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.
Tournament statistics | |
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Top scorer(s) | Bassam Jeridi (5 goals) |
← 1982 1990 → |
A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.
Format
editThere 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
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.
Ethiopia | 3–3 | Kenya |
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Haile 9' Tesfaye 37' Kebede 80' |
Ayoyi 48' Masiga 56' Onyango 88' |
Kenya won 5–4 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Mauritius | 0–1 | Malawi |
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Phuka 44' |
Malawi won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Uganda | 1–0 | Zambia |
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Katerega 73' |
Zambia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Sudan | 0–0 | Tanzania |
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Sudan advanced to the Second Round on away goals after a draw 1–1 on agg.
Sierra Leone | 0–1 | Morocco |
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M. Merry 87' |
Morocco | 4–0 | Sierra Leone |
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M. Merry 34', 77' Dahane 51' (pen.) Labied 81' |
Morocco won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Benin | 0–2 | Tunisia |
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Jeridi 63' Gasri 86' |
Tunisia won 6–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Gambia |
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Traoré 47', 62' N'Dri 66' Ben Salah 84' |
Gambia | 3–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Sowe 22' Ndour 66' Wadda 81' |
Traoré 40' Tiéhi 54' |
Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Nigeria won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Angola | 1–0 | Senegal |
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Ivo 57' |
Angola advanced to the Second Round on penalties after a draw won 1–1 on agg.
Madagascar | w/o | Lesotho |
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Withdrew |
Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Lesotho withdrew.
Libya advanced to the Second Round, Niger withdrew.
Guinea advanced to the Second Round, Togo withdrew.
Second round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 | 4–1 | Cameroon |
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Chabala 24', 38', 40' Njovu 28' |
Kana-Biyik 70' |
Zambia won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Morocco | 2–0 | Malawi |
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El Haddaoui 10' Dahane 75' (pen.) |
Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Algeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Nigeria won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Egypt | 1–0 | Madagascar |
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Suleiman 64' |
Madagascar | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Egypt |
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Rafanodina 57' | ||
Penalties | ||
2 – 3 |
Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties after a draw 1–1 on agg.
Guinea | 1–0 | Tunisia |
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Diaby 14' |
Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Libya | 4–0 | Sudan |
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Ben Brahim 53' Al-Beshari 55' Al-Maadani 61' Bani 71' |
Libya won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Ghana |
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Ghana | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Nti 50' Alhassan 79' |
Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Third round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.
Ghana | 0–0 | Libya |
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Libya | 2–0 | Ghana |
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Al-Senussi 33' Al-Qadi 70' (pen.) |
Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Egypt | 0–0 | Morocco |
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Morocco | 2–0 | Egypt |
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Timoumi 37' Bouderbala 82' |
Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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.
Libya | 1–0 | Morocco |
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Al-Farjani 43' |
Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Qualified teams
editTeam | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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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
edit- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Nasser Bouiche
- Mohamed Kaci-Saïd
- Faouzi Mansouri
- Hocine Yahi
- Jesus
- Eduardo Machado
- Ivo Raimundo Traça
- André Kana-Biyik
- Louis-Paul M'Fédé
- Oumar Ben Salah
- Kouassi N'Dri
- Joël Tiéhi
- Alaa Mayhoub
- Gebremedhin Haile
- Dagne Tesfaye
- Cheikh Ndour
- Baboucar Sowe
- Bai Malleh Wadda
- George Alhassan
- Opoku Nti
- Alsény Diaby
- Sammy Ayoyi
- Sammy Onyango
- Sam Tabu
- Ali Al-Beshari
- Abdel Razak Al-Farjani
- Ibrahim Al-Maadani
- Ayad Al-Qadi
- Reda Al-Senussi
- Aboubaker Bani
- Abubaker Ben Brahim
- Herilia Rafanodina
- Ricky Phuka
- Harry Waya
- Mustapha El Haddaoui
- Khalid Labied
- Ademola Adeshina
- Fatai Amoo
- Okey Isima
- Stephen Keshi
- Dahiru Sadi
- Yisa Sofoluwe
- Clement Temile
- Abdou Karim Sèye
- Mazda
- Peter Tino
- Hakim Braham
- Lotfi Hsoumi
- Godfrey Katerega
- Kalusha Bwalya
- Jones Chilengi
- Fanny Hangunyu
- Lucky Msiska
- Aaron Njovu
- 1 own goal
- Hamada Sedki (playing against Zimbabwe)
- Bernard Leclézio (playing against Malawi)