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| tourney_name   = 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|KEN}} [[William Ouma]]<br>
{{fbicon|ZAI}} [[Kembo Uba Kembo]] (6 goals)
| prevseason     = [[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1970]]
| nextseason     = [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1978]]
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{{Qualification for championships (CAF)|expanded=FIFA}}
Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[1974 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds for the '''African zone ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]])'''. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]]''.

A total of 22 CAF teams entered the competition (two withdrew). The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

==Format==
There would be four rounds of play:
* '''First Round''', '''Second Round''' and '''Third Round''': In each of these rounds, the teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the next round, until there would be 3 teams left.
* '''Final Round''': The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

==First round==
{{TwoLeg start|legs=3}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|MAR}}'''||2–1|{{fb|SEN}}||0–0|2–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||2–5|'''{{fb|GUI}}'''||1–0|1–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}||2–3|'''{{fb|TUN|1959}}'''||2–1|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SLE}}||0–3|'''{{fb|CIV}}'''||0–1|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|KEN}}'''||2–1|{{fb|SUD}}||2–0|0–1}}
{{ThreeLegResult|{{fb-rt|TAN}}||1–4|'''{{fb|ETH|1897}}'''||1–1|0–0|0–3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|LES|1966}}||1–6|'''{{fb|ZAM|1964}}'''||0–0|1–6}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|NGR}}'''||3–2|{{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}||2–1|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|Dahomey}}||1–10|'''{{fb|GHA}}'''||0–5|1–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TOG}}||0–4|'''{{fb|ZAI}}'''||0–0|0–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|MRI}}'''||[[walkover|w/o]]|{{fb|MAD}}||—|—}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|CMR|1961}}'''||[[walkover|w/o]]|{{fb|GAB}}||—|—}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 19 November 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
|location = [[Agadir]], [[Morocco]]
|stadium = [[Stade Al Inbiaâte]]
|attendance = 10,650
|referee = Antonio Camacho Jiménez ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 3 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Louis Gomis Diop|Diop]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2 = [[Maouhoub Ghazouani|Ghazouani]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Moustapha Choukri|Choukri]] {{goal|72}}
|location = [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]
|stadium = [[Stade Demba Diop]]
|attendance = 9,860
|referee = Major George Lamptey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Morocco''' won 2–1 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 2 March 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
|goals1 = [[Mokhtar Kalem|Kalem]] {{goal|65}}
|location = [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
|stadium = [[Stade du 5 Juillet 1962|Stade du 5 Juillet]]
|attendance = 15,267
|referee = Robert Héliès ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 12 March 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
|score = 5 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
|goals1 = [[Maxime Camara|Camara]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Petit Sory]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Soriba Soumah|Soumah]] {{goal|54|pen.}}<br />[[Chérif Souleymane|Souleymane]] {{goal|78}}<br />[[Smith Samuel|Samuel]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Rabah Gamouh|Gamouh]] {{goal|62}}
|location = [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]]
|stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]]
|attendance = 18,000
|referee = Mamadou Mabel Ba ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Guinea''' won 5–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Ali Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Sayed Abdelrazak|Abdelrazak]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = [[Ezzedine Chakroun|Chakroun]] {{goal|61}}
|location = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium|Nasser Stadium]]
|attendance = 11,707
|referee = Nikolaos Zlatanos ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 17 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|EGY|1972}}
|goals1 = [[Ezzedine Chakroun|Chakroun]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Mohieddine Habita|Habita]] {{goal|71}}
|location = [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]]
|stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]]
|attendance = 32,178
|referee = [[Doğan Babacan|Babaçan]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Tunisia''' won 3–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 15 October 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLE}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|CIV|name=Ivory Coast}}
|goals2 = [[Mama Ouattara|Ouattara]] {{goal|32}}
|location = [[Freetown]], [[Sierra Leone]]
|stadium = [[National Stadium (Sierra Leone)|Reckrie Stadium]]
|attendance = 9,200
|referee = Jean-Louis Faber ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 29 October 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV|name=Ivory Coast}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|SLE}}
|goals1 = [[Noël Kouamé|Kouamé]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Mama Ouattara|Ouattara]] {{goal|72}}
|location = [[Abidjan]], [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
|stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]]
|attendance = 4,135
|referee = Moustapha N'Gom ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Ivory Coast''' won 3–0 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 16 July 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|SUD}}
|goals1 = [[Daniel Anyanzwa|Anyanzwa]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[William Ouma|W. Ouma]] {{goal|65}}
|location = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
|stadium = [[Nairobi City Stadium]]
|attendance = 11,057
|referee = Ayele Tessema ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 23 July 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUD}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
|goals1 = [[Ezzeldin Osman]]{{goal|40}}
|location = [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]
|stadium = [[Khartoum Stadium]]
|attendance = 10,470
|referee = Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Kenya''' won 2–1 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 25 November 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|ETH|1897}}
|goals1 = [[Nassoro Mashoto|Mashoto]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[Tekeste Gebremedhin|Gebremedhin]] {{goal|30}}
|location = [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]
|stadium = [[Uhuru Stadium|Tanzania National Stadium]]
|attendance = 14,255
|referee = Alfred John Olimba ([[Kenya Football Federation|Kenya]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 3 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
|location = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]
|stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Haile Selassie Stadium]]
|attendance = 19,430
|referee = Abdel Rahman El-Khider Ali ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
|nobars = 1
}}

