Africa Cup of Nations 1990 / qualification
A total of 35 teams registered to take part in the 1990 Africa Cup , the final of which was held in Algeria.
The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Seven teams failed to qualify. Host Algeria and defending champions Cameroon were exempt from qualifying matches.
Qualifying matches
Preliminary round
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Uganda withdrawn | ||
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Gambia withdrawn | ||
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1988 |
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3-0 | |
1988 |
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1-0 | |
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1988 |
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1: 1 | |
1988 |
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1: 1 | Swaziland 3-1 winner on penalties |
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1988 |
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0: 1 | |
1988 |
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3-0 | |
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1988 |
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4: 1 | |
1988 |
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0-0 | |
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Mauritania withdrawn | ||
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Madagascar withdrawn | ||
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1988 |
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3-0 | |
1988 |
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1-0 | |
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First main round
1989 |
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1-0 | |
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1989 |
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6: 1 | |
1989 |
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Sierra Leone withdrawn | |
1989 |
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1: 1 | |
1989 |
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3-0 | |
1989 |
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1: 4 | |
1989 |
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1-0 | |
1989 |
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0: 2 | |
1989 |
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1: 1 | |
1989 |
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1-0 | |
1989 |
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1-0 | Kenya 6-5 winners on penalties |
1989 |
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0-0 | |
1989 |
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1: 1 | |
1989 |
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0: 2 | |
1989 |
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4: 1 | |
1989 |
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Togo withdrawn | |
1989 |
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Libya withdrawn | |
1989 |
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0: 1 | |
1989 |
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3-0 | |
1989 |
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1-0 | |
1989 |
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1-0 | Gabon 5-3 winners on penalties |
Second main round
1989 |
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2-0 | |
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0-0 | Egypt qualified |
1989 |
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3-0 | |
1989 |
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1: 1 | Nigeria qualified |
1989 |
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2: 3 | |
1989 |
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0-0 | Kenya qualified |
1989 |
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2: 2 | |
1989 |
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3: 1 | Ivory Coast qualified |
1989 |
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3-0 | |
1989 |
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0: 1 | Senegal qualified |
1989 |
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3-0 | |
1989 |
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2: 1 | Zambia qualified |
Automatically qualified: