1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 38 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Mali and Niger both withdrew before the draw was made. The African Zone was allocated five places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
Summary[]
There would be two rounds of play:
- First Round: Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Final Round directly. The remaining 32 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 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. These were:
First round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mauritania | 0–2 | Burkina Faso | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Namibia | 3–1 | Mozambique | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Malawi | 0–4 | South Africa | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Uganda | 1–5 | Angola | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Guinea-Bissau | 4–5 | Guinea | 3–2 | 1–3 |
Gambia | 2–5 | Liberia | 2–1 | 0–4 |
Swaziland | 0–3 | Gabon | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Burundi | 2–0 | Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Madagascar | 3–4 | Zimbabwe | 1–2 | 2–2 |
Congo | 3–1 | Ivory Coast | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Mauritius | 1–7 | Zaire | 1–5 | 0–2 |
Rwanda | 1–5 | Tunisia | 1–3 | 0–2 |
Kenya | 3–2 | Algeria | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Togo | 3–2 | Senegal | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Sudan | 2–3 | Zambia | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Tanzania | 1–2 | Ghana | 0–0 | 1–2 |
First Leg[]
Mauritania | 0–0 | Burkina Faso |
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Report |
Namibia | 2–0 | Mozambique |
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28' 80' |
Report |
Malawi | 0–1 | South Africa |
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Report | Tinkler 21' |
Guinea-Bissau | 3–2 | Guinea |
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11', 36' 60' (pen.) |
Report | Camara 53', 54' |
Gambia | 2–1 | Liberia |
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18' (pen.) Sillah 58' |
Report | Debbah 35' (pen.) |
Burundi | 1–0 | Sierra Leone |
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85' | Report |
Madagascar | 1–2 | Zimbabwe |
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85' | Report | Sawu 79' Takawira 89' |
Congo | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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42' 89' |
Report |
Mauritius | 1–5 | Zaire |
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64' | Report | Emeka 1' Ngonge 15' 60' Elonga-Ekakia 77', 82' |
Rwanda | 1–3 | Tunisia |
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48' | Report | Sellimi 43' (pen.), 47' Ben Slimane 60' |
Togo | 2–1 | Senegal |
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Oyawolé 31' Noutsoudje 88' |
Report | Traoré 80' |
Tanzania | 0–0 | Ghana |
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Report |
Second Leg[]
Burkina Faso won 2–0 on aggregate
Mozambique | 1–1 | Namibia |
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25' | Report | Khob 84' |
Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate
South Africa | 3–0 | Malawi |
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Bartlett 4', 42' Fish 38' |
Report |
South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate
Angola won 5–1 on aggregate
Guinea | 3–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Soumah 33', 59' 61' |
Report | Co 47' |
Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate
Liberia won 5–2 on aggregate
Gabon | 2–0 | Swaziland |
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Mackaya 28' 56' |
Report |
Gabon won 3–0 on aggregate
Sierra Leone | 0–1 | Burundi |
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Report | 30' |
Burundi won 2–0 on aggregate but withdrew before the Final Round started, so their place was given to Sierra Leone.
Zimbabwe | 2–2 | Madagascar |
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52' Takawira 69' |
Report | R. Rasoanaivo 23' 67' |
Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate
Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Congo |
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Dao 29' | Report | 85' |
Congo won 3–1 on aggregate
Zaire won 7–1 on aggregate
Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate
Algeria | 1–0 | Kenya |
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Tasfaout 81' | Report |
Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate
Senegal | 1–1 | Togo |
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Diallo 30' | Report | 85' |
Togo won 3–2 on aggregate
Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate
Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate
Final round[]
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
Group 1[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
Guinea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Kenya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 |
Burkina Faso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 |
Nigeria | 2–0 | Burkina Faso |
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Amokachi 46', 77' | Report |
Kenya | 1–1 | Nigeria |
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22' | Report | Akpoborie 48' |
Kenya | 1–0 | Guinea |
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Otieno 3' | Report |
Group 2[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
Egypt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Liberia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 4 |
Namibia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 4 |
Group 3[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Africa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
Congo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Zambia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
DR Congo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
In May 1997, Zaire were renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo DR).
