1994 African Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the qualifying process qualifying for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. Zaire was originally chosen to host the final tournament, however it was replaced by Tunisia.

The qualification took place in 8 groups. 10 teams would progress to the tournament. Ivory Coast and Tunisia qualified automatically as defending champions and hosts respectively. Qualification began on 14 June 1992 and ended on 24 October 1993.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Lesotho  4–0  Botswana 0–0 4–0
Guinea-Bissau  4–2  Cape Verde 3–1 0–1 1–0
14 June 1992
Lesotho 0–0 Botswana

Lesotho won 4–0 on aggregate.

14 June 1992
Guinea-Bissau 3–1 Cape Verde
28 June 1992
Cape Verde 1–0 Guinea-Bissau
Play-off
5 July 1992
Guinea-Bissau 1–0 Cape Verde

Guinea-Bissau won 1–0 after the play-off.

Qualifying round

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Gabon 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10
 Cameroon 6 3 3 0 7 0 +7 9
 Niger 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 5
 Benin 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 1992
Gabon 0–0 Cameroon
Attendance: 21,000
16 August 1992
Benin 1–2 Niger
Sossa 66' Barkire 19'
Lembo 80'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mason Goe (Liberia)
30 August 1992
Cameroon 2–0 Benin
Ewane 27'
Tiki 60'
30 August 1992
Niger 1–3 Gabon
Lembo 11' (pen.) Nzamba 4', 7', 83'
Referee: Ousmane Souleymane Diallo (Burkina Faso)
11 April 1993
Gabon 2–0 Benin
Mombo 20'
Manon 23'
Attendance: 10,000
25 April 1993
Niger 4–1 Benin
Barkire
Lembo
Saley 		Isoufou
Attendance: 6,000
25 April 1993
Cameroon 0–0 Gabon
Attendance: 25,000
11 July 1993
Benin 0–3 Cameroon
Tchami 12'
Embé 21'
Loga 90'
11 July 1993
Gabon 3–0 Niger
Ndong Nzé 15'
Nzamba 75'
Mackaya 90'
25 July 1993
Benin 1–2 Gabon
Sacramento 52' Nzamba 54', 89'
Referee: Anthony Edusah (Ghana)
25 July 1993
Cameroon 2–0 Niger
Yombi 60'
Embé 67'

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 6 3 2 1 12 1 +11 8
 Uganda 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 7
 Ethiopia 6 2 1 3 7 12 −5 5
 Sudan 6 1 2 3 2 9 −7 4
Source: [citation needed]
15 August 1992
Uganda 3–1 Ethiopia
Mayanja 25', 30'
Aloro 80'		 Yemani 75'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Martin Omondi Bita (Kenya)
16 August 1992
Sudan 0–0 Nigeria
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Ali Tahir Hafidh (Tanzania)
29 August 1992
Nigeria 2–0 Uganda
Amokachi 16'
Siasia 87'
Referee: Jean Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
11 April 1993
Sudan 1–1 Uganda
El-Neel 30' (pen.) Sambo 45'
23 April 1993
Nigeria 4–0 Sudan
Yekini 48' (pen.)
Amunike 54', 87'
Ekpo 65'
9 July 1993
Sudan 1–0 Ethiopia
17 July 1993
Uganda 0–0 Nigeria
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Haroun Onderah (Kenya)
24 July 1993
Uganda 1–0 Sudan
Mayanja 20'
24 July 1993
Nigeria 6–0 Ethiopia
Inenga 29'
Yekini 33', 44', 64'
Ugbade 50'
Rufai 90' (pen.)

