International football competition
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.
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
Morocco won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Guinea won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Ivory Coast won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Kenya won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
Zambia won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Nigeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Ghana won 10–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Zaire won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically.
Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically.
Second round
Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Ivory Coast won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Kenya won 5–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.
Zaire advanced to the Third Round.
Third round
Morocco won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Zaire won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
Zaire qualified.
Qualified teams
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
See also
References
^ The Kenya – Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee.
^ The first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots. Subsequently, FIFA awarded a 2–0 win for the tie to Ghana.
^ Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2–0 win for the match.