1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round

Listed below are the dates and results for the first round for the African zone (CAF) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament . For an overview of the entire African zone, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) . For an overview of the qualification rounds in their entirety, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification .

A total of 40 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and Sudan all withdrew before the draw was made. The Liberian team withdrew during qualification due to financial hardship during the First Liberian Civil War ^[1] and Libya withdrew due to UN sanctions. ^[2]

The African zone was allocated 3 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. ^[3]

For the first round of play, the zone's 36 remaining teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the group winners advancing to the final round. ^[3]

Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
Ghana	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	4
Burundi	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	3
Uganda	withdrew

Source: ^[3]

Algeria advanced to the final round.

9 October 1992

Algeria	3–1	Burundi
Tasfaout 40', 87' Meziane 70'	Report	Niyonkuru 89' (pen.)

Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

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25 October 1992

Burundi	1–0	Ghana
Habimana 78'

Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura, Burundi

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidhi (Tanzania)

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20 December 1992

Ghana	2–0	Algeria
Yeboah 24' K. Ayew 82'	Report

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Souleymane Badara Sene (Senegal)

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17 January 1993

Burundi	0–0	Algeria
	Report

Stade Prince Louis Rwagasore, Bujumbura, Burundi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jonathan Gatera (Rwanda)

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31 January 1993

Ghana	1–0	Burundi
A. Pele 19'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana

Attendance: 31,711

Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

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26 February 1993

Algeria	2–1	Ghana
Brahimi 60' Meziane 85'	Report	Akonnor 12'

Stade Akid Lotfi, Tlemcen, Algeria

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6	6
Swaziland	3	1	1	1	1	5	−4	3
Zaire	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Liberia	withdrew after one match

Source: ^[3]

Liberia withdrew after one match, the result was annulled. Swaziland and Zaire did not play last match as neither could qualify

Cameroon advanced to the final round.

11 October 1992

Zaire	4 – 2 Annulled	Liberia
Kabongo 39', 50' Lukaku 72', 85'		Sebwe 32' Sogbie 55'

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Zaire

Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

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18 October 1992

Cameroon	5–0	Swaziland
Tiki 10' Tchami 16' Djappa 20' Mbarga 64' Fiala 88'

Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Attendance: 10,336

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

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25 October 1992

Liberia	0 – 0 Annulled	Cameroon

SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia

Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)

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25 October 1992

Swaziland	1–0	Zaire
Terblanche 85'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Swaziland

Referee: Haroun Onderah (Kenya)

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10 January 1993

Zaire	1–2	Cameroon
Katschi 85' (pen.)		Ebongué 50' Tchami 60'

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Zaire

Attendance: 28,941

Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (Zambia)

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17 January 1993

Swaziland	0–0	Cameroon

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Swaziland

Referee: Christian Chikuka (Zambia)

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31 January 1993

Zaire	Not Played [a]	Swaziland

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Zaire

Referee: Bantsimba (Congo)

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1 March 1993

Cameroon	0–0	Zaire

Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Referee: Anthony Edusah (Ghana)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zimbabwe	6	4	2	0	8	4	+4	10
Egypt	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	8
Angola	5	1	2	2	3	4	−1	4
Togo	5	0	0	5	2	11	−9	0

Source: ^[3]

Togo replaced Sierra Leone after the latter withdrew after seeding.

Angola vs Togo was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.

Zimbabwe advanced to the final round.

9 October 1992

Zimbabwe	1–0	Togo
A. Ndlovu 67'

National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe

Attendance: 42,958

Referee: Macnever Mang'anda (Malawi)

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11 October 1992

Egypt	1–0	Angola
H. Hassan 63'

Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Referee: Rachid Ben Khedija (Tunisia)

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25 October 1992

Togo	1–4	Egypt
Salou 80'		Mansour 24' H. Hassan 32', 89' Ramzy 84' (pen.)

Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo

Attendance: 10,253

Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal)

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20 December 1992

Zimbabwe	2–1	Egypt
P. Ndlovu 40' Sawu 49'		El-Kass 64'

National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Getachew Mekonen (Ethiopia)

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10 January 1993

Angola	1–1	Zimbabwe
Russo 60'		Sawu 25'

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola

Referee: Kalumba Kabuya (Zaire)

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17 January 1993

Togo	1–2	Zimbabwe
Ali 69'		Sawu 47' McKop 62'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo

Attendance: 5,464

Referee: Fode Capi Camara (Guinea)

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18 January 1993

Angola	0–0	Egypt

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

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31 January 1993

Egypt	3–0	Togo
H. Hassan 58' Ezzat 83' El-Kass 89'

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mohamed Bahar (Madagascar)

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31 January 1993

Zimbabwe	2–1	Angola
Sawu 17' P. Ndlovu 61'		Neto 44'

National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe

Referee: Karamchand Teeluckdharry (Mauritius)

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14 February 1993

Angola	Not Played [b]	Togo

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28 February 1993

Egypt	2 – 1 Annulled [c]	Zimbabwe
Kasem 32' (pen.) H. Hassan 40'		Sawu 5'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

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28 February 1993

Togo	0–1	Angola
		Paulão 83'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo

Attendance: 2,427

Referee: Ousmane Souleymane Diallo (Burkina Faso)

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15 April 1993

Egypt	0 – 0 Replay	Zimbabwe

Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France ^[d]

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
South Africa	4	2	1	1	2	4	−2	5
Congo	4	0	0	4	0	5	−5	0
Libya	withdrew, results annulled [e]

Source: ^[3]

South Africa replaced São Tomé and Príncipe after the latter withdrew after seeding.

