1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Central African Republic was excluded by FIFA for not paying the entry fee. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.
There would be four rounds of play:
- First Round: 4 teams, Sudan, Liberia, Togo, and Zimbabwe, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 24 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second 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 4 teams left.
- Final Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Senegal  |
0–1 |  Morocco |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Zaire  |
7–3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mozambique |
5–2 | 2–1 |
Cameroon  |
4–1 |  Malawi |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Guinea  |
4–2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Lesotho |
3–1 | 1–1 |
Tunisia  |
2–2 (3–4 p) |  Nigeria |
2–0 | 0–2 |
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2–1 |  Gambia |
2–1 | 0–0 |
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0–4 |  Zambia |
0–0 | 0–4 |
Niger  |
1–1 (a) |  Somalia |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Sierra Leone  |
3–5 |  Algeria |
2–2 | 1–3 |
Kenya  |
3–6 |  Tanzania |
3–1 | 0–5 |
Egypt  |
w/o |  Ghana |
— | — |
Madagascar  |
w/o |  Uganda |
— | — |
| 22 June 1980 | Senegal |
0 – 1 | Morocco |
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar | ||
?  |
Attendance: 7,872 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia) | |||||
| 6 July 1980 | Morocco |
0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.) |
Senegal |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca | ||
| Attendance: 15,032 Referee: Koudou Poll (Côte d'Ivoire) | ||||||
Morocco advanced to the Second Round.
| 13 July 1980 | Zaire |
5 – 2 | Mozambique |
Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa | ||
| Kyika Masseno Ndaye |
Gilles |
Attendance: 34,871 Referee: Stanislas Kamden (Cameroon) | ||||
| 27 July 1980 | Mozambique |
1 – 2 (3 – 7 agg.) |
Zaire |
Maputo | ||
| Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Raymond Ralibenja (Madagascar) | ||||||
Zaire advanced to the Second Round.
| 29 June 1980 | Cameroon |
3 – 0 | Malawi |
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé | ||
| Milla Kundé Abega |
Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria) | |||||
| 20 July 1980 | Malawi |
1 – 1 (1 – 4 agg.) |
Cameroon |
Kasungu | ||
| ? |
Onguene |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Nicholous Hoohlo (Lesotho) | ||||
Cameroon advanced to the Second Round.
| 22 June 1980 | Guinea |
3 – 1 | Lesotho |
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry | ||
| Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Doudou N'Jie (Gambia) | ||||||
| 6 July 1980 | Lesotho |
1 – 1 (2 – 4 agg.) |
Guinea |
Maseru | ||
| Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Zuberi Bundallah (Tanzania) | ||||||
Guinea advanced to the Second Round.
| 29 June 1980 | Tunisia |
2 – 0 | Nigeria |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis | ||
| Liman Lahzami |
Attendance: 30,066 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger-Buser (Switzerland) | |||||
| 12 July 1980 | Nigeria |
2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 3 p) |
Tunisia |
Surulere Stadium, Lagos | ||
| Osigwe Bweten |
Attendance: 52,487 Referee: John Hunting (England) | |||||
| Penalties | ||||||
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Nigeria won on penalties, and so advanced to the Second Round.
| 8 May 1980 | Libya |
2 – 1 | Gambia |
11 June Stadium, Tripoli | ||
| Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) | ||||||
| 6 July 1980 | Gambia |
0 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.) |
Libya |
Banjul | ||
| Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali) | ||||||
Libya advanced to the Second Round.
| 17 May 1980 | Ethiopia |
0 – 0 | Zambia |
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa | ||
| Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt) | ||||||
| 1 June 1980 | Zambia |
4 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.) |
Ethiopia |
Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola | ||
| Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Zuberi Bundallah (Tanzania) | ||||||
Zambia advanced to the Second Round.
| 16 July 1980 | Niger |
0 – 0 | Somalia |
Stade du 29 Julliet, Niamey | ||
| Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo) | ||||||
| 27 July 1980 | Somalia |
1 – 1 (1 – 1 agg.) |
Niger |
Mogadiscio Stadium, Mogadishu | ||
| Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Demeke Abate (Ethiopia) | ||||||
Niger advanced to the Second Round due on away goals.
