1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy.
26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage. FIFA rejected the entries of Mauritius and Mozambique due to their outstanding debts, leaving 24 nations to contest the qualifying spots. Lesotho, Rwanda and Togo withdrew after the draw for the first round, which took place on 12 December 1987, but before playing a match. Libya won their first round tie and advanced to the second round, but withdrew halfway through that stage, meaning all their results in the group were annulled.
Format
First Round: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Zaire, the eight best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining sixteen teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
Second Round: The eight winners from the first round were joined by the eight seeded teams and divided into four groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The four remaining teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.
First round
Eight knockout (two-legged) ties were originally required, involving the sixteen lowest ranked African countries. The withdrawals of three teams meant only five ties were actually contested. The eight successful teams advanced to the group format of the second round.
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Second round
The eight qualifiers from the first round were joined by the eight highest-ranked CAF teams. The teams were split into four groups of four which played a home-and-away round-robin, with the four group winners advancing to the final round.
Group A
Libya played one match in this group before withdrawing from the competition, annulling their results.
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
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The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.
Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.
Qualified teams
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
4 goals
François Omam-Biyik
3 goals
Rabah Madjer
Djamel Menad
André Kana-Biyik
Abdel Rasoul Hesham
Peterkins Kayira
Stephen Keshi
Jameleddine Limam
Eugène Kabongo
2 goals
José Vieira Dias
Joseph Maluka
Émile Mbouh
Abdoulaye Emmerson
Oumar Ben Salah
James Debbah
George Weah
Samson Siasia
Nabil Maâloul
Sundayin Moriri
N'Kiambi Mapuata
Kalusha Bwalya
Derby Makinka
1 goal
Mavango Kiala
Osvaldo de Oliveira
Paulão
Manuel Saavedra
Gabriel Gnimassou
Jules Kadeba
Bonaventure Djonkep
Emmanuel Kundé
Louis-Paul Mfédé
Mohamed Ala'a
Mohamed El-Akad
Hossam Hassan
Ibrahim Hassan
Régis Manon
Michel Minico
Joel Minko
Guy-Roger Nzamba
Nicaise Ondeno
Camara Toure
Peter Dawo
George Onyango
Jean-Pierre Guede Akenon
Yao Lambert Amani
Sékou Bamba
Ezzewdin Bezan
Fawzi El-Aisawi
Ayad El-Ghadi
Gilbert Chirwa
Singo McDonald
Lawrence Waya
Aziz Bouderbala
Mohamed Madih
Abdelfettah Rhiati
Mohammed Timoumi
Michael Obiku
Wole Odegbami
Osama Idriss
Lasaad Abdelli
Tarak Dhiab
Bassam Jeridi
Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi
Kais Yâakoubi
Kuyangana Makukula
Nkiere Wawa
Lucky Msiska
Charly Musonda
Witson Nyirenda
Stanley Ndunduma
External links
Africa Zone at FIFA.com
World Cup 1990 qualifications - Africa at RSSSF.com
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