Africa Cup 1970 / qualification

To qualify for the finals of the Africa Cup in Sudan , 23 members of the Confédération Africaine de Football registered their teams; four nations withdrew their teams before the start of qualification. In the first knockout round there were ten games, three teams received byes . In the second qualifying round, six nations qualified for the African Cup of Nations . The hosts and defending champions were automatically qualified.

Qualifying matches

First round

The first qualifying round games took place between February and December 1968.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Algeria	2: 1	Morocco	2-0	0: 1
Guinea	5: 1	Togo	4-0	1: 1
Kenya	1: 2	Tanzania	0: 1	1: 1
Zambia	5: 4	Mauritius	2: 2	3: 2
Uganda	1: 3	Cameroon	1: 1	0: 2
Mali	-	Upper Volta (withdrawn)	-	-
Niger	-	Nigeria (withdrawn)	-	-
Senegal	-	Sierra Leone (withdrawn)	-	-
VA Republic	-	Somalia (withdrawn)	-	-
Ethiopia	bye
Ivory Coast	bye
Ghana	bye

Second round

The second qualifying round games took place between August and October 1969.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ethiopia	9: 1	Tanzania	7-0	2: 1
Ghana	15: 10	Niger	6-0	9: 1
Mali	0: 4	Ivory Coast	0-0	0: 4
Zambia	3: 4	Cameroon	2: 2	1: 2
Senegal	4: 5	Guinea	1: 1	3: 4
VA Republic	2: 1	Algeria	1-0	1: 1

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the finals of the Africa Cup in 1970:

Ethiopia  Democratic Republic of the Congo as defending champions  Ivory Coast  Ghana

Guinea  Cameroon  Sudan as a host  United Arab Republic

Web links

• African Nations Cup 1970. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved April 13, 2012 .