1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF – First Round)
Listed below are the dates and results for the First Round for the African zone (CAF) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament. For an overview of the entire African zone, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds in their entirety, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 40 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and Sudan all withdrew before the draw was made. In addition, Liberia and Libya withdraw during qualification due to UN sanctions.
The African zone was allocated 3 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.
For the First Round of play, the zone's 36 remaining teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the group winners advancing to the Final Round.
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Results
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
Ghana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Burundi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Uganda | withdrew |
Algeria advanced to the Final Round.
25 October 1992
|
Burundi | 1 – 0 | Ghana |
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Habimana 78' |
Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura, Burundi
Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidhi (Tanzania) |
17 January 1993
|
Burundi | 0 – 0 | Algeria |
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Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura, Burundi
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jonathan Gatera (Rwanda) |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
Swaziland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
Zaire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
Liberia | withdrew after two matches |
Liberia withdrew after 2 matches, results were annulled. Swaziland and Zaire did not play last match as neither could qualify
Cameroon advanced to the Final Round.
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zimbabwe | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
Egypt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 8 |
Angola | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
Togo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Togo replaced Sierra Leone after the latter withdrew after seeding.
Angola vs Togo was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
Zimbabwe advanced to the Final Round.
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
Congo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
Libya | withdrew, results annulled[5] |
South Africa replaced São Tomé and Príncipe after the latter withdrew after seeding.
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
20 December 1992
|
Congo | 0 – 1 | Nigeria |
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Yekini 22' |
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon) |
31 January 1993
|
Congo | 0 – 1 | South Africa |
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Legodi 86' |
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sylvain Abikanlou (Benin) |
Group E
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
Niger | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Botswana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |
Sudan | withdrew |
Ivory Coast advanced to the Final Round.
10 October 1992
|
Ivory Coast | 6 – 0 | Botswana |
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A. Traoré 10', 17' (pen.), 86' Ben Salah 14' Tiéhi 69' Kouadio 70' |
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire attendance = 15,052
Referee: Titus Olabode Adegbehingbe (Nigeria) |
31 January 1993
|
Ivory Coast | 1 – 0 | Niger |
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A. Traoré 54' |
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire attendance = 18,011
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea) |
Group F
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morocco | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 |
Tunisia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 |
Ethiopia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 3 |
Benin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -16 | 2 |
Benin replaced Malawi after the latter withdrew after seeding.
Morocco advanced to the Final Round.
11 October 1992
|
Tunisia | 5 – 1 | Benin |
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F.Roussi 16' (pen.) Mahjoubi 30' Hamrouni 40', 52' Sellimi 77' |
Sacramento 43' |
25 October 1992
|
Ethiopia | 0 – 0 | Tunisia |
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Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Attendance: 2,488 Referee: Bora Mady Kanoso (Madagascar) |
31 January 1993
|
Morocco | 5 – 0 | Benin |
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Chaouch 2', 17' El Khalej 42' Abrami 60' (pen.) Mezziane 72' |
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco
Attendance: 9,602 Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal) |
Group G
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Senegal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
Gabon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
Mozambique | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
Mauritania | withdrew |
Senegal advanced to the Final Round.
11 October 1992
|
Gabon | 3 – 1 | Mozambique |
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Nzamba 12', 24' Aubameyang 75' |
Sardina 17' |
Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon
Attendance: 8,903 Referee: Joao Do Nascimento Gonçalves (Angola) |
19 December 1992
|
Gabon | 3 – 2 | Senegal |
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Amégasse 37' Nzamba 60' Ondo 82' |
Lette 34' Sané 74' |
Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea) |
30 January 1993
|
Senegal | 6 – 1 | Mozambique |
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Sané 13', 20' Seck 27', 82' Badiane 48' Diarra 75' |
Tembe 44' |
Group H
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zambia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
Madagascar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Namibia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
Tanzania | withdrew, results annulled |
Namibia replaced Burkina Faso who withdrew after seeding
Zambia advanced to the Final Round.
11 October 1992
|
Madagascar | 3 – 0 | Namibia |
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Jean-Paul 29' Harry 44', 58' |
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Attendance: 13,650 Referee: Goinsamy Maunick (Mauritius) |
20 December 1992
|
Madagascar | 2 – 0 | Zambia |
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Rasoanaivo 52' Jean-Paul 90' |
Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Attendance: 23,050 Referee: Bekele Kidane (Ethiopia) |
Group I
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
Gambia | withdrew | |||||||
Mali | withdrew |
Guinea advanced to the Final Round.
Notes
- ↑ The Zaire–Swaziland match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
- ↑ The Angola–Togo match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
- ↑ The result of the original Egypt–Zimbabwe match was annulled due to crowd violence; it was later replayed on neutral ground.
- ↑ The second Egypt–Zimbabwe match took place in France instead on in Egypt due to the crowd violence that had caused the previous match's results to be annulled.
- ↑ Libya was originally scheduled to play all of its matches away; however, it withdrew in protest to this ruling and due to the UN sanctions against it.
- ↑ The Morocco–Ethiopia match was suspended after 51 minutes due to Ethiopia being reduced to seven players; the result was affirmed.