1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
DatesOctober 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969
Teams11[1] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored69 (2.88 per match)
Attendance446,751 (18,615 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Sam Garba (5 Goals)
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Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
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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. In June 1969, FIFA announced that Morocco had suggested that the final round be played as a single round-robin at a neutral venue, but that Sudan would not agree to this change of the format.[2]

Entrants

Qualification

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Zambia  6–6  Sudan 4–2 2–4 (aet)  
Morocco  4–2  Senegal 1–0 1–2 2–0
Algeria  1–2  Tunisia 1–2 0–0  
Nigeria  4–3  Cameroon 1–1 3–2  
Libya  3–5  Ethiopia 2–0 1–5  
Ghana  Bye    
Zambia 4–2 Sudan
Mwila 34'
Chitalu 47', 85'
Kapengwe 65'		 Osman Santo 16', 42'
Attendance: 11,714
Referee: Philippe Mutombo (Zaire)
Sudan 4–2 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh 38'
Ismaeil Bakhit 76', 81'
Osman Santo 114'		 Chitalu 22'
Kapengwe 96'
Attendance: 17,083

The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.

Morocco 1–0 Senegal
Benkhrif 72'
Attendance: 22,582
Senegal 2–1 Morocco
Diéme 26'
Diop 32'		 Akesbi 14'
Attendance: 11,487
Referee: Mamadou Mabel Ba Diarra (Mali)

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 2–0 Senegal
Bamous 54'
Hafnaoui 60'
Attendance: 7,924
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

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

Algeria 1–2 Tunisia
Amirouche 29' (pen.) Chakroun 72', 80'
Attendance: 13,419
Referee: Roger Barde (France)
Tunisia 0–0 Algeria
Attendance: 36,814
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

Nigeria 1–1 Cameroon
Aghoghovbia 47' Owona 69'
Attendance: 87,201
Referee: Philip Robinson (Liberia)
Cameroon 2–3 Nigeria
Ayo ?'
Bassanguen ?'		 Ofuokwu ?'
Anieke ?'
Oshode ?'
Attendance: 6,988
Referee: Joseph Blanchard Angaud (Congo)

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

Libya 2–0 Ethiopia
Al-Jahani 22'
Koussa 49'
Attendance: 5,687
Ethiopia 5–1 Libya
Germa 1', 85'
Feseha 11'
Geremew 77', 84'		 Ben Soed ?'
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Ahmed El-Kholy (United Arab Republic)

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
Tunisia 0–0 Morocco
Attendance: 26,706
Morocco 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Attendance: 9,781
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

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 2–2 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Khanousi 27'
Jarir 53'		 Chaïbi 3'
Cheman 87'
Stade Municipal, Marseille
Attendance: 4,185

Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.

Ethiopia 1–1 Sudan
Mengistu 79' Hasabu El Sagheir 9'
Attendance: 9,015
Referee: Mohamed Touati (Tunisia)
Sudan 3–1 Ethiopia
Gagarin 20', 60'
Jagdoul 80'		 Asfaw 65'
Attendance: 22,373

Sudan advanced to the Final Round.

Nigeria 2–1 Ghana
Imasuen 62'
Oshode 64'		 Ankrah 18'
Attendance: 25,118
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Ghana 1–1 Nigeria
Ola 41' Garba 19'
Attendance: 22,386
Referee: Tiedro Cy-Nahounou (Ivory Coast)

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
Nigeria 2–2 Sudan
Garba 33', 43' Abbas 7'
Jadallah Kheirelseid 30'
Attendance: 20,651
Referee: Ourabah Mohandi (Algeria)
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
El Filali 50'
Faras 63'		 Lawal 53'
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)
Sudan 3–3 Nigeria
Abbas 33'
Awad Koka 70'
Bushra Wahba 84'		 Garba 49'
Ineh 55'
Opone 72'
Attendance: 26,502
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Sudan 0–0 Morocco
Attendance: 18,020
Morocco 3–0 Sudan
El Filali 41'
Jarir 76', 86'
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Nigeria 2–0 Morocco
Lawal 67' (pen.)
Garba 82'
Attendance: 11,156
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

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

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire
  2. ^ "Sudan won't play match". Daily Graphic. No. 5830. Accra. 30 June 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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