]() |
Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.
Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Tunisia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–0 (aet) | 2–2 (aet) |
Ethiopia ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Nigeria ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() |
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Mengistu ![]() | Hasabu El Sagheir ![]() |
Sudan advanced to the Final Round.
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
Final Round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
Morocco qualified.
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | 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
References
External links
- African Zone at FIFA.com