1974 AFRICAN NATIONS CUP QUALIFYING

African Nations Cup 1957-2004
Final Tournament
Preliminary Round | First Round | Second Round | Statistics

Egypt qualified as host, Congo qualified as holders.

Preliminary Round

12/08/1973               Somalia   2 -  0  Uganda                 
26/08/1973                Uganda   5 -  0  Somalia                

Central African Republic walkover Gabon.

Sierra Leone walkover Benin.

First Round

16/09/1973  Central_African_Rep.   4 -  2  Ivory_Coast            
30/09/1973           Ivory_Coast   2 -  1  Central_African_Rep.   

Ivory Coast qualified for second round, Central African Republic disqualified.

16/09/1973              Ethiopia   2 -  1  Tanzania               
30/09/1973              Tanzania   3 -  0  Ethiopia               

16/09/1973                 Ghana   3 -  2  Senegal                
30/09/1973               Senegal   1 -  0  Ghana                   PEN: 3-5 (FT: 1-0)

16/09/1973               Lesotho   0 -  0  Mauritius              
30/09/1973             Mauritius   5 -  1  Lesotho                

16/09/1973          Sierra_Leone   1 -  1  Mali                   
30/09/1973                  Mali   4 -  2  Sierra_Leone           

16/09/1973                 Sudan   1 -  1  Nigeria                
30/09/1973               Nigeria   2 -  1  Sudan                  

16/09/1973                Uganda   1 -  0  Kenya                  
30/09/1973                 Kenya   1 -  2  Uganda                 

16/09/1973           Upper_Volta   0 -  5  Zaire                  
30/09/1973                 Zaire   4 -  1  Upper_Volta            

16/09/1973                Zambia   3 -  1  Madagascar             
30/09/1973            Madagascar   2 -  1  Zambia                 

Algeria walkover Libya.

Cameroon walkover Niger.

Guinea walkover Togo.

Second Round

Winners qualified for finals.

28/10/1973              Cameroon   2 -  1  Zaire                  
11/11/1973                 Zaire   2 -  0  Cameroon               

28/10/1973                 Ghana   0 -  3  Ivory_Coast            
11/11/1973           Ivory_Coast   1 -  0  Ghana                  

28/10/1973                  Mali   2 -  2  Guinea                 
11/11/1973                Guinea   1 -  1  Mali                    Guinea won ?-? after penalties

28/10/1973              Tanzania   1 -  1  Mauritius              
11/11/1973             Mauritius   0 -  0  Tanzania                Mauritius won ?-? after penalties

28/10/1973                Uganda   2 -  1  Algeria                
11/11/1973               Algeria   1 -  1  Uganda                 

28/10/1973                Zambia   5 -  1  Nigeria                
11/11/1973               Nigeria   3 -  2  Zambia                 

Statistics

    TEAM                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   Uganda                    6     4     1     1    11     5    +6    13   72.2
2   Zaire                     4     3     0     1    12     3    +9     9   75.0
3   Ivory_Coast               4     3     0     1     8     5    +3     9   75.0
4   Nigeria                   4     2     1     1     7     9    -2     7   58.3
5   Zambia                    4     2     0     2    11     7    +4     6   50.0
6   Mauritius                 4     1     3     0     6     2    +4     6   50.0
7   Mali                      4     1     3     0     8     6    +2     6   50.0
8   Tanzania                  4     1     2     1     5     3    +2     5   41.7
9   Central_African_Rep.      2     1     0     1     5     4    +1     3   50.0
10  Senegal                   2     1     0     1     3     3     0     3   50.0
11  Madagascar                2     1     0     1     3     4    -1     3   50.0
12  Cameroon                  2     1     0     1     2     3    -1     3   50.0
13  Ethiopia                  2     1     0     1     2     4    -2     3   50.0
14  Somalia                   2     1     0     1     2     5    -3     3   50.0
15  Ghana                     4     1     0     3     3     7    -4     3   25.0
16  Guinea                    2     0     2     0     3     3     0     2   33.3
17  Algeria                   2     0     1     1     2     3    -1     1   16.7
18  Sudan                     2     0     1     1     2     3    -1     1   16.7
19  Sierra_Leone              2     0     1     1     3     5    -2     1   16.7
20  Lesotho                   2     0     1     1     1     5    -4     1   16.7
21  Kenya                     2     0     0     2     1     3    -2     0    0.0
22  Upper_Volta               2     0     0     2     1     9    -8     0    0.0