Group 3

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Algeria was disqualified for fielding ineligible player Mourad Karouf in the match against Senegal on 10 January 1993 in Dakar; their place was taken by Senegal who finished third.[1]
Togo withdrew after completing 6 matches (4 draws, 2 losses); their results were annulled and are not listed below.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sierra Leone 6 4 2 0 9 1 +8 10
 Algeria (D) 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 9
 Senegal 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 5
 Guinea-Bissau 6 0 0 6 2 18 −16 0
 Togo (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: [citation needed]
(D) Disqualified; (W) Withdrew
14 August 1992
Algeria 3–1 Guinea-Bissau
Meziane 13'
Rahmouni 20'
Saïb 49'		 Sirou 60'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kadry Abdel Azim (Egypt)
16 August 1992
Senegal 2–0
(Annulled)		 Togo
Diallo 15', 36'
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
29 August 1992
Sierra Leone 1–0 Algeria
Kallon 60'
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
30 August 1992
Senegal 3–0 Guinea-Bissau
Diallo 45', 50'
Diop 67'
Referee: Bai Jobe (Gambia)
3 October 1992
Togo 0–0
(Annulled)		 Algeria
Referee: Louis Yana (Cameroon)
4 October 1992
Guinea-Bissau 0–3 Sierra Leone
Referee: Sidi Békaye Magassa (Mali)
8 November 1992
Sierra Leone 2–0 Senegal
8 November 1992
Togo 0–0
(Annulled)		 Guinea-Bissau
Referee: Kabuya Kalumba (Zaire)
9 January 1993
Sierra Leone 0–0
(Annulled)		 Togo
10 January 1993
Senegal 1–2 Algeria
Meftah 26'
Brahimi 57'
24 January 1993
Togo 1–1
(Annulled)		 Senegal
Akpalo 9' Sané 22'
24 January 1993
Guinea-Bissau 1–4 Algeria
Forbes 10' Rahmouni 21'
Tasfaout 31'
Dziri 75', 88'
9 April 1993
Algeria 0–0 Sierra Leone
Attendance: 25,000
23 April 1993
Algeria 4–0
(Annulled)		 Togo
Tasfaout 34', 42'
Brahimi 72'
Zekri 84'
11 July 1993
Guinea-Bissau n/p Togo
Withdrew
25 July 1993
Algeria 4–0 Senegal
Tasfaout 3', 62', 76'
Zekri 32'
26 July 1993
Togo n/p Sierra Leone
Withdrew

Group 4

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zaire 6 3 2 1 13 3 +10 8
 Kenya 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8
 Mozambique 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 5
 Lesotho 6 0 3 3 4 17 −13 3
Source: [citation needed]
16 August 1992
Zaire 2–0 Mozambique
Kabongo 20', 85'
16 August 1992
Lesotho 2–2 Kenya
Majoro 12'
Khali 42'		 Onyera 32'
Nandwa 87'
Referee: Wallace Mabuza (Swaziland)
29 August 1992
Kenya 1–3 Zaire
Nachok 55' N'Gole 32'
Bapupa 49'
Okitakatshi 57'
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
30 August 1992
Mozambique 3–0 Lesotho
Tico-Tico
Referee: Gerald Gwatidzo (Zimbabwe)
11 April 1993
Mozambique 0–0 Kenya
11 April 1993
Lesotho 1–1 Zaire
24 April 1993
Kenya 3–0 Lesotho
Nachok 15'
Origi 54', 71'
25 April 1993
Mozambique 0–0 Zaire
11 July 1993
Zaire 0–1 Kenya
Nachok 30'
25 July 1993
Zaire 7–0 Lesotho
Nganzadi 7'
Masudi 18', 36', 79'
Lukaku 42', 77'
Ekanza 48'

Group 5

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10
 Zimbabwe 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 9
 South Africa 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 4
 Mauritius 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]
15 August 1992
Zambia 2–1 Mauritius
Nyirenda 55'
Makinka 66'		 Philogène 2'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Getachew Mekonen (Ethiopia)
16 August 1992
Zimbabwe 4–1 South Africa
Takawira 7'
Gumbo 20'
Ndlovu 50' (pen.), 62'		 Masinga 21'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Henry Mwafulirwa (Malawi)
30 August 1992
Mauritius 0–1 Zimbabwe
Gumbo 38'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mady Kanoso Bora (Madagascar)
30 August 1992
South Africa 0–1 Zambia
Mwitwa 72'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Phuru Liphoto (Lesotho)
10 April 1993
Zambia 0–0 Zimbabwe
Attendance: 12,000
11 April 1993
South Africa 0–0 Mauritius
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Milkton Jaky (Madagascar)
24 April 1993
South Africa 1–1 Zimbabwe
Maponyane 6' Nkonjera 80'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: João dos Nascimento (Angola)
25 April 1993
Mauritius 0–3 Zambia
Mutale
Attendance: 18,000
11 July 1993
Zimbabwe 2–0 Mauritius
Lunga 37'
Sawu 63'
11 July 1993
Zambia 3–0 South Africa
Chiyangi 1'
Bwalya 66' (pen.)
Makwaza 71'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ntambidila wa Ntambidila (Zaire)
25 July 1993
Zimbabwe 1–1 Zambia
McKop 28' Bwalya 80'
Attendance: 60,000
25 July 1993
Mauritius 1–3 South Africa
Ithier 10' Mosimane 31'
Augustine 33'
Masinga 70'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Julio César M. (Mozambique)

