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.

First round

27 October 1968	Zambia	4–2	Sudan	Ndola, Zambia
	Kapengwe Kaposa Makwaza		Osman	Referee: Mutombo (Zaire)

8 November 1968	Sudan	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Zambia	Khartoum, Sudan
	Gagdoul Kafi Sonto		Chitalu Kapengwe	Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

Sudan 6–6 Zambia on aggregate. Sudan advanced to the Second Round having scored more goals in the second match..

3 November 1968	Morocco	1–0	Senegal	Casablanca, Morocco
	Benkhrief			Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

5 January 1969	Senegal	2–1	Morocco	Dakar, Senegal
	Dieme Dip		Akesbi

Senegal 2–2 Morocco on aggregate. A play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

13 February 1969	Morocco	2–0	Senegal	Las Palmas, Spain
	Bamous Hefnaoui			Referee: Pintado Viu (Spain)

Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

17 November 1968	Algeria	1–2	Tunisia	Algiers, Algeria
	Amirouche 29' (pen.)		Chakroun 73', 75'	Referee: Barde (France)

29 December 1968	Tunisia	0–0	Algeria	Tunis, Tunisia
				Referee: Monti (Italy)

Tunisia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

7 December 1968	Nigeria	1–1	Cameroon	Lagos, Nigeria
	Salami		Owona	Referee: Robinson (Liberia)

22 December 1968	Cameroon	2–3	Nigeria	Douala, Cameroon
	Ayo Bessanguen		Anieke Lawal Ofuokwu	Referee: Angaud (Congo)

Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

26 January 1969	Libya	2–0	Ethiopia	Benghazi, Libya
	Jahani M. Koussa			Referee: El-Attar (United Arab Republic)

9 February 1969	Ethiopia	5–1	Libya	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Feseha Germa Geremew		A. Souid	Referee: El-Kholy (United Arab Republic)

Ethiopia won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

27 April 1969	Tunisia	0–0	Morocco	Tunis, Tunisia
				Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

18 May 1969	Morocco	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.)	Tunisia	Casablanca, Morocco
				Referee: Garay (Spain)

Morocco 0–0 Tunisia on aggregate. A play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

13 June 1969	Morocco	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Marsailles, France
	Idriss 27' Houmane 53'		Chaibi 3' Cheman 87'	Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss. This was the first time in history that an unbeaten team was unable to qualify to the World Cup.^[1]

4 May 1969	Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Menguistou		Bakeit	Referee: Touati (Tunisia)

11 May 1969	Sudan	3–1	Ethiopia	Khartoum, Sudan
	El-Fadil Hider Wahba		T. Asfaw	Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

Sudan won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

10 May 1969	Nigeria	2–1	Ghana	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Olayombo Sessi		Addoquaie	Referee: N'Diaye (Senegal)

18 May 1969	Ghana	1–1	Nigeria	Accra, Ghana
	Ola		Okoye	Referee: Nahounou (Côte d'Ivoire)

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
Nigeria	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1	4
Sudan	4	0	3	1	5	8	−3	4

13 September 1969	Nigeria	2–2	Sudan	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Lawal Okoye		El-Dim El-Sid	Referee: Mohandi (Algeria)

21 September 1969	Morocco	2–1	Nigeria	Casablanca, Morocco
	El-Fillali 50' Faras 63'		Lawal	Referee: Mâchin (France)

3 October 1969	Sudan	3–3	Nigeria	Khartoum, Sudan
	El-Dim Nasr Wahba		Okoye Opone Sunday	Referee: Angonese (Italy)

10 October 1969	Sudan	0–0	Morocco	Khartoum, Sudan
				Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

26 October 1969	Morocco	3–0	Sudan	Casablanca, Morocco
	Houmane 7', 86' El-Fillali 41'			Referee: Lamptey (Ghana)

8 November 1969	Nigeria	2–0	Morocco	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Okoye Lawal			Referee: Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

References

↑ http://penchotv.blogspot.mx/2015/04/los-invictos-que-no-jugaron-el-mundial_18.html

External links

African Zone at FIFA.com

1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
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