1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

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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 withdrew during qualification due to financial hardship during a civil war,[1] and Libya withdrew due to UN sanctions.[2]

The African zone was allocated 3 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.[3]

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.[3]

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

Source: [3]

Algeria advanced to the final round.

Algeria 3 – 1 Burundi
Tasfaout 40', 87'
Meziane 70'		 Report Niyonkuru 89' (pen.)
Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania
)
Burundi 1 – 0 Ghana
Habimana 78'
Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura, Burundi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidhi (Tanzania
)
Ghana 2 – 0 Algeria
Yeboah 24'
K. Ayew 82'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Souleymane Badara Sene (Senegal)
Burundi 0 – 0 Algeria
Report
Rwanda
)
Ghana 1 – 0 Burundi
A. Pele 19'
Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana
Attendance: 31,711
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania
)
Algeria 2 – 1 Ghana
Brahimi 60'
Meziane 85'		 Report Akonnor 12'

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 one match

Source: [3]

Liberia withdrew after one match, the result was annulled. Swaziland and Zaire did not play last match as neither could qualify

Cameroon advanced to the final round.

Zaire 4 – 2
Annulled		 Liberia
Kabongo 39', 50'
Lukaku 72', 85'		 Sebwe 32'
Sogbie 55'
Cameroon 5 – 0 Swaziland
Tiki 10'
Tchami 16'
Djappa 20'
Mbarga 64'
Fiala 88'
Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Attendance: 10,336
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo
)
Liberia 0 – 0
Annulled		 Cameroon
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Swaziland 1 – 0 Zaire
Terblanche 85'
Kenya
)
Zaire 1 – 2 Cameroon
Katschi 85' (pen.) Ebongué 50'
Tchami 60'
Attendance: 28,941
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)
Swaziland 0 – 0 Cameroon
Swaziland
Referee: Christian Chikuka (Zambia
)
Zaire Not Played[a] Swaziland
Referee: Bantsimba (Congo)
Cameroon 0 – 0 Zaire
Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Referee: Anthony Edusah (Ghana
)

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

Source: [3]

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.

Zimbabwe 1 – 0 Togo
A. Ndlovu 67'
Attendance: 42,958
Referee: Macnever Mang'anda (Malawi)
Egypt 1 – 0 Angola
H. Hassan 63'
Referee: Rachid Ben Khedija (Tunisia)
Togo 1 – 4 Egypt
Salou 80' Mansour 24'
H. Hassan 32', 89' (pen.)
Ramzy 84'
Attendance: 10,253
Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal)
Zimbabwe 2 – 1 Egypt
P. Ndlovu 40'
Sawu 49'		 El-Kass 64'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Getachew Mekonen (Ethiopia)
Angola 1 – 1 Zimbabwe
Russo 60' Sawu 25'
Referee: Kalumba Kabuya (Zaire)
Togo 1 – 2 Zimbabwe
Ali 69' Sawu 47'
McKop 62'
Attendance: 5,464
Referee: Fode Capi Camara (Guinea)
Angola 0 – 0 Egypt
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Egypt 3 – 0 Togo
H. Hassan 58'
Ezzat 83'
El-Kass 89'
Referee: Mohamed Bahar (Madagascar)
Zimbabwe 2 – 1 Angola
Sawu 17'
P. Ndlovu 61'		 Neto 44'
Referee: Karamchand Teeluckdharry (Mauritius)
Angola Not Played[b] Togo
Egypt 2 – 1
Annulled[c]		 Zimbabwe
Kasem 32' (pen.)
H. Hassan 40'		 Sawu 5'
Togo 0 – 1 Angola
Paulão
83'
Attendance: 2,427
Referee: Ousmane Souleymane Diallo (Burkina Faso)
Egypt 0 – 0
Replay		 Zimbabwe
Attendance: 10,000

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[e]

Source: [3]

South Africa replaced São Tomé and Príncipe
after the latter withdrew after seeding.

Nigeria advanced to the final round.

Nigeria 4 – 0 South Africa
Yekini
65', 89'
Surulere Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria
Attendance: 40,738
Referee: Rex Odei (Ghana
)
South Africa 1 – 0 Congo
Masinga 27'
Congo 0 – 1 Nigeria
Yekini
22'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon
)
South Africa 0 – 0 Nigeria
Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa
Attendance: 47,748
Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana
)
Congo 0 – 1 South Africa
Legodi 86'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sylvain Abikanlou (Benin
)
Nigeria 2 – 0 Congo
Fuludu 14'
George 84'
Attendance: 30,202
Referee: Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria)

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

Source: [3]

Ivory Coast advanced to the final round.

Ivory Coast 6 – 0 Botswana
A. Traoré 10', 17' (pen.), 86'
Ben Salah 14'
Tiéhi 69'
Kouadio 70'
Nigeria
)
Niger 0 – 0 Ivory Coast
Attendance: 14,230
Referee: Ahmat Kinder (Ghana)
Botswana 0 – 1 Niger
Yattaga 32'
Swaziland
)
Botswana 0 – 0 Ivory Coast
Referee: Alem Assefa (Ethiopia)
Ivory Coast 1 – 0 Niger
A. Traoré 54'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea
)
Niger 2 – 1 Botswana
Yahaya 23', 89' Duiker 37'
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

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

Source: [3]

Benin replaced Malawi after the latter withdrew after seeding.