Group 6

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Chad withdrew after competing two matches (lost both); their results were annulled and are not listed below.
Guinea and Burundi were tied; a play-off match was held in a neutral ground to determine who will qualify.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5
 Burundi 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5
 Congo 4 0 2 2 0 2 −2 2
 Chad (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
16 August 1992
Burundi 1–0 Congo
Abdi 25'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Christopher Yolisichra-Musa (Uganda)
16 August 1992
Chad 0–3
Annulled		 Guinea
Oularé 10'
T. Camara 50'
F. Camara 85'
30 August 1992
Guinea 2–2 Burundi
F. Camara 43'
Oularé 44'		 Nduwayo 7'
Mbuyi 44'
Referee: Mohamed Bahar (Morocco)
30 August 1992
Congo 2–0
Annulled		 Chad
Tchibota 49' (pen.)
Younga-Mouhani 70'
Referee: Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast)
11 April 1993
Guinea 1–0 Congo
Soumah 84'
Attendance: 16,000
25 April 1993
Congo 0–0 Burundi
Attendance: 4,000
15 August 1993
Congo 0–0 Guinea
Attendance: 6,000
Play-off
24 October 1993
Burundi 0–0 (a.e.t.) Guinea
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 15,000

Group 7

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Tanzania and Burkina Faso withdrew after competing two matches each; their results were annulled and are not listed below.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4
 Liberia 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
 Tanzania (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
 Burkina Faso (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
15 August 1992
Burkina Faso 1–1
Annulled		 Liberia
Bambara 58' Traoré 30' (o.g.)
Referee: Gregorio Badupa (Sierra Leone)
15 August 1992
Tanzania 2–2
Annulled		 Ghana
Bakari 35'
Mwamba 53'		 Hasule 22' (o.g.)
Zblade 70'
Referee: Jonathan Gatera (Rwanda)
30 August 1992
Ghana 3–0
Annulled		 Burkina Faso
Yeboah 2', 4'
Ahmed 84'
Referee: Sylvain Abikanlou (Benin)
30 August 1992
Liberia 1–1
Annulled		 Tanzania
Sebwe 52' Holder 86'
Referee: Emmanuel Obafemi (Nigeria)
10 April 1993
Ghana 1–0 Liberia
Manso 87'
Attendance: 35,000

Group 8

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Libya and Mauritania withdrew without playing any matches.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7
 Egypt 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 6
 Morocco 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 6
 Malawi 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 5
 Libya (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
 Mauritania (W) 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
15 August 1992
Malawi 1–0 Egypt
Mtawali 81'
29 August 1992
Malawi 1–1 Mali
4 October 1992
Mali 2–1 Morocco
Traoré 40'
Cissé 54'		 El Khalej 89'
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
8 November 1992
Morocco 0–0 Egypt
9 April 1993
Egypt 2–1 Mali
H. Hassan 14'
Ezzat 24'		 Keita 47'
11 April 1993
Morocco 0–1 Malawi
Waya 89'
23 April 1993
Egypt 2–0 Malawi
I. Hassan 45'
Rayyan 55'
25 April 1993
Morocco 1–0 Mali
Fertout 76'
11 July 1993
Egypt 1–1 Morocco
Ezzat 67' Laghrissi 22'
11 July 1993
Mali 2–1 Malawi
25 July 1993
Malawi 0–2 Morocco
Sabek 33' (pen.)
Rokbi 75'
25 July 1993
Mali 2–1 Egypt
Traoré 39'
Sidibé 85' (pen.)		 El-Kass 41'

Qualified teams

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The 12 qualified teams are:

* Senegal replaced Algeria (disqualified)

References

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