The

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF) section of the

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. Fo ...

saw teams competing for one berth in the

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. Thirteen nations in total entered the qualifying stage but FIFA rejected the entries of

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

and

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, leaving 11 nations to contest the qualifying spot.

Format

There would be three rounds of play: *First Round: Ten teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis, with Ghana receiving a bye to the Second Round. The winners (determined by

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) would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The six teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The three remaining teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

Qualification

First Round

''The

was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.'' ---- The

was tied 2–2, and since

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round. Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off. ---- Tunisia advanced to the Second Round. ---- Nigeria advanced to the Second Round. ---- Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

The

was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round. Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss. ---- Sudan advanced to the Final Round. ---- Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Morocco qualified.

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Garba Okoye ;3 goals *

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* Babiker Santo ;2 goals * Zerga Geremew * Asmeron Germa * Mohammed El Filali *

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* Olumuyiwa Oshode *

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* Ismaeil Bakhit *

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* Ezzedine Chakroun ;1 goal * Boualem Amirouche * David Ayo * Dieudonné Bassanguen * Norbert Owona * Kebede Asfaw *

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* Abekah Ankrah *

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* Ahmed Ben Soed * Mohamed Koussa *

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* Driss Bamous *

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* Moulay Khanousi * Joseph Aghoghovbia * Peter Anieke *

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* Sebastian Broderick Imasuen * Sunday Ineh * Augustine Ofuokwu *

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* 19 ...

* Emile Pierre Diéme * Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop * Jadallah Kheirelseid * Hasabu El Sagheir * Abdelkfi Elsheikh * Jagdoul * Awad Koka * Bushra Wahba *

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* Abdesselem Cheman *

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* Dickson Makwaza

References

External links

African Zone
at FIFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1970 Fifa World Cup Qualification (CAF) CAF FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Qual