1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The CAF Second Round was the second stage of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) zone.

The eight teams advancing from the first round were joined by the eight highest ranked African nations: Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Zaire.

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Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four. Each group contained two of the seeded teams, and two teams that had advanced from the first round. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The four group winners advanced to the Final Round.

Group A

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Côte d'Ivoire 4 1 2 1 5 1 +4 4
 Zimbabwe 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1
 Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Algeria  – 1–0 3–0
Côte d'Ivoire  0–0 – 5–0
Zimbabwe  1–2 0–0 –

Libya withdrew after playing their first group match; their second game was originally awarded to opponents Algeria by walkover, but all Libyan results were later annulled by FIFA.

6 January 1989
 Algeria  3–0  Zimbabwe Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohamed Hafez (Egypt)
Menad  10', 26'
Madjer  65'
8 January 1989
 Côte d'Ivoire  Annulled
(1–0)		  Libya Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 30,032
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)
Bamba  80'
20 January 1989
 Libya  w/o
(0–2)		  Algeria June 11 Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Forfeited
22 January 1989
 Zimbabwe  0–0  Côte d'Ivoire National Stadium, Harare
Attendance: 21,121
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
11 June 1989
 Côte d'Ivoire  0–0  Algeria Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)
25 June 1989
 Zimbabwe  1–2  Algeria National Stadium, Harare
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Ndunduma  90' Menad  38'
Madjer  87'
13 August 1989
 Côte d'Ivoire  5–0  Zimbabwe Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
Ben Salah  30', 47'
Akenon  71' (pen.)
Amani  81'
Bamba  89'
25 August 1989
 Algeria  1–0  Côte d'Ivoire Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
Madjer  56'

Group B

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8
 Liberia 6 2 2 2 2 3 −1 6
 Malawi 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 5
 Kenya 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 5
 
Egypt  – 2–0 2–0 1–0
Kenya  0–0 – 1–0 1–1
Liberia  1–0 0–0 – 1–0
Malawi  1–1 1–0 0–0 –
6 January 1989
 Egypt  2–0  Liberia Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)
Ala'a  23'
El-Akad  42'
7 January 1989
 Kenya  1–1  Malawi Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: Hassan Abdulle Ahmed (Somalia)
Dawo  47' McDonald  2'
21 January 1989
 Malawi  1–1  Egypt Silver Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Hafid Tahir (Tanzania)
Kayira  89' Hesham  60'
22 January 1989
 Liberia  0–0  Kenya National Stadium, Monrovia
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Linus Mba (Nigeria)
10 June 1989
 Kenya  0–0  Egypt Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)
11 June 1989
 Liberia  1–0  Malawi National Stadium, Monrovia
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Laryea Louis (Ghana)
Weah  36'
24 June 1989
 Malawi  1–0  Kenya Silver Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: John N'Khathazo (Zimbabwe)
Kayira  55'
25 June 1989
 Liberia  1–0  Egypt National Stadium, Monrovia
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Celestin N'Cho (Côte d'Ivoire)
Debbah  45'
12 August 1989
 Egypt  1–0  Malawi Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Hassan Ahmed Abdulle (Somalia)
Rasoul  28'
12 August 1989
 Kenya  1–0  Liberia Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdel Salam Gasmalla (Sudan)
Onyango  24'
26 August 1989
 Egypt  2–0  Kenya Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Hafidh Tahir (Tanzania)
Rassoul  58'
I. Hossan  62'
26 August 1989
 Malawi  0–0  Liberia Silver Stadium, Lilongwe
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)

Group C

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 9
 Nigeria 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 7
 Angola 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 4
 Gabon 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 4
 
Angola  – 1–2 2–0 2–2
Cameroon  1–1 – 2–1 1–0
Gabon  1–0 1–3 – 2–1
Nigeria  1–0 2–0 1–0 –
7 January 1989
 Nigeria  1–0  Gabon Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
Odegbami  5'
8 January 1989
 Cameroon  1–1  Angola Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Djonkep  75' Saayeda  11'
22 January 1989
 Gabon  1–3  Cameroon Stade Omnisports, Libreville
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Manon  33' Omam-Biyik  26'
Kana-Biyik  39'
Mbouh  85'
22 January 1989
 Angola  2–2  Nigeria Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
Dias  30'
Oliveira  62'		 Keshi  8'
Obiku  67'
10 June 1989
 Nigeria  2–0  Cameroon Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohamed Hossam El-Din (Egypt)
Keshi  43'
Siasia  86'
11 June 1989
 Angola  2–0  Gabon Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Referee: Celestin N'Cho (Côte d'Ivoire)
Maluka  7', 28'
25 June 1989
 Angola  1–2  Cameroon Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)
Paulão  5' Omam-Biyik  59'
Kana-Biyik  70'
25 June 1989
 Gabon  2–1  Nigeria Stade Omnisports, Libreville
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mark Dormoh (Liberia)
Ondeno  32'
Minko  37'		 Siasia  57'
12 August 1989
 Nigeria  1–0  Angola National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Keshi  44'
13 August 1989
 Cameroon  2–1  Gabon Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Kana-Biyik  32'
Mbouh  38'		 Nzamba  78'
27 August 1989
 Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Omam-Biyik  31'
27 August 1989
 Gabon  1–0  Angola Stade Omnisports, Libreville
Referee: Abdellah Naciri (Morocco)
Minko  24'

Group D

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 7
 Zambia 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
 Zaire 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6
 Morocco 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 5
 
Morocco  – 0–0 1–1 1–0
Tunisia  2–1 – 1–0 1–0
Zaire  0–0 3–1 – 1–0
Zambia  2–1 1–0 4–2 –
8 January 1989
 Morocco  1–0  Zambia Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bashir Salem (Libya)
Rhiati  39'
8 January 1989
 Zaire  3–1  Tunisia Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Attendance: 21,900
Referee: Tadesse Degefa (Ethiopia)
Mapuata  23', 33'
Wawa  61'		 Limam  7'
22 January 1989
 Tunisia  2–1  Morocco Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Abdelli  37'
Chiab  44'		 Bouderbala  4'
22 January 1989
 Zambia  4–2  Zaire Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Sydney Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Nyirenda  10'
Msiska  17'
Makinka  25'
Bwalya  75'		 Kabongo  29', 78'
11 June 1989
 Zaire  0–0  Morocco Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
11 June 1989
 Zambia  1–0  Tunisia Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
Makinka  73'
25 June 1989
 Tunisia  1–0  Zaire Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Maâloul  74' (pen.)
25 June 1989
 Zambia  2–1  Morocco Independence Stadium, Lusaka
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Musonda  42'
Bwalya  87'		 Timoumi  73'
13 August 1989
 Morocco  0–0  Tunisia Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 35,111
Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
13 August 1989
 Zaire  1–0  Zambia Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Referee: Mohamed Mohamed Hafez (Egypt)
Kabongo  16'
27 August 1989
 Morocco  1–1  Zaire Stade Municipal, Kenitra
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Abderrahmane Bergui (Algeria)
Madih  58' Makukula  47'
27 August 1989
 Tunisia  1–0  Zambia Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Mahjoubi  75'

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