The [[aggregate score]] was tied 1&ndash;1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

{{footballbox
|date = 10 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|TAN}}
|goals1 = [[Tariku Ingdawerk|Ingdawerk]] {{goal|5||12}}<br />[[Seyoum Tesfaye|Tesfaye]] {{goal|44}}
|location = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]
|stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Haile Selassie Stadium]]
|attendance = 7,201
|referee = Ahmed Gindil Saleh ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Ethiopia''' advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 30 April 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LES|1966}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|location = [[Maseru]], [[Lesotho]]
|stadium = [[Setsoto Stadium]]
|attendance = 
|referee = Manyoto Ndimbo ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 4 June 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}
|score = 6 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|LES|1966}}
|goals1 = [[Joseph Mapulanga|Mapulanga]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Godfrey Chitalu|Chitalu]] {{goal|35||80}}<br />[[Freddie Mwila|Mwila]] {{goal|40||67||72}}
|goals2 = [[Ramoseli Thietsi|Thietsi]] {{goal|30}}
|location = [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]]
|stadium = [[Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium]]
|attendance = 11,457
|referee = Jules Ratsitohara ([[Malagasy Football Federation|Madagascar]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zambia''' won 6–1 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 August 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
|goals1 = [[Kenneth Olayombo|Olayombo]] {{goal|66}}<br>[[Yakubu Mambo|Mambo]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Jean-Michel M'Bono|M'Bono]] {{goal|2}}
|location = [[Ibadan]], [[Nigeria]]
|stadium = [[Obafemi Awolowo Stadium|Liberty Stadium]]
|attendance = 20,056
|referee = Louis de Gonzague Atangana ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 15 August 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 = [[Noël Minga|Minga]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Sunday Oyarekhua|Oyarekhua]] {{goal|28}}
|location = [[Brazzaville]], [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
|stadium = [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat|Stade de la Revolution]]
|attendance = 11,100
|referee = Jules Onwanlele ([[Gabonese Football Federation|Gabon]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Nigeria''' won 3–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 18 June 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Dahomey}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 5
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals2 = [[Ibrahim Sunday|Sunday]] {{goal|21}}<br>[[Kwasi Owusu|Owusu]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Joseph Ghartey|Ghartey]] {{goal|40}}<br>[[Abukari Gariba|Gariba]] {{goal|65||75}}
|location = [[Cotonou]], [[Dahomey]]
|stadium = [[Stade de l'Amitié]]
|attendance = 10,150
|referee = Thomas Attiogbe ([[Togolese Football Federation|Togo]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 2 July 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 5 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|Dahomey}}
|goals1 = [[Osei Kofi|Kofi]] {{goal|20||44}}<br>[[Ibrahim Sunday|Sunday]] {{goal|64}}<br>[[Kwasi Owusu|Owusu]] {{goal|66}}<br>[[Clifford Odame|Odame]] {{goal|72|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Damien Kamilou|Kamilou]] {{goal|}}
|location = [[Kumasi]], [[Ghana]]
|stadium = [[Baba Yara Stadium|Kumasi Sports Stadium]]
|attendance = 8,700
|referee = Poll Koudou ([[Ivorian Football Federation|Ivory Coast]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Ghana''' won 10–1 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 6 June 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TOG}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}
|location = [[Lomé]], [[Togo]]
|stadium = [[Stade Général Eyadema]]
|attendance = 5,719
|referee = Sunny Olufemi Woghiren ([[Nigeria Football Association|Nigeria]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 20 June 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|TOG}}
|goals1 = [[Kembo Uba Kembo|Kembo]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Jean Kalala N'Tumba|N'Tumba]] {{goal|37||73}}<br />[[Kakoko Etepé|Etepé]] {{goal|79}}
|location = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël]]
|attendance = 24,025
|referee = Stanislas Kamdem ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zaire''' won 4–0 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Second Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
|score = [[Walkover|w/o]]
|team2 = {{fb|MAD}}
|goals2 = Withdrew
|stadium =
|referee =
|nobars = 1
}}
Madagascar withdrew, so '''Mauritius''' advanced to the Second Round automatically.
----
{{footballbox
|date =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR|1961}}
|score = [[Walkover|w/o]]
|team2 = {{fb|GAB}}
|goals2 = withdrew
|stadium =
|referee =
|nobars = 1
}}
Gabon withdrew, so '''Cameroon''' advanced to the Second Round automatically.

