1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy.

26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of Mauritius and Mozambique due to their outstanding debts, leaving 24 nations to contest the qualifying spots. Lesotho, Rwanda and Togo withdrew after the draw for the first round, which took place on 12 December 1987, but before playing a match. Libya won their first round tie and advanced to the second round, but withdrew halfway through that stage, meaning all their results in the group were annulled.

Format

First round

Eight knockout (two-legged) ties were originally required, involving the sixteen lowest ranked African countries. The withdrawals of three teams meant only five ties were actually contested. The eight successful teams advanced to the group format of the second round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angola  21  Sudan 00 21
Zimbabwe  w/o  Lesotho
Zambia  w/o  Rwanda
Uganda  23  Malawi 10 13
Libya  32  Burkina Faso 30 02
Ghana  02  Liberia 00 02
Tunisia  53  Guinea 50 03
Gabon  w/o  Togo

Second round

The eight qualifiers from the first round were joined by the eight highest-ranked CAF teams. The teams were split into four groups of four which played a home-and-away round-robin, with the four group winners advancing to the final round.

Legend
Countries that advanced to the Final Round

Group A

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 431061+57
 Ivory Coast 412151+44
 Zimbabwe 401311091
 Libya 00000000
  Algeria Ivory Coast Zimbabwe
Algeria  1 0 3 0
Ivory Coast  0 0 5 0
Zimbabwe  1 2 0 0

Libya played one match in this group before withdrawing from the competition, annulling their results.

Group B

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 632162+48
 Liberia 62222316
 Malawi 61323415
 Kenya 61322425
  Egypt Kenya Liberia Malawi
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

Group C

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 641196+39
 Nigeria 631275+27
 Angola 61236714
 Gabon 62045944
  Angola Cameroon Gabon Nigeria
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

Group D

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 63125507
 Zambia 630376+16
 Zaire 62227706
 Morocco 61324515
  Morocco Tunisia Zaire Zambia
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

Final round

The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

8 October 1989
Algeria  0 0  Egypt
Stade 17 Juin, Constantine
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sydney Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

17 November 1989
Egypt  1 0  Algeria
H. Hassan  4'
Cairo Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

Egypt won 10 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.


8 October 1989
Cameroon  2 0  Tunisia
Mfédé  54'
Kundé  90+1'
Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)

19 November 1989
Tunisia  0 1  Cameroon
Omam-Biyik  14'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Cameroon won 30 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

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