Congo | 2–0 | South Africa |
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Younga-Mouhani 60', 64' | Report |
Congo | 1–0 | DR Congo |
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Younga-Mouhani 60' | Report |
South Africa | 1–0 | Congo |
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Masinga 14' | Report |
Group 4[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
Angola | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Zimbabwe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
Togo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 |
Togo | 2–4 | Cameroon |
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Noutsoudje 50' Salou 83' (pen.) |
Report | Tchami 10', 24', 55' Missé-Missé 63' |
Group 5[]
Gabon vs Sierra Leone was not played, since neither team could advance with a win.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Morocco | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
Sierra Leone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 |
Ghana | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
Gabon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Sierra Leone | 1–0 | Gabon |
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Kanu 46' | Report |
Sierra Leone | 1–1 | Ghana |
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Conteh 87' | Report | 23' (o.g.) |
Gabon | 0–4 | Morocco |
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Report | Bahja 2', 5' Bassir 44', 45' |
Match abandoned after 53 minutes due to crowd trouble. FIFA allowed the result to stand
Sierra Leone | 0–1 | Morocco |
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Report | Bassir 40' |
Gabon | P–P | Sierra Leone |
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Report |
Match postponed due to Sierra Leone not being able to travel from Freetown due to conflict. The match was never rearranged due to the result having no effect on final group standings
Ghana | 0–2 | Sierra Leone |
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Report | 14' Kallon 47' |
Qualified teams[]
The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Nigeria | Final Round Group 1 winners | 7 June 1997 | 1 (1994) |
Tunisia | Final Round Group 2 winners | 8 June 1997 | 1 (1978) |
South Africa | Final Round Group 3 winners | 16 August 1997 | 0 (debut) |
Cameroon | Final Round Group 4 winners | 17 August 1997 | 3 (1982, 1990, 1994) |
Morocco | Final Round Group 5 winners | 8 June 1997 | 3 (1970, 1986, 1994) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers[]
- 5 goals
- Paulão
- Mamadou Zongo
- Mike Okoth Origi
- Vitalis Takawira
- 4 goals
- Patrick Mboma
- Hossam Hassan
- Titi Camara
- Momo Soumah
- Salaheddine Bassir
- Daniel Amokachi
- Phil Masinga
- Adel Sellimi
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Bernard Tchoutang
- Hady Khashaba
- Mohammed Gargo
- Samuel Johnson
- Souleymane Oularé
- Musa Otieno
- Maurice Sunguti
- James Debbah
- George Weah
- Mohammed Ouseb
- Eliphas Shivute
- Gervatius Uri Khob
- Emmanuel Amunike
- Shaun Bartlett
- Bachirou Salou
- Kossi Noutsoudje
- Djima Oyawolé
- Khaled Badra
- Elos Elonga-Ekakia
- Michel Ngonge
- Dennis Lota
- Andrew Tembo
- 1 goal
- Abdelhafid Tasfaout
- Sid Ahmed Zerrouki
- Fernando Manuel Sousa
- Joaquim Alberto Silva
- Kassoum Ouédraogo
- Firmin Sanou
- Ousmane Sanou
- Brahima Traore
- Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé
- Lassina Dao
- Hazem Emam
- Hesham Hanafy
- Ahmed Hassan
- Ibrahim Hassan
- Samir Kamouna
- Abdel Sattar Sabry
- Brice Mackaya
- Théodore Nzue Nguema
- Jonas Ogandaga
- Ebrima Ebou Sillah
- Felix Aboagye
- Augustine Ahinful
- Arthur Moses
- Abedi Pele
- Henry Motego
- Robert Clarke
- Prince Daye
- Oliver Makor
- Etienne Rado Rasoanaivo
- Youssef Fertout
- El Arbi Hababi
- Mustapha Hadji
- Noureddine Naybet
- Simon Uutoni
- Mutiu Adepoju
- Jonathan Akpoborie
- Sunday Oliseh
- Wilson Oruma
- Mamadou Diallo
- Omar Traoré
- Lamin Conteh
- Mohamed Kallon
- Abu Kanu
- Mark Fish
- Doctor Khumalo
- Helman Mkhalele
- Eric Tinkler
- Mark Williams
- Lantame Ouadja
- Tadjou Salou
- Mehdi Ben Slimane
- Hédi Berkhissa
- Riadh Jelassi
- Jameleddine Limam
- Skander Souayah
- Epotele Bazamba
- Emeka Mamale
- Nzelo Hervé Lembi
- Étienne N'tsunda
- Zico Tumba
- Johnson Bwalya
- Kenneth Malitoli
- Mwape Miti
- Vincent Mutale
- Kennedy Chihuri
- Edelbert Dinha
- Adam Ndlovu
- Agent Sawu
- 1 own goal
- (playing against Guinea)
- Abu Kamara (playing against Ghana)
External links[]
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
- FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
- 1996 in African football
- 1997 in African football