1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

(CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

The qualification competition for the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 24 places at the tournament...

saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament

1990 FIFA World Cup

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in Italy

Italy

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26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of Mauritius

Mauritius national football team

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and Mozambique

Mozambique national football team

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due to their outstanding debts, leaving 24 nations to contest the qualifying spots. Lesotho

Lesotho national football team

The Lesotho national football team, nicknamed the Likuena , is the national team of Lesotho and is controlled by the Lesotho Football Association...

, Rwanda

Rwanda national football team

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and Togo

Togo national football team

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withdrew after the draw for the first round, which took place on 12 December 1987, but before playing a match. Libya

Libya national football team

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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: Algeria
Algeria national football team
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, Cameroon
Cameroon national football team
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, Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
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, Egypt, Kenya
Kenya national football team
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, Morocco
Morocco national football team
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, Nigeria
Nigeria national football team
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and Zaire, the eight best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining sixteen teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
Second Round: The eight winners from the first round were joined by the eight seeded teams and divided into four groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The four remaining teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

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.

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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

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–	1 – 0	3 – 0
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Libya

Libya national football team

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

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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–	0 – 0	1 – 1	1 – 0
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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

1990 FIFA World Cup

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Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.
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Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

External links

Africa Zone at FIFA.com

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