Morocco advanced to the final round.

Tunisia 5 – 1 Benin
Hamrouni 40', 52'
Sellimi
77'		 Sacramento 43'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia
Attendance: 30,118
)
Morocco 5 – 0
Suspended at 51'[f]		 Ethiopia
Chaouch 2', 29'
Fertout 14'
Lashaf 40'
Samadi 50'
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)
Ethiopia 0 – 0 Tunisia
Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Attendance: 2,488
Referee: Bora Mady Kanoso (Madagascar
)
Benin 0 – 1 Morocco
Daoudi 50'
Attendance: 2,488
Referee: Oi Attikora (Ivory Coast)
Tunisia 1 – 1 Morocco
F. Rouissi 44' Bouyboub 85'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia
Attendance: 36,950
)
Ethiopia 3 – 1 Benin
Hussein 7'
Beguashaw 38'
Tenker 50'		 Sossa 21'
Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Referee: Christopher Yolisichra-Musa (Uganda
)
Ethiopia 0 – 1 Morocco
Fertout 33'
Kenya
)
Benin 0 – 5 Tunisia
Tlemçani 15'
L. Rouissi 18', 42'
Herichi 45', 61'
Attendance: 5,933
Referee: Lazare Essimi Mbengue (Cameroon)
Tunisia 3 – 0 Ethiopia
Hamrouni
89'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia
Attendance: 7,500
)
Morocco 5 – 0 Benin
Chaouch 2', 17'
El Khalej 42'
Abrami 60' (pen.)
Mezziane 72'
Attendance: 9,602
Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal)
Benin 1 – 0 Ethiopia
Arouna 62'
Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)
Morocco 0 – 0 Tunisia
Attendance: 60,000

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

Source: [3]

Senegal advanced to the final round.

Gabon 3 – 1 Mozambique
Nzamba 12', 24'
Aubameyang 75'		 Sardina 17'
Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon
Attendance: 8,903
Referee: Joao Do Nascimento Gonçalves (Angola
)
Mozambique 0 – 1 Senegal
Diallo 86'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Christian Chikuka (Zambia)
Gabon 3 – 2 Senegal
Ondo
82'
Sané
74'
Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea
)
Mozambique 1 – 1 Gabon
Owanga 50' Nzamba 40'
Attendance: 8,778
Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidhi (Tanzania)
Senegal 6 – 1 Mozambique
Sané 13', 20'
Seck 27', 82'
Badiane 48'
Diarra
75'		 Tembe 44'
Nigeria
)
Senegal 1 – 0 Gabon
Badiane 35'
Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal
Referee: Moulay-Lahcen Najachi (Morocco
)

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

Source: [3]

Namibia replaced Burkina Faso who withdrew after seeding

Zambia advanced to the final round.

Zambia 2 – 0
Annulled		 Tanzania
J. Bwalya 20'
Mutale 30'
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Gerald Gwatidzo (Zimbabwe)
Madagascar 3 – 0 Namibia
Jean-Paul 29'
Harry 44', 58'
Attendance: 13,650
Referee: Goinsamy Maunick (Mauritius)
Tanzania 0 – 0
Annulled		 Madagascar
Attendance: 6,881
Referee: Charles Bakundukize (Burundi)
Namibia 0 – 4 Zambia
Chikwalakwala 15', 35'
Mutale 22', 26'
Referee: Louis Yana Yana (Cameroon)
Tanzania 2 – 0
Annulled		 Namibia
Lunyamila 52'
Minde 74'
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
Madagascar 2 – 0 Zambia
Rasoanaivo 52'
Jean-Paul
90'
Attendance: 23,050
Referee: Bekele Kidane (Ethiopia)
Tanzania 1 – 3
Annulled		 Zambia
Jumanne 44' K. Bwalya 5'
Mwila 42'
A. Bwalya 67'
Attendance: 8,894
Referee: Charles Bakundukize (Burundi)
Namibia 0 – 1 Madagascar
Remi 3'
Referee: Jelas Ntebu Masole (Botswana)
Zambia 4 – 0 Namibia
Chansa 4'
Musonda 2' (pen.)
K. Bwalya 79'
Simambe 84'
Referee: Jorge Mario Femandes (Angola)
Zambia 3 – 1 Madagascar
Mutale 14'
K. Bwalya 65'
Mwitwa 68'		 Rasoanaivo 82'
Referee: Hussein Ali Mousa (Egypt)

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

Source: [3]

Guinea advanced to the final round.

Guinea 4 – 0 Kenya
F. Camara 51'
Oularé 53'
T. Camara 65', 89'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Infali Cassama (Gabon)
Kenya 2 – 0 Guinea
Matego 10'
Nachok 88'
Attendance: 6,785
Referee: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)

Notes

  1. ^ The Zaire–Swaziland match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
  2. ^ The Angola–Togo match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
  3. ^ The result of the original Egypt–Zimbabwe match was annulled due to crowd violence; it was later replayed on neutral ground.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.[4]
  6. ^ The Morocco–Ethiopia match was suspended after 51 minutes due to Ethiopia being reduced to seven players; the result was affirmed.

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Rob (6 January 1993). "1993:The Year Out of Time". International Herald Tribune – via The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Path to World Cup Full of Bizarre Turns". Chicago Tribune. 15 April 1993.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Libyan Ban Raises Cup Questions". Chicago Tribune. 11 July 1993.

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