1998 FIFA WC qualifying Africa Teams map

Listed below are the dates and results for the

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rounds for the African zone ( CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

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''. A total of 38 CAF teams entered the competition. However,

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and

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both withdrew before the draw was made. The African Zone was allocated five places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

Summary

There would be two rounds of play: *First Round: Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt, the four highest-ranked teams according to

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, received byes and advanced to the Final Round directly. The remaining 32 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. These were: ** ** ** ** **

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Burkina Faso won 2–0 on aggregate'' ---- ''Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate'' ---- ''Angola won 5–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate'' ---- ''Liberia won 5–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Gabon won 3–0 on aggregate'' ---- ''Burundi won 2–0 on aggregate but withdrew before the Final Round started, so their place was given to Sierra Leone.'' ---- ''Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate'' ---- ''Congo won 3–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''Zaire won 7–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate'' ---- ''Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Togo won 3–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate''

Final round

Key: *Teams highlighted in green qualified for the

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Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

Gabon vs Sierra Leone was not played, since neither team could advance with a win. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ''Match abandoned after 53 minutes due to crowd trouble. FIFA allowed the result to stand'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ''Match postponed due to Sierra Leone not being able to travel from Freetown due to conflict. The match was never rearranged due to the result having no effect on final group standings'' ---- ----

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 229 goals scored in 91 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match. ;5 goals * Paulão * Mamadou Zongo * Mike Okoth Origi *

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;4 goals *

Patrick Mboma Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team. Club career Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma sta ...

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* Momo Soumah * Salaheddine Bassir *

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* Phil Masinga * Adel Sellimi ;3 goals *

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* Macchambes Younga-Mouhani * Ali Maher * Fodé Camara * Ahmed Bahja * Khalid Raghib *

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;2 goals * Paulo Jorge da Silva *

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* Olivier Niere * Hady Khashaba * Mohammed Gargo *

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* Souleymane Oularé * Cipriano Co * Pereira Tavares *

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* Kennedy Simiyu * Maurice Sunguti * James Debbah *

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* Mohammed Ouseb * Eliphas Shivute * Gervatius Uri Khob *

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* Bachirou Salou *

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* Djima Oyawolé * Khaled Badra * Elos Elonga-Ekakia * Michel Ngonge * Mbuleya Tondelva * Frazer Kamwandi * Dennis Lota * Andrew Tembo ;1 goal *

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* Sid Ahmed Zerrouki * Fernando Manuel Sousa * Joaquim Alberto Silva * Kassoum Ouédraogo * Firmin Sanou *

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* Brahima Traore * Jean-Marie Mbuyi * Sutche Wambo * Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé * Christian Bongo *

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* Sousa Miyamou *

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* Hesham Hanafy * Ahmed Hassan *

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* Samir Kamouna * Abdel Sattar Sabry * Brice Mackaya * Anicet Yala Ngoukou * Théodore Nzue Nguema * Jonas Ogandaga * Abdul Aziz Corr * Ebrima Ebou Sillah * Felix Aboagye * Augustine Ahinful *

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* Tibou Bangoura * Vincent Kwarula *

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* Francis Were *

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* Prince Daye * Oliver Makor * Jiana Raoelijaona * Etienne Hajason Rasoanaivo * Etienne Rado Rasoanaivo * Antoine Mocude * Youssef Fertout *

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* Armando Macamo * Ewald Hoeseb * Johannes Ortmann * Simon Uutoni *

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* Leon Mupenzi * Mamadou Diallo *

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* Jamiru Amidu * Lamin Conteh *

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* Abu Kanu *

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* Doctor Khumalo *

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* Eric Tinkler * Mark Williams * Khalid Ahmed Elmustafa *

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* Mohamed Daima * Kokouni Akpalo Gnavor * Lantame Ouadja * Tadjou Salou * Mehdi Ben Slimane * Hédi Berkhissa * Taoufik Herichi * Riadh Jelassi *

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* Epotele Bazamba * Emeka Mamale * Nzelo Hervé Lembi * Étienne N'tsunda * Zico Tumba * Johnson Bwalya * Kenneth Malitoli *

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* Vincent Mutale * Kennedy Chihuri *

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* Cloudious Zviripayi ;1 own goal * Mohamadi Balma (playing against

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) * Abubakar Kamara (playing against

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)

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