1990 African Cup of Nations qualification
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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This page details the qualifying process for the 1990 African Cup of Nations in Algeria. Algeria, as hosts, and Cameroon, as title holders, qualified automatically.
Qualifying tournament
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tanzania ![]() |
2–2 (1–3 p) | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 |
Angola ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–0 |
Liberia ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–3 |
Mauritius ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Gabon ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Ethiopia ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Guinea ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Libya ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Mozambique ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Swaziland won 3–1 on penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate.
Angola ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Mendinho ![]() Barbosa ![]() Vieira Dias ![]() |
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Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Angola won 4–1 on aggregate.
Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.
Mauritius ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Seychelles ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Dorasamy ![]() |
Mauritius won 3–1 on aggregate.
Gabon ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Minko ![]() ![]() |
Burkina Faso ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Gnimassou ![]() |
Gabon won 3–1 on aggregate.
Ethiopia advanced after Uganda withdrew.
Guinea ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Withdrew |
Guinea advanced after Mauritania withdrew.
Libya ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Withdrew |
Libya advanced after Madagascar withdrew.
Mozambique ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Withdrew |
Mozambique advanced after Gambia withdrew.
First round
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sudan ![]() |
1–1 (5–6 p) | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Ethiopia ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1-0 | 1–6 |
Guinea ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Gabon ![]() |
1–1 (5–3 p) | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 |
Mali ![]() |
1–1(a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Angola ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–4 |
Swaziland ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–1 |
Mauritius ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–4 | 0–1 |
Mozambique ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–3 |
Senegal ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Tunisia ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Zaire ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
— | — |
Kenya won 6–5 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 6–2 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Gabon won 5–3 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.
Mali ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Mali won after 1–1 on aggregate by away goals.
Angola ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() |
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Ivory Coast won 6–1 on aggregate.
Malawi won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zimbabwe won 5–1 on aggregate.
Mozambique ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Malitoli ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Senegal advanced after Togo withdrew.
Tunisia advanced after Libya withdrew.
Zaire ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Withdrew |
Zaire advanced after Sierra Leone withdrew.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Senegal ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Malawi ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–3 | 0–0 |
Egypt ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Nigeria ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Mali ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–3 |
Zambia ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.
Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate.
Egypt won 2–0 on aggregate.
Nigeria won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Traoré ![]() Amani ![]() |
Cissé ![]() |
Ivory Coast won 5–3 on aggregate.
Zambia won 4–2 on aggregate.
Qualified teams

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