| 31 May 1980 | Sierra Leone |
2 – 2 | Algeria |
Brookfields National Stadium, Freetown | ||
| Noah 58' Dyfan 60' |
Bensaoula 72' Belloumi 85' |
Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo) | ||||
| 13 June 1980 | Algeria |
3 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.) |
Sierra Leone |
Stade 19 Juin 1956, Oran | ||
| Fergani 42' Bensaoula 47' Madjer 78' |
Sento 79' |
Attendance: 12,636 Referee: Yousef El-Ghoul (Libya) | ||||
Algeria advanced to the Second Round.
| 5 July 1980 | Kenya |
3 – 1 | Tanzania |
Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi | ||
| Owino Adelo |
Ally |
Attendance: 8,650 Referee: Babiker El-Bedawi (Sudan) | ||||
| 19 July 1980 | Tanzania |
5 – 0 (6 – 3 agg.) |
Kenya |
William Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam | ||
| Ally Tino Risshard |
Attendance: 5,940 Referee: Winston Gumboh (Zambia) | |||||
Tanzania advanced to the Second Round.
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w/o | Ghana |
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| Withdrew | ||||||
Egypt advanced to the Second Round, Ghana withdrew.
| Madagascar |
w/o | Uganda |
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| Withdrew | ||||||
Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Uganda withdrew.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
3–1 |  Sudan |
2–0 | 1–1 |
| Niger |
2–2 (a) |  Togo |
0–1 | 2–1 |
Liberia  |
0–1 | Guinea |
0–0 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon |
2–1 |  Zimbabwe |
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Morocco |
2–2 (5–4 p) | Zambia |
2–0 | 0–2 |
| Nigeria |
3–1 | Tanzania |
1–1 | 2–0 |
| Madagascar |
3–4 | Zaire |
1–1 | 2–3 |
| Egypt |
w/o | Libya |
— | — |
| 12 December 1980 | Algeria |
2 – 0 | Sudan |
Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine | ||
| Bensaoula 9' Fergani 45' |
Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia) | |||||
| 28 December 1980 | Sudan |
1 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.) |
Algeria |
Khartoum | ||
| Cheikh 80' |
Gamouh 65' |
Attendance: 28,385 Referee: Yousef El-Ghoul (Libya) | ||||
Algeria advanced to the Third Round.
| 14 December 1980 | Niger |
0 – 1 | Togo |
Stade du 29 Julliet, Niamey | ||
| Akoulassi |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali) | |||||
| 28 December 1980 | Togo |
1 – 2 (2 – 2 agg.) |
Niger |
Lomé | ||
| Dodjobi |
Barhamane |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Yardia Thiombiano (Upper Volta) | ||||
Niger advanced to the Third Round due on away goals.
| 7 December 1980 | Liberia |
0 – 0 | Guinea |
Monrovia | ||
| Referee: Tevi Lawson-Hetcheli (Togo) | ||||||
| 21 December 1980 | Guinea |
1 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.) |
Liberia |
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry | ||
| Bangoura |
Attendance: 15,524 Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana) | |||||
Guinea advanced to the Third Round.
| 12 October 1980 | Cameroon |
2 – 0 | Zimbabwe |
Stade de la Réunification, Douala | ||
| Mbida Onguene |
Attendance: 47,840 Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria) | |||||
| 16 November 1980 | Zimbabwe |
1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.) |
Cameroon |
Rufaro Stadium, Harare | ||
| Muchinerepi |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nyrenda Chayu (Zambia) | |||||
Cameroon advanced to the Third Round.
| 16 November 1980 | Morocco |
2 – 0 | Zambia |
Fes Stadium, Fes | ||
| Boussati Limane |
Attendance: 6,375 Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia) | |||||
| 30 November 1980 | Zambia |
2 – 0 (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 5 p) |
Morocco |
Independence Stadium, Lusaka | ||
| Masemba Frederic |
Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) | |||||
| Penalties | ||||||
| | | ||||||
Morocco won on penalties and advanced to the Third Round.
