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 | ||
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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Mali | - | Upper Volta (withdrawn) | - | - |
Niger | - | Nigeria (withdrawn) | - | - |
Senegal | - | Sierra Leone (withdrawn) | - | - |
VA Republic | - | Somalia (withdrawn) | - | - |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 | ||
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Ethiopia | 9: 1 | Tanzania | 7-0 | 2: 1 |
Ghana | 15: 1 | 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:
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Web links
- African Nations Cup 1970. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved April 13, 2012 .