Nigeria advanced to the final round.

10 October 1992

Nigeria	4–0	South Africa
Ricky 34' Siasa 56' Yekini 65', 89'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria

Attendance: 40,738

Referee: Rex Odei (Ghana)

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25 October 1992

South Africa	1–0	Congo
Masinga 27'

Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa

Attendance: 18,964

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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20 December 1992

Congo	0–1	Nigeria
		Yekini 22'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

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16 January 1993

South Africa	0–0	Nigeria

Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa

Attendance: 47,748

Referee: Edwin Senai (Botswana)

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31 January 1993

Congo	0–1	South Africa
		Legodi 86'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Sylvain Abikanlou (Benin)

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27 February 1993

Nigeria	2–0	Congo
Fuludu 14' George 84'

Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, Nigeria

Attendance: 30,202

Referee: Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	4	2	2	0	7	0	+7	6
Niger	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
Botswana	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1
Sudan	withdrew

Source: ^[3]

Ivory Coast advanced to the final round.

10 October 1992

Ivory Coast	6–0	Botswana
A. Traoré 10', 17' (pen.), 86' Ben Salah 14' Tiéhi 69' Kouadio 70'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Attendance: 15,052

Referee: Titus Olabode Adegbehingbe (Nigeria)

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25 October 1992

Niger	0–0	Ivory Coast

Stade de 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger

Attendance: 14,230

Referee: Ahmat Kinder (Ghana)

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20 December 1992

Botswana	0–1	Niger
		Yattaga 32'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

Referee: Wallace Ernest Mabuza (Swaziland)

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17 January 1993

Botswana	0–0	Ivory Coast

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

Referee: Alem Assefa (Ethiopia)

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31 January 1993

Ivory Coast	1–0	Niger
A. Traoré 54'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Attendance: 18,011

Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)

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28 February 1993

Niger	2–1	Botswana
Yahaya 23', 89'		Duiker 37'

Stade de 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	6	4	2	0	13	1	+12	10
Tunisia	6	3	3	0	14	2	+12	9
Ethiopia	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	3
Benin	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	2

Source: ^[3]

Benin replaced Malawi after the latter withdrew after seeding.

Morocco advanced to the final round.

11 October 1992

Tunisia	5–1	Benin
F. Roussi 16' (pen.) Mahjoubi 30' Hamrouni 40', 52' Sellimi 77'		Sacramento 43'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 30,118

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

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11 October 1992

Morocco	5 – 0 Suspended at 51' [f]	Ethiopia
Chaouch 2', 29' Fertout 14' Lashaf 40' Samadi 50'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Attendance: 6,820

Referee: Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

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25 October 1992

Ethiopia	0–0	Tunisia

Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Attendance: 2,488

Referee: Bora Mady Kanoso (Madagascar)

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25 October 1992

Benin	0–1	Morocco
		Daoudi 50'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin

Attendance: 2,488

Referee: Oi Attikora (Ivory Coast)

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20 December 1992

Tunisia	1–1	Morocco
F. Rouissi 44'		Bouyboub 85'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 36,950

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

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20 December 1992

Ethiopia	3–1	Benin
Hussein 7' Beguashaw 38' Tenker 50'		Sossa 21'

Stade Haile Selassie, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Referee: Christopher Yolisichra-Musa (Uganda)

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17 January 1993

Ethiopia	0–1	Morocco
		Fertout 33'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Attendance: 12,757

Referee: Martin Bita Omondi (Kenya)

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17 January 1993

Benin	0–5	Tunisia
		Tlemçani 15' L. Rouissi 18', 42' Herichi 45', 61'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin

Attendance: 5,933

Referee: Lazare Essimi Mbengue (Cameroon)

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31 January 1993

Tunisia	3–0	Ethiopia
Limam 4' Mahjoubi 73' Hamrouni 89'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

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31 January 1993

Morocco	5–0	Benin
Chaouch 2', 17' El Khalej 42' Abrami 60' (pen.) Mezziane 72'

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco

Attendance: 9,602

Referee: Cherif Boubacar Mbaye (Senegal)

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28 February 1993

Benin	1–0	Ethiopia
Arouna 62'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin

Referee: Zakaria Camara (Guinea)

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28 February 1993

Morocco	0–0	Tunisia

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Gabon	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5
Mozambique	4	0	1	3	3	11	−8	1
Mauritania	withdrew

Source: ^[3]

Senegal advanced to the final round.

