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 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

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

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

and

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

due to their outstanding debts, leaving 24 nations to contest the qualifying spots.

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population ...

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

and

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

withdrew after the draw for the first round, which took place on 12 December 1987, but before playing a match.

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

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:

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Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre i ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

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Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

, 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.

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

played one match in this group before withdrawing from the competition, annulling their results.

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

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 The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being ...

. 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 Djamel Menad ( ar, جمال مناد; born 22 July 1960) is an Algerian retired professional footballer, who played as a forward and who manages USM El Harrach. Club career Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with CR Belouizdad ...

André Kana-Biyik André Kana-Biyik (born 1 September 1965) is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender. The brother of François, he started a professional career in 1986 with Diamant Yaoundé. From 1988 to 1994 he played in France Ligue 1 with ...

* Abdel Rasoul Hesham * Peterkins Kayira *

Stephen Keshi Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and manager. During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most ...

* Jameleddine Limam *

Eugène Kabongo Eugène Kabongo Ngoy (born 3 November 1960) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward for R.F.C. Seraing, RC Paris, Anderlecht, Olympique Lyonnais and Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the de ...

;2 goals * José Vieira Dias * Joseph Maluka *

Émile Mbouh Émile Belmont Mbouh Mbouh (born 30 May 1966) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. Club career Born in Douala, Mbouh played club football for Union Douala, Diamant Yaoundé, ...

* 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 Emmanuel Jérôme Kundé (born 15 July 1956) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his professional career playing for Canon Yaoundé. He was also a member of the Cameroon national t ...

* 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 Lawrence Waya (born 25 May 1963 in Mphonde, Nyasaland) is a former Malawi international football player and manager. Club career Born in the village of Mphonde in Phalombe District, Waya joined local club Bata Bullets in 1980. He spent most of ...

Aziz Bouderbala Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala ( ar, عبد العزيز الإدريسي بودربالة; born December 26, 1960) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 ...

* Mohamed Madih * Abdelfettah Rhiati * Mohammed Timoumi * Michael Obiku * Wole Odegbami * Osama Idriss * Lasaad Abdelli * Tarak Dhiab * Bassam Jeridi * Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi *

Kais Yâakoubi Kais Yâakoubi, also written Kais Yakoubi ( ar, قيس اليعقوبي; born 18 July 1966) is a Tunisian former footballer He was capped 14 times for Tunisia and was also a squad member for the 1988 Olympics. Honours ; Club Africain: * Tunisi ...

* Kuyangana Makukula * Nkiere Wawa * Lucky Msiska * Charly Musonda * Witson Nyirenda * Stanley Ndunduma

External links

Africa Zone
at FIFA.com

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