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 Garba Okoye (4 Goals)
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Qualification for championships (CAF)
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Africa Cup of Nations

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:

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
Kapengwe 14', 56'
Kaposa 58'
Makwaza 83'		 Babiker Santo 26', 30'
Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola
Attendance: 11,714
Referee: Philippe Mutombo (Zaire)
Sudan 4–2 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh 38'
Ismaeil Bakhit 76', 81'
Babiker Santo 114'		 Chitalu 22'
Kapengwe 96'
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 17,083
Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)

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'
Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca
Attendance: 22,582
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Senegal 2–1 Morocco
Diéme 26'
Diop 32'		 Akesbi 14'
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
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'
Estadio Union Deportivo, Las Palmas
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'
El-Annasser Stadium, Algiers
Attendance: 13,419
Referee: Roger Barde (France)
Tunisia 0–0 Algeria
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 36,814
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

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

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

Libya 2–0 Ethiopia
Al-Jahani 22'
Koussa 49'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,687
Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (United Arab Republic)
Ethiopia 5–1 Libya
Germa 1', 85'
Feseha 11'
Geremew 77', 84'		 Ben Soed ?'
Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa
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
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 26,706
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Morocco 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
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
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

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

Ethiopia 1–1 Sudan
Mengistu 79' Hasabu El Sagheir 9'
Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 9,015
Referee: Mohamed Touati (Tunisia)
Sudan 3–1 Ethiopia
Gagarin 20', 60'
Jagdoul 80'		 Asfaw 65'
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 22,373
Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)

Sudan advanced to the Final Round.

Nigeria 2–1 Ghana
Imasuen 62'
Oshode 64'		 Ankrah 18'
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 25,118
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Ghana 1–1 Nigeria
Ola 41' Garba 19'
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
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
Okoye 7', 30' Abbas 33'
Jadallah Kheirelseid 43'
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 20,651
Referee: Ourabah Mohandi (Algeria)
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
El Filali 50'
Faras 63'		 Lawal 53'
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Roger Mâchin (France)
Sudan 3–3 Nigeria
Abbas 33'
Awad Koka 70'
Bushra Wahba 84'		 Okoye 49'
Ineh 55'
Opone 72'
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 26,502
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Sudan 0–0 Morocco
Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 18,020
Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)
Morocco 3–0 Sudan
El Filali 41'
Jarir 76', 86'
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)
Nigeria 2–0 Morocco
Lawal 67' (pen.)
Okoye 82'
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
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

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire

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