11 October 1992

Gabon	3–1	Mozambique
Nzamba 12', 24' Aubameyang 75'		Sardina 17'

Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon

Attendance: 8,903

Referee: Joao Do Nascimento Gonçalves (Angola)

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25 October 1992

Mozambique	0–1	Senegal
		Diallo 86'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Christian Chikuka (Zambia)

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19 December 1992

Gabon	3–2	Senegal
Amégasse 37' Nzamba 60' Ondo 82'		Lette 34' Sané 74'

Stade Omnisport de Libreville, Libreville, Gabon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)

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17 January 1993

Mozambique	1–1	Gabon
Owanga 50'		Nzamba 40'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique

Attendance: 8,778

Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidhi (Tanzania)

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30 January 1993

Senegal	6–1	Mozambique
Sané 13', 20' Seck 27', 82' Badiane 48' Diarra 75'		Tembe 44'

Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal

Attendance: 6,758

Referee: Emmanuel Dada Obafemi (Nigeria)

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27 February 1993

Senegal	1–0	Gabon
Badiane 35'

Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal

Referee: Moulay-Lahcen Najachi (Morocco)

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	6
Madagascar	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Namibia	4	0	0	4	0	12	−12	0
Tanzania	withdrew, results annulled

Source: ^[3]

Namibia replaced Burkina Faso who withdrew after seeding

Zambia advanced to the final round.

11 October 1992

Zambia	2 – 0 Annulled	Tanzania
J. Bwalya 20' Mutale 30'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Gerald Gwatidzo (Zimbabwe)

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11 October 1992

Madagascar	3–0	Namibia
Jean-Paul 29' Harry 44', 58'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Attendance: 13,650

Referee: Goinsamy Maunick (Mauritius)

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25 October 1992

Tanzania	0 – 0 Annulled	Madagascar

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania

Attendance: 6,881

Referee: Charles Bakundukize (Burundi)

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25 October 1992

Namibia	0–4	Zambia
		Chikwalakwala 15', 35' Mutale 22', 26'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia

Referee: Louis Yana Yana (Cameroon)

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19 December 1992

Tanzania	2 – 0 Annulled	Namibia
Lunyamila 52' Minde 74'

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania

Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

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20 December 1992

Madagascar	2–0	Zambia
Rasoanaivo 52' Jean-Paul 90'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Attendance: 23,050

Referee: Bekele Kidane (Ethiopia)

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16 January 1993

Tanzania	1 – 3 Annulled	Zambia
Jumanne 44'		K. Bwalya 5' Mwila 42' A. Bwalya 67'

CCM Kirumba Stadium, Mwanza, Tanzania

Attendance: 8,894

Referee: Charles Bakundukize (Burundi)

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17 January 1993

Namibia	0–1	Madagascar
		Remi 3'

Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia

Referee: Jelas Ntebu Masole (Botswana)

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20 January 1993

Zambia	4–0	Namibia
Chansa 4' Musonda 2' (pen.) K. Bwalya 79' Simambe 84'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

Referee: Jorge Mario Femandes (Angola)

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27 February 1993

Zambia	3–1	Madagascar
Mutale 14' K. Bwalya 65' Mwitwa 68'		Rasoanaivo 82'

Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia

Referee: Hussein Ali Mousa (Egypt)

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
Kenya	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	2
Gambia	withdrew
Mali	withdrew

Source: ^[3]

Guinea advanced to the final round.

20 December 1992

Guinea	4–0	Kenya
F. Camara 51' Oularé 53' T. Camara 65', 89'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Infali Cassama (Gabon)

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27 February 1993

Kenya	2–0	Guinea
Matego 10' Nachok 88'

Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Attendance: 6,785

Referee: Fethi Boucetta (Tunisia)

Notes

1. The Zaire–Swaziland match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
2. The Angola–Togo match was not played, as neither team could advance with a win.
3. The result of the original Egypt–Zimbabwe match was annulled due to crowd violence; it was later replayed on neutral ground.
4. The second Egypt–Zimbabwe match took place in France instead on in Egypt due to the crowd violence that had caused the previous match's results to be annulled.
5. Libya was originally scheduled to play all of its matches away; however, it withdrew in protest to this ruling and due to the UN sanctions against it. ^[4]
6. The Morocco–Ethiopia match was suspended after 51 minutes due to Ethiopia being reduced to seven players; the result was affirmed.

References

1. Hughes, Rob (6 January 1993). "1993:The Year Out of Time". International Herald Tribune – via The New York Times.
2. "Path to World Cup Full of Bizarre Turns". Chicago Tribune . 15 April 1993.
3. Stokkermans, Karel; Henrique Jarreta, Sergio (30 December 2019). "World Cup 1994 Qualifying". RSSSF . Retrieved 18 June 2024.
4. "Libyan Ban Raises Cup Questions". Chicago Tribune. 11 July 1993.

External links

• Detailed Match Results at RSSSF