| 6 December 1980 | Nigeria |
1 – 1 | Tanzania |
Surulere Stadium, Lagos | ||
| Akwalla |
Salim |
Attendance: 25,235 Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco) | ||||
| 20 December 1980 | Tanzania |
0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.) |
Nigeria |
William Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam | ||
| Chiedozie ? |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt) | |||||
Nigeria advanced to the Third Round.
| 16 November 1980 | Madagascar |
1 – 1 | Zaire |
Antananarivo | ||
| Kira |
Malbanga |
Attendance: 12,191 Referee: Jean Cyril Monty (Mauritius) | ||||
| 21 December 1980 | Zaire |
3 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.) |
Madagascar |
Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa | ||
| Malbanga Mayele Mpeti |
Abdou |
Attendance: 37,754 Referee: Joseph Blanchard-Angaud (Congo) | ||||
Zaire advanced to the Third Round.
| Egypt |
w/o | Libya |
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| Withdrew | ||||||
Egypt advanced to the Third Round, Libya withdrew.
Third round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
4–1 | Niger |
4–0 | 0–1 |
| Guinea |
1–2 | Nigeria |
1–1 | 0–1 |
| Morocco |
1–0 | Egypt |
1–0 | 0–0 |
| Zaire |
2–6 | Cameroon |
1–0 | 1–6 |
| 1 May 1981 | Algeria |
4 – 0 | Niger |
Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine | ||
| Madjer 44' Belloumi 46', 77' Korichi 53' |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Doudou N'Jie (Gambia) | |||||
| 31 May 1981 | Niger |
1 – 0 (1 – 4 agg.) |
Algeria |
Stade du 29 Juillet, Niamey | ||
| Seydou 90' |
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana) | |||||
Algeria advanced to the Final Round.
| 12 April 1981 | Guinea |
1 – 1 | Nigeria |
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry | ||
| Sededji |
L. Sorry |
Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda) | ||||
| 15 April 1981 | Nigeria |
1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.) |
Guinea |
Surulere Stadium, Lagos | ||
| Nwosu |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) | |||||
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
| 26 April 1981 | Morocco |
1 – 0 | Egypt |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca | ||
| Daidi |
Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Nyrenda Chayu (Zambia) | |||||
| 8 May 1981 | Egypt |
0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.) |
Morocco |
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | ||
| Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Cheikh M'Baye (Senegal) | ||||||
Morocco advanced to the Final Round.
| 12 April 1981 | Zaire |
1 – 0 | Cameroon |
Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa | ||
| N'Kama 23' |
Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Suleiman El-Naim (Sudan) | |||||
| 26 April 1981 | Cameroon |
6 – 1 (6 – 2 agg.) |
Zaire |
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé | ||
| Milla Kundé Mbida |
Mukendi |
Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Aissaoui Boudabbous (Tunisia) | ||||
Cameroon advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
1–4 | Algeria |
0–2 | 1–2 |
| Morocco |
1–4 | Cameroon |
0–2 | 1–2 |
| 10 October 1981 | Nigeria |
0 – 2 | Algeria |
Surulere Stadium, Lagos | ||
| Belloumi 34' Zidane 44' |
Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy) | |||||
| 30 October 1981 | Algeria |
2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.) |
Nigeria |
Stade 17 Juin 1976, Constantine | ||
| Belloumi 9' Madjer 85' |
Owolabi 40' |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland) | ||||
Algeria qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
| 15 November 1981 | Morocco |
0 – 2 | Cameroon |
Stade Municipal, Kenitra | ||
| Milla 15' (pen.) Tokoto 40' |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Cheikh M'Baye (Senegal) | |||||
| 29 November 1981 | Cameroon |
2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.) |
Morocco |
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé | ||
| Aoudou ...' (pen.) Milla 47' |
Yaghcha ...' |
Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Hussein Bahig (Egypt) | ||||
Cameroon qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
See also
- 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
- 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
- 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
- 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)