1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	William Ouma; Kembo Uba Kembo (6 goals)
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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

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

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	—	—

19 November 1972

Morocco	0 – 0	Senegal

Stade Al Inbiaâte, Agadir, Morocco

Attendance: 10,650

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

3 December 1972

Senegal	1 – 2	Morocco
Diop 2'		Ghazouani 26' Choukri 72'

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar, Senegal

Attendance: 9,860

Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

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

2 March 1972

Algeria	1 – 0	Guinea
Kalem 65'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria

Attendance: 15,267

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

12 March 1972

Guinea	5 – 1	Algeria
Camara 28' Petit Sory 36' Soumah 54' (pen.) Souleymane 78' Samuel 82'		Gamouh 62'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mamadou Mabel Ba (Mali)

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

8 December 1972

Egypt	2 – 1	Tunisia
Khalil 10' Abdelrazak 69'		Chakroun 61'

Nasser Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Attendance: 11,707

Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

17 December 1972

Tunisia	2 – 0	Egypt
Chakroun 16' Habita 71'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 32,178

Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

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

15 October 1972

Sierra Leone	0 – 1	Ivory Coast
		Ouattara 32'

Reckrie Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)

29 October 1972

Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Sierra Leone
Kouamé 42' Ouattara 72'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Attendance: 4,135

Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

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

16 July 1972

Kenya	2 – 0	Sudan
Anyanzwa 44' W. Ouma 65'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya

Attendance: 11,057

Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)

23 July 1972

Sudan	1 – 0	Kenya
Ezzeldin Osman 40'

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan

Attendance: 10,470

Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

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

25 November 1972

Tanzania	1 – 1	Ethiopia
Mashoto 58'		Gebremedhin 30'

Tanzania National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Attendance: 14,255

Referee: Alfred John Olimba (Kenya)

3 December 1972

Ethiopia	0 – 0	Tanzania

Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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.

10 December 1972

Ethiopia	3 – 0	Tanzania
Ingdawerk 5', 12' Tesfaye 44'

Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Attendance: 7,201

Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan)

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

30 April 1972

Lesotho	0 – 0	Zambia

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho

Referee: Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania)

4 June 1972

Zambia	6 – 1	Lesotho
Mapulanga 25' Chitalu 35', 80' Mwila 40', 67', 72'		Thietsi 30'

Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola, Zambia

Attendance: 11,457

Referee: Jules Ratsitohara (Madagascar)

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

5 August 1972

Nigeria	2 – 1	Congo-Brazzaville
Olayombo 66' Mambo 77'		M'Bono 2'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, Nigeria

Attendance: 20,056

Referee: Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon)

15 August 1972

Congo-Brazzaville	1 – 1	Nigeria
Minga 88'		Oyarekhua 28'

Stade de la Revolution, Brazzaville, Congo

Attendance: 11,100

Referee: Jules Onwanlele (Gabon)

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

18 June 1972

Dahomey	0 – 5	Ghana
		Sunday 21' Owusu 26' Ghartey 40' Gariba 65', 75'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Dahomey

Attendance: 10,150

Referee: Thomas Attiogbe (Togo)

2 July 1972

Ghana	5 – 1	Dahomey
Kofi 20', 44' Sunday 64' Owusu 66' Odame 72' (pen.)		Kamilou

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Poll Koudou (Ivory Coast)

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

6 June 1972

Togo	0 – 0	Zaire

Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé, Togo

Attendance: 5,719

Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)

20 June 1972

Zaire	4 – 0	Togo
Kembo 27' N'Tumba 37', 73' Etepé 79'

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Zaire

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

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

11 February 1973

Guinea	1 – 1	Morocco
Souleymane 38'		Choukri 22'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Pierre Mutombo (Zaire)

25 February 1973

Morocco	2 – 0	Guinea
Faras 60', 68'

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tetouan, Morocco

Attendance: 13,122

Referee: Marcel Edgar Bertin (Liberia)

