1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (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: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. 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.	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

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

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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.

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Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

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Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

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Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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

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.

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Sudan advanced to the Final Round.

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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

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Morocco qualified.

Goalscorers[]

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[]

External links[]

• African Zone at FIFA.com