Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup

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rounds for the African zone ( CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

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''. A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format

There would be four rounds of play: * First Round: 3 teams,

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and

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, 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

''Egypt won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''Kenya won 5–4 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''Malawi won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''Zambia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''Sudan advanced to the Second Round on

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after a draw 1–1 on agg.'' ---- ''Morocco won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''Tunisia won 6–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.'' ---- ''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 advanced to the Second Round on

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after a draw won 1–1 on agg.'' ---- ''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

''Zambia won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.'' ---- ''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 advanced to the Third Round on

after a draw 1–1 on agg.'' ---- ''Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.'' ---- ''Libya won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.'' ---- ''Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.''

Third round

''Algeria won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.'' ---- ''Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.'' ---- ''Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.'' ---- ''Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.''

Final round

''Algeria won 7–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.'' ---- ''Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.''

Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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* Mustapha Merry ;3 goals *

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* Abdoulaye Traoré * Joe Masiga * Michael Chabala ;2 goals *

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* Emad Suleiman * Mulugeta Kebede *

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* Aziz Bouderbala * Saad Dahane * Mohamed Timoumi * Humphrey Edobor * Rashidi Yekini * Mohamed Gasri *

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;1 goal * Nasser Bouiche *

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* Ivo Raimundo Traça *

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* 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 *

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* 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 *

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* Khalid Labied * Ademola Adeshina *

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* Okey Isima *

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* Yisa Sofoluwe * Clement Temile * Abdou Karim Sèye *

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* Peter Tino * Hakim Braham * Lotfi Hsoumi * Godfrey Katerega *

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* Jones Chilengi * Fanny Hangunyu * Lucky Msiska * Aaron Njovu ;1 own goal *

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(playing against

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) * Bernard Leclézio (playing against

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)

External links

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (Zone Africa) - ''fifa.com''
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