1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone ( CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format

There would be four rounds of play:

• First Round: 3 teams, Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 26 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egypt	2–1	Zimbabwe	1–0	1–1
Kenya	5–4	Ethiopia	2–1	3–3
Mauritius	0–5	Malawi	0–1	0–4
Zambia	3–1	Uganda	3–0	0–1
Tanzania	1–1 ( a)	Sudan	1–1	0–0
Sierra Leone	0–5	Morocco	0–1	0–4
Benin	0–6	Tunisia	0–2	0–4
Ivory Coast	6–3	Gambia	4–0	2–3
Nigeria	4–0	Liberia	3–0	1–0
Angola	1–1 (4–3 p)	Senegal	1–0	0–1
Madagascar	w/o	Lesotho	—	—
Libya	w/o	Niger	—	—
Guinea	w/o	Togo	—	—
Algeria	Bye
Cameroon	Bye
Ghana	Bye

Egypt won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Kenya won 5–4 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Malawi won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Zambia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Sudan advanced to the Second Round on away goals after a draw 1–1 on agg.

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Morocco won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Tunisia won 6–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Nigeria won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

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Angola advanced to the Second Round on penalties after a draw won 1–1 on agg.

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Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Lesotho withdrew.

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Libya advanced to the Second Round, Niger withdrew.

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Guinea advanced to the Second Round, Togo withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zambia	5–2	Cameroon	4–1	1–1
Morocco	2–0	Malawi	2–0	0–0
Angola	2–3	Algeria	0–0	2–3
Kenya	1–6	Nigeria	0–3	1–3
Egypt	1–1 (3–2 p)	Madagascar	1–0	0–1
Guinea	1–2	Tunisia	1–0	0–2
Sudan	0–4	Libya	0–0	0–4
Ivory Coast	0–2	Ghana	0–0	0–2

Zambia won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Algeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Nigeria won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties after a draw 1–1 on agg.

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Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Libya won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

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Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	3–0	Zambia	2–0	1–0
Ghana	0–2	Libya	0–0	0–2
Nigeria	1–2	Tunisia	1–0	0–2
Egypt	0–2	Morocco	0–0	0–2

Algeria won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

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Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

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Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

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Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tunisia	1–7	Algeria	1–4	0–3
Morocco	3–1	Libya	3–0	0–1

Algeria won 7–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

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Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Algeria	Final Round winners	18 October 1985	1 ( 1982)
Morocco	Final Round winners	18 October 1985	1 ( 1970)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

External links

• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (Zone Africa) - fifa.com
• 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification details (Zone Africa) - rsssf.com