1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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[]

Team 1	Agg.	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	Agadir, Morocco
				Stadium: Stade Al Inbiaâte Attendance: 10,650 Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

3 December 1972	Senegal	1 – 2	Morocco	Dakar, Senegal
	2'		Ghazouani 26' Choukri 72'	Stadium: Stade Demba Diop 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	Algiers, Algeria
	65'			Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 15,267 Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

12 March 1972	Guinea	5 – 1	Algeria	Conakry, Guinea
	Camara 28' Petit Sory 36' Soumah 54' (pen.) Souleymane 78' 82'		Gamouh 62'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre 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	Cairo, Egypt
	10' 69'		61'	Stadium: Nasser Stadium Attendance: 11,707 Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece)

17 December 1972	Tunisia	2 – 0	Egypt	Tunis, Tunisia
	16' 71'			Stadium: Stade El Menzah 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	Freetown, Sierra Leone
			Ouattara 32'	Stadium: Reckrie Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)

29 October 1972	Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Sierra Leone	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
	42' Ouattara 72'			Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 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	Nairobi, Kenya
	44' W. Ouma 65'			Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium Attendance: 11,057 Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)

23 July 1972	Sudan	1 – 0	Kenya	Khartoum, Sudan
	40'			Stadium: Khartoum Stadium 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	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
	58'		30'	Stadium: Tanzania National Stadium Attendance: 14,255 Referee: Alfred John Olimba (Kenya)

3 December 1972	Ethiopia	0 – 0	Tanzania	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
				Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium 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	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	5', 12' Tesfaye 44'			Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium 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	Maseru, Lesotho
				Stadium: Setsoto Stadium Referee: Manyoto Ndimbo (Tanzania)

4 June 1972	Zambia	6 – 1	Lesotho	Ndola, Zambia
	25' Chitalu 35', 80' Mwila 40', 67', 72'		30'	Stadium: Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium 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	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Olayombo 66' 77'		M'Bono 2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Louis de Gonzague Atangana (Cameroon)

15 August 1972	Congo-Brazzaville	1 – 1	Nigeria	Brazzaville, Congo
	88'		Oyarekhua 28'	Stadium: Stade de la Revolution 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	Cotonou, Dahomey
			Sunday 21' Owusu 26' Ghartey 40' Gariba 65', 75'	Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Thomas Attiogbe (Togo)

2 July 1972	Ghana	5 – 1	Dahomey	Kumasi, Ghana
	Kofi 20', 44' Sunday 64' Owusu 66' Odame 72' (pen.)			Stadium: Kumasi Sports Stadium 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	Lomé, Togo
				Stadium: Stade Général Eyadema Attendance: 5,719 Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)

20 June 1972	Zaire	4 – 0	Togo	Kinshasa, Zaire
	Kembo 27' N'Tumba 37', 73' Etepé 79'			Stadium: Stade Tata Raphaël 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.	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	Conakry, Guinea
	Souleymane 38'		Choukri 22'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Pierre Mutombo (Zaire)

25 February 1973	Morocco	2 – 0	Guinea	Tetouan, Morocco
	Faras 60', 68'			Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel 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	Tunis, Tunisia
	48' (pen.)		17'	Stadium: Stade El Menzah Attendance: 15,282 Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

25 February 1973	Ivory Coast	2 – 1	Tunisia	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
	44', 85' (pen.)		15'	Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny 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	Curepipe, Mauritius
	Imbert 37'		W. Ouma 42', 84' 82'	Stadium: Stade George V Attendance: 13,500 Referee: David Morton Galloway (Zambia)

17 December 1972	Kenya	2 – 2	Mauritius	Nairobi, Kenya
	W. Ouma 56', 65'		17' Imbert 42'	Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium 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	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
				Stadium: Haile Selassie Stadium Attendance: 12,708 Referee: Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel (Egypt)

15 April 1973	Zambia	4 – 2	Ethiopia	Lusaka, Zambia
	47' Simutowe 62' (pen.) Simwala 71' 83'		43' 79' (pen.)	Stadium: 7 April Stadium 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	Lagos, Nigeria
	Olayombo 15' 23'		Owusu 18' (pen.), 55', 82'	Stadium: Surulere Stadium Attendance: 31,362 Referee: Paul Nkounkou (Congo)

25 February 1973	Ghana	0 – 0	Nigeria	Accra, Ghana
				Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium 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	Douala, Cameroon
			N'Tumba 2'	Stadium: Stade de la Réunification Attendance: 21,752 Referee: Moise Kante Kangni (Dahomey)

25 February 1973	Zaire	0 – 1	Cameroon	Kinshasa, Zaire
			43'	Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai 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	Kinshasa, Zaire
	Etepé 3' Tshinabu 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai Attendance: 16,271 Referee: Francis Wolbert Anguiley (Gabon)

Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
	75'		Acila 30'	Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Badara N'Diaye (Senegal)

3 June 1973	Morocco	4 – 1	Ivory Coast	Tetouan, Morocco
	Faras 24', 34' Fetoui 60' Choukri 85'		Pokou 61'	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel 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	Ndola, Zambia
	Chanda 34' Sinyangwe 72'			Stadium: 7 April Stadium Attendance: 17,960 Referee: Gratian Hemans Matovu (Tanzania)

19 August 1973	Kenya	2 – 2	Zambia	Nairobi, Kenya
	W. Ouma 65' 70'		Simwala 56'	Stadium: Nairobi City Stadium 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	Accra, Ghana
	Armah 35' (pen.)			Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

19 August 1973	Zaire	4 – 1	Ghana	Kinshasa, Zaire
	Kembo 10', 65' Mafuila 89' (pen.) N'Tumba 90'		51'	Stadium: Stade du 20 Mai 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
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: 70,000

Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana)

23 December 1973

Morocco	0 – 2 (w/o) ^[3]	Zaire

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Zaire qualified.

Goalscorers[]

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Kakoko Etepé

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.

[1] The Kenya – Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee.

[2] The first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots. Subsequently, FIFA awarded a 2–0 win for the tie to Ghana.

[3] Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2–0 win for the match.

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