1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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Result:

Countries that qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Countries that did not qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Countries that did not enter, withdrew or were disqualified

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 38 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Mali and Niger both withdrew before the draw was made. The African Zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

Summary

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt, the 4 best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Final Round directly. The remaining 32 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 20 teams were divided into 5 groups of 4 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. These were:
- Tunisia
- Cameroon
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- South Africa

First round

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	0–2	Burkina Faso	0–0	0–2
Namibia	3–1	Mozambique	2–0	1–1
Malawi	0–4	South Africa	0–1	0–3
Uganda	1–5	Angola	0–2	1–3
Guinea-Bissau	4–5	Guinea	3–2	1–3
Gambia	2–5	Liberia	2–1	0–4
Swaziland	0–3	Gabon	0–1	0–2
Burundi	2–0	Sierra Leone	1–0	1–0
Madagascar	3–4	Zimbabwe	1–2	2–2
Congo	3–1	Ivory Coast	2–0	1–1
Mauritius	1–7	Zaire	1–5	0–2
Rwanda	1–5	Tunisia	1–3	0–2
Kenya	3–2	Algeria	3–1	0–1
Togo	3–2	Senegal	2–1	1–1
Sudan	2–3	Zambia	2–0	0–3
Tanzania	1–2	Ghana	0–0	1–2

Final round

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Final Round

Key:

Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	6	4	1	1	10	4	6	13
2	Guinea	6	4	0	2	10	5	5	12
3	Kenya	6	3	1	2	11	12	-1	10
4	Burkina Faso	6	0	0	6	7	17	-10	0

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tunisia	6	5	1	0	10	1	9	16
2	Egypt	6	3	1	2	15	5	10	10
3	Liberia	6	1	1	4	2	10	-8	4
4	Namibia	6	1	1	4	6	17	-11	4

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	6	4	1	1	7	3	4	13
2	Congo	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
3	Zambia	6	2	2	2	7	6	1	8
4	DR Congo	6	0	2	4	4	9	-5	2

In May 1997, Zaire were renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo DR).

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cameroon	6	4	2	0	10	4	6	14
2	Angola	6	2	4	0	7	4	3	10
3	Zimbabwe	6	1	1	4	6	7	-1	4
4	Togo	6	1	1	4	6	14	-8	4

Group 5

Gabon vs Sierra Leone was not played, since neither team could advance with a win.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morocco	6	5	1	0	14	2	12	16
2	Sierra Leone	5	2	1	2	4	6	-2	7
3	Ghana	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
4	Gabon	5	0	1	4	1	11	-10	1

External links

1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

AFC	First Round Final Round Play-off

CAF	First Round Final Round

CONCACAF	Preliminary Round First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round

CONMEBOL	Group Round

OFC	First Round Second Round Third Round

UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs

Play-offs	AFC v OFC

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