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

11 February 1973

Tunisia	1 – 1	Ivory Coast
Habita 48' (pen.)		Kouamé 17'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 15,282

Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

25 February 1973

Ivory Coast	2 – 1	Tunisia
N'Guessan 44', 85' (pen.)		Adhouma 15'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Attendance: 52,586

Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

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

10 December 1972

Mauritius	1 – 3	Kenya
Imbert 37'		W. Ouma 42', 84' Shore 82'

Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: David Morton Galloway (Zambia)

17 December 1972

Kenya	2 – 2	Mauritius
W. Ouma 56', 65'		Jackaria 17' Imbert 42'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya

Attendance: 5,560

Referee: Williams Ngaah (Kenya)^[1]

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

1 April 1973

Ethiopia	0 – 0	Zambia

Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Attendance: 12,708

Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

15 April 1973

Zambia	4 – 2	Ethiopia
Mugala 47' Simutowe 62' (pen.) Simwala 71' Mapulanga 83'		Ingdawerk 43' Teka 79' (pen.)

7 April Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

Attendance: 20,015

Referee: Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan)

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

10 February 1973

Nigeria	0 – 2 Awarded^[2] (2 – 3 85')	Ghana
Olayombo 15' Mambo 23'		Owusu 18' (pen.), 55', 82'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria

Attendance: 31,362

Referee: Paul Nkounkou (Congo)

25 February 1973

Ghana	0 – 0	Nigeria

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

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

4 February 1973

Cameroon	0 – 1	Zaire
		N'Tumba 2'

Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon

Attendance: 21,752

Referee: Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey)

25 February 1973

Zaire	0 – 1	Cameroon
		Ndongo 43'

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Zaire

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.

27 February 1973

Zaire	2 – 0	Cameroon
Etepé 3' Tshinabu 88' (pen.)

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Zaire

Attendance: 16,271

Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

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

20 May 1973

Ivory Coast	1 – 1	Morocco
Kobinam 75'		Acila 30'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)

3 June 1973

Morocco	4 – 1	Ivory Coast
Faras 24', 34' Fetoui 60' Choukri 85'		Pokou 61'

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tetouan, Morocco

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria)

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

12 August 1973

Zambia	2 – 0	Kenya
Chanda 34' Sinyangwe 72'

7 April Stadium, Ndola, Zambia

Attendance: 17,960

Referee: Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania)

19 August 1973

Kenya	2 – 2	Zambia
W. Ouma 65' P. Ouma 70'		Simwala Kaushi 56'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya

Attendance: 7,435

Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)

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

5 August 1973

Ghana	1 – 0	Zaire
Armah 35' (pen.)

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Attendance: 28,700

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

19 August 1973

Zaire	4 – 1	Ghana
Kembo 10', 65' Mafuila 89' (pen.) N'Tumba 90'		Sam 51'

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Zaire

Attendance: 80,869

Referee: Marc-Emile N'Difo (Cameroon)

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

Final round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Zaire	8	4	4	0	9	1	+8
2	Zambia	2	4	1	3	5	6	−1
3	Morocco	2	4	1	3	2	9	−7

21 October 1973

Zambia	4–0	Morocco
Sinyangwe 17', 90' Simwala 43' Chanda 61'

7 April Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 37,239

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

4 November 1973

Zambia	0–2	Zaire
		Mayanga 22' Etepé 33'

7 April Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 33,793

Referee: Farah Weheliye Addo (Somalia)

18 November 1973

Zaire	2–1	Zambia
Kembo 32' Etepé 82'		Kapita 33'

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Attendance: 6,050

Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)

25 November 1973

Morocco	2–0	Zambia
Maghfour 14' Faras 70'

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Attendance: 5,456

Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt)

9 December 1973

Zaire	3–0	Morocco
Kembo 58', 61' Ekofa 79'

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Attendance: 70,750

Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

23 December 1973

Morocco	0–2 (w/o) ^[3]	Zaire

Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia

Zaire qualified.

Qualified teams

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

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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.