1974 African Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1974 African Cup of Nations which was held in Egypt in March 1974. Eight teams qualified for the finals, including Egypt as hosts and Congo as the holders of the title, having won the 1972 tournament in Cameroon.

Qualification followed a knock-out model, with teams playing two-legged ties with another, one match being played at a home venue for each team. After a preliminary round, 24 teams competed in the first round of qualification. The winners went on to the second round with the winning teams from those ties qualifying for the finals. Matches were held between March and July 1973. A number of teams withdrew at the preliminary or first round stages of the tournament with their scheduled opponents automatically progressing to the next round. After winning their first round match the Central African Republic were disqualified and their opponents, Ivory Coast progressed to the second round, eventually reaching the finals.

Alongside Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mauritius, Uganda, Zaire and Zambia reached the finals, Uganda having taken part in the preliminary round of the qualification process.

## Qualifying tournament

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### Preliminary round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Somalia | 2–5  |  Uganda | 2–0  | 0–5
Central African Republic | w/o  |  Gabon | —  | —
Sierra Leone | w/o  |  Dahomey | —  | —

10 March 1973

Somalia | 2–0|  Uganda

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Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

24 March 1973

Uganda | 5–0|  Somalia

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Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Uganda won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Central African Republic | Cancelled|  Gabon

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|  | Withdrew

Central African Republic progress, Gabon withdrew.

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Sierra Leone | Cancelled|  Dahomey

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|  | Withdrew

Sierra Leone progress, Dahomey withdrew.

### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Sierra Leone | 3–5  |  Mali | 1–1  | 2–4
Ghana | 3–3 (5–3 p)  |  Senegal | 3–2  | 0–1
Central African Republic | 5–6  |  Ivory Coast | 4–2  | 1–5
Ethiopia | 2–4  |  Tanzania | 2–1  | 0–3
Lesotho | 1–5  |  Mauritius | 0–0  | 1–5
Sudan | 2–3  |  Nigeria | 1–1  | 1–2
Upper Volta | 1–9  |  Zaire | 0–5  | 1–4
Uganda | 3–1  |  Kenya | 1–0  | 2–1
Zambia | 4–3  |  Madagascar | 3–1  | 1–2
Algeria | w/o  |  Libya | —  | —
Cameroon | w/o  |  Niger | —  | —
Guinea | w/o  |  Togo | —  | —

31 March 1973

Sierra Leone | 1–1|  Mali

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|  | Bocoum  39'

Freetown

28 April 1973

Mali | 4–2|  Sierra Leone

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Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Mali won 5–3 on aggregate.

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8 April 1973

Ghana | 3–2|  Senegal

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Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

21 April 1973

Senegal | 1–0|  Ghana

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Penalties
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Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Ghana won 5–3 on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate.

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8 April 1973

Central African Republic | 4–2|  Ivory Coast

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Bangui

22 April 1973

Ivory Coast | 2–1
Abandoned[1]|  Central African Republic

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Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

29 July 1973

Ivory Coast | 5–1|  Central African Republic

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Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Ivory Coast won 6–5 on aggregate.

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8 April 1973

Ethiopia | 2–1|  Tanzania

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Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa

22 April 1973

Tanzania | 3–0|  Ethiopia

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National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Tanzania won 4–2 on aggregate.

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8 April 1973

Lesotho | 0–0|  Mauritius

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Maseru

22 April 1973

Mauritius | 5–1|  Lesotho

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Port Louis

Mauritius won 5–1 on aggregate.

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13 April 1973

Sudan | 1–1|  Nigeria

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Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

21 April 1973

Nigeria | 2–1|  Sudan

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Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

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15 April 1973

Upper Volta | 0–5|  Zaire

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Ouagadougou

22 April 1973

Zaire | 4–1|  Upper Volta

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Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Zaire won 9–1 on aggregate.

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15 April 1973

Uganda | 1–0|  Kenya

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Mukasa 3' |  |

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

28 April 1973

Kenya | 1–2|  Uganda

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Chitechi 20' |  | Mukasa 30'
Semwanga 50' (pen.)

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

Uganda won 3–1 on aggregate.

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22 April 1973

Zambia | 3–1|  Madagascar

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Mugala 4', 58'
Chitalu 65' |  |

Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola

5 June 1973

Madagascar | 2–1|  Zambia

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|  | Chitalu 43'

Antananarivo

Zambia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Algeria | Cancelled|  Libya

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|  | Withdrew

Algeria progress, Libya withdrew.

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Cameroon | Cancelled|  Niger

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|  | Withdrew

Cameroon progress, Niger withdrew.

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Guinea | Cancelled|  Togo

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|  | Withdrew

Guinea progress, Togo withdrew.

### Second round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Cameroon | 2–3  |  Zaire | 2–1  | 0–2
Mali | 3–3 (6–7 p)  |  Guinea | 2–2  | 1–1
Uganda | 3–2  |  Algeria | 2–1  | 1–1
Tanzania | 1–1 (3–4 p)  |  Mauritius | 1–1  | 0–0
Ghana | 0–4  |  Ivory Coast | 0–3  | 0–1
Zambia | 7–4  |  Nigeria | 5–1  | 2–3

27 May 1973

Cameroon | 2–1|  Zaire

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Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

14 June 1973

Zaire | 2–0|  Cameroon

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Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Zaire won 3–2 on aggregate.

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27 May 1973

Mali | 2–2|  Guinea

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Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

14 June 1973

Guinea | 1–1|  Mali

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Penalties
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Conakry

Guinea won 7–6 on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate.

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27 May 1973

Uganda | 2–1|  Algeria

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Mukasa
Obua |  | Gamouh 33'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 30,000

14 June 1973

Algeria | 1–1|  Uganda

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Hadefi 52' (pen.) |  | Ouma 66'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 13,481

Referee: ... (Egypt)

Uganda won 3–2 on aggregate.

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27 May 1973

Tanzania | 1–1|  Mauritius

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National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

14 June 1973

Mauritius | 0–0|  Tanzania

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Penalties
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Port Louis

Mauritius won 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregate.

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9 September 1973

Ghana | 0–3|  Ivory Coast

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|  | Pokou

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

23 September 1973

Ivory Coast | 1–0|  Ghana

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Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Ivory Coast won 4–0 on aggregate.

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15 July 1973

Zambia | 5–1|  Nigeria

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Chanda 31'
Kaushi 58', 70'
Sinyangwe 60', 75' (pen.) |  | Iziebige  20'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: ... (Lesotho)

29 July 1973

Nigeria | 3–2|  Zambia

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|  | Kaushi
Chanda

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Zambia won 7–4 on aggregate.

## Qualified teams

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The 8 qualified teams are:

* Congo (holders)
* Egypt (hosts)
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Mauritius
* Uganda
* Zaire
* Zambia

## Notes

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## External links

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* CAN 1974 details \- rsssf.com

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Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.

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1. ^ The match between Ivory Coast and Central African Republic was abandoned after Central African Republic refused to play the second half. The match was replayed on 29 July 1973 on neutral ground in Lagos, Nigeria.

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