Africa Cup 1974 / qualification

A total of 29 teams registered to take part in the 1974 Africa Cup in Egypt.

The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Five teams failed to qualify. The hosts and the defending champions were exempt from qualifying matches.

Qualifying matches

Preliminary round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
	Central African Republic		Gabon	Gabon withdrawn
	Sierra Leone		Dahomey	Dahomey retired
August 12/27, 1973	Somalia	2: 5	Uganda	2-0	0: 5

First main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
16./30.09.1973	Upper Volta	1: 9	Zaire	0: 5	1: 4
	Cameroon		Niger	Niger withdrawn
16./30.09.1973	Central African Republic *	5: 4	Ivory Coast	4: 2	1: 2
16./30.09.1973	Ghana	3: 3 (?:? I. E.)	Senegal	3: 2	0: 1
16./30.09.1972	Sierra Leone	3: 5	Mali	1: 1	2: 4
	Guinea		Togo	Togo withdrawn
16./30.09.1972	Ethiopia	2: 4	Tanzania	2: 1	0: 3
16./30.09.1972	Lesotho	1: 5	Mauritius	0-0	1: 5
16./30.09.1972	Uganda	3: 1	Kenya	1-0	2: 1
	Algeria		Libya	Libya withdrawn
16./30.09.1972	Nigeria	3: 2	Sudan	1: 1	2: 1
16./30.09.1972	Zambia	4: 3	Madagascar	3: 1	1: 2

^* Central Africa disqualified

Second main round

date		total		First leg	Return leg
28.10./11.11.1973	Cameroon	2: 3	Zaire	2: 1	0: 2
28.10./11.11.1973	Ghana	0: 4	Ivory Coast	0: 3	0: 1
28.10./11.11.1973	Mali	3: 3 (?:? I. E.)	Guinea	2: 2	1: 1
28.10./11.11.1973	Tanzania	1: 1 (?:? I. E.)	Mauritius	1: 1	0-0
28.10./11.11.1973	Uganda	3: 2	Algeria	2: 1	1: 1
28.10./11.11.1973	Zambia	7: 4	Nigeria	5: 1	2: 3

automatically qualified:

•  People's Republic of the Congo (defending champion)
•  Egypt (hosts)