# 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 22 CAF teams entered the competition (two withdrew). The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

## Format

There would be four rounds of play:
* First 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 3 teams left.
* Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Morocco | 2–1 | Senegal | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Algeria | 2–5 | Guinea | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Egypt | 2–3 | Tunisia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Sierra Leone | 0–3 | Ivory Coast | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Kenya | 2–1 | Sudan | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Tanzania | 1–4 | Ethiopia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Lesotho | 1–6 | Zambia | 0–0 | 1–6 |
| Nigeria | 3–2 | Congo-Brazzaville | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dahomey | 1–10 | Ghana | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| Togo | 0–4 | Zaire | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Mauritius | w/o | Madagascar | — | — |
| Cameroon | w/o | Gabon | — | — |
Morocco won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Guinea won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Ivory Coast won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Kenya won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
Zambia won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Nigeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Ghana won 10–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Zaire won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.
Madagascar withdrew, so Mauritius advanced to the Second Round automatically.
Gabon withdrew, so Cameroon advanced to the Second Round automatically.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Guinea | 1–3 | Morocco | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Tunisia | 2–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Mauritius | 3–5 | Kenya | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Ethiopia | 2–4 | Zambia | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Nigeria | 0–2 | Ghana | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Cameroon | 1–3 | Zaire | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Ivory Coast won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Kenya won 5–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.
The aggregate score was tied 1–1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.
Zaire advanced to the Third Round.

## Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ivory Coast | 2–5 | Morocco | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Zambia | 4–2 | Kenya | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Ghana | 2–4 | Zaire | 1–0 | 1–4 |
Morocco won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Zambia won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Zaire won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

## Final round

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Zaire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
| 2 | Zambia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
| 3 | Morocco | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
Zaire qualified.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Zaire | Final Round winners | 9 December 1973 | 0 (debut) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* William Ouma
* Kembo Uba Kembo

### 5 goals

* Kwasi Owusu
* Ahmed Faras

### 4 goals

* Kakoko Etepé
* Jean-Kalala N'Tumba

### 3 goals

* Tariku Ingdawerk
* Moustapha Choukri
* Freddie Mwila
* Moses Simwala
* Brighton Sinyangwe

### 2 goals

* Noël Kouamé
* Bernard N'Guessan
* Mama Ouattara
* Abwcari Gariba
* Osei Kofi
* Ibrahim Sunday
* Chérif Souleymane
* Daniel Jean Robert Imbert
* Yakubu Mambo
* Kenneth Olayombo
* Ezzedine Chakroun
* Mohieddine Habita
* Bernard Chanda
* Godfrey Chitalu
* Joseph Mapulanga

### 1 goal

* Rabah Gamouh
* Mokhtar Kalem
* Paul-Gaston Ndongo
* Jean-Michel M'Bono
* Noël Minga
* Kouman Kobinam
* Laurent Pokou
* Damien Kamilou
* Sayed Abdelrazak
* Ali Khalil
* Tekeste Gebremedhin
* Kassahun Teka
* Seyoum Tesfaye
* Akuetteh Armah
* Joseph Ghartey
* Clifford Odame
* Joseph Sam
* Maxime Camara
* Smith Samuel
* Petit Sory
* Soriba Soumah
* Daniel Anyanzwa
* Peter Ouma
* John Shore
* Ramoseli Thietsi
* Anwar Jackaria
* Hassan Amcharrat
* Chérif Fetoui
* Maouhoub Ghazouani
* Mohamed Maghfour
* Sunday Oyarekhua
* Louis Gomis Diop
* Izzeldin Osman
* Nassoro Mashoto
* Abdesselam Adhouma
* Mbungu Ekofa
* Mavuba Mafuila
* Mayanga Maku
* Kamunda Tshinabu
* Obby Kapita
* Simon Kaushi
* Burton Mugala
* Boniface Simutowe