==Second round==
{{TwoLeg start|legs=3}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||1–3|'''{{fb|MAR}}'''||1–1|0–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}||2–3|'''{{fb|CIV}}'''||1–1|1–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MRI}}||3–5|'''{{fb|KEN}}'''||1–3|2–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}||2–4|'''{{fb|ZAM|1964}}'''||0–0|2–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NGR}}||0–2|'''{{fb|GHA}}'''||0–2|0–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CMR|1961}}||1–3|'''{{fb|ZAI}}'''||0–1|1–0|0–2}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 11 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUI}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Chérif Souleymane|Souleymane]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2 = [[Moustapha Choukri|Choukri]] {{goal|22}}
|location = [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]]
|stadium = [[Stade du 28 Septembre]]
|attendance = 2,200
|referee = Pierre Mutombo ([[Congolese Association Football Federation|Zaire]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 25 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score= 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|GUI}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Faras|Faras]] {{goal|60||68}}
|location = [[Tetouan]], [[Morocco]]
|stadium = [[Stade Saniat Rmel]]
|attendance = 13,122
|referee = Marcel Edgar Bertin ([[Liberia Football Association|Liberia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Morocco''' won 3–1 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Third Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
|goals1 = [[Mohieddine Habita|Habita]] {{goal|48|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Noël Kouamé|Kouamé]] {{goal|17}}
|location = [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]]
|stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]]
|attendance = 15,282 
|referee = Salem Mohamed Adal ([[Libyan Football Federation|Libya]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 25 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|TUN|1959}}
|goals1 = [[Bernard N'Guessan|N'Guessan]] {{goal|44||85|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Abdesselam Adhouma|Adhouma]] {{goal|15}}
|location = [[Abidjan]], [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
|stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]]
|attendance = 52,586
|referee = Major George Lamptey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Ivory Coast''' won 3–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Third Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 10 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MRI}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 3
|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
|goals1 = [[Daniel Imbert|Imbert]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = [[William Ouma|W. Ouma]] {{goal|42||84}}<br />[[John Shore (footballer)|Shore]] {{goal|82}}
|location = [[Curepipe]], [[Mauritius]]
|stadium = [[Stade George V]]
|attendance = 13,500
|referee = David Morton Galloway ([[Football Association of Zambia|Zambia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 17 December 1972
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{fb|MRI}}
|goals1 = [[William Ouma|W. Ouma]] {{goal|56||65}}
|goals2 = [[Anwar Jackaria|Jackaria]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Daniel Imbert|Imbert]] {{goal|42}}
|location = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
|stadium = [[Nairobi City Stadium]]
|attendance = 5,560
|referee = Williams Ngaah ([[Kenya Football Federation|Kenya]])<ref>The Kenya &ndash; Mauritius match was officiated by a local referee.</ref>
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Kenya''' won 5–3 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Third Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 1 April 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|location = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]
|stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Haile Selassie Stadium]]
|attendance = 12,708
|referee = Mahmoud Moustapha Kamel ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 15 April 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{fb|ETH|1897}}
|goals1 = [[Burton Mugala|Mugala]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Boniface Simutowe|Simutowe]] {{goal|62|pen.}}<br />[[Moses Simwala|Simwala]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Joseph Mapulanga|Mapulanga]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Tariku Ingdawerk|Ingdawerk]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Kassahun Teka|Teka]] {{goal|79|pen.}}
|location = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]]
|stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|7 April Stadium]]
|attendance = 20,015
|referee = Ahmed Gindil Salih ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zambia''' won 4–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Third Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 10 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 2<br />Awarded<ref>The first leg was abandoned in the 85th minute due to riots.  Subsequently, [[FIFA]] awarded a 2&ndash;0 win for the tie to Ghana.</ref><br /><small>(2 &ndash; 3 85')</small>
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[Kenneth Olayombo|Olayombo]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Yakubu Mambo|Mambo]] {{goal|23}}
|goals2 = [[Kwasi Owusu|Owusu]] {{goal|18|pen.|55||82}}
|location = [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]
|stadium = [[National Stadium, Lagos|Surulere Stadium]]
|attendance = 31,362
|referee = Paul Nkounkou ([[Congolese Football Federation|Congo]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 25 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|location = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
|stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Moustapha N'Gom ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Ghana''' won 2–0 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Third Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR|1961}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}
|goals2 = [[Jean Kalala N'Tumba|N'Tumba]] {{goal|2}}
|location = [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]]
|stadium = [[Stade de la Réunification]]
|attendance = 21,752
|referee = Moise Kante Kangni ([[Benin Football Federation|Dahomey]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 25 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|CMR|1961}}
|goals2 = [[Paul-Gaston Ndongo|Ndongo]] {{goal|43}}
|location = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël|Stade du 20 Mai]]
|attendance = 46,916
|referee = Francis Wolbert Anguiley ([[Gabonese Football Federation|Gabon]])
|nobars = 1
}}

The [[aggregate score]] was tied 1&ndash;1, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Third Round.

{{footballbox
|date = 27 February 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|CMR|1961}}
|goals1 = [[Kakoko Etepé|Etepé]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Kamunda Tshinabu|Tshinabu]] {{goal|88|pen.}}
|location = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël|Stade du 20 Mai]]
|attendance = 16,271
|referee = Francis Wolbert Anguiley ([[Gabonese Football Federation|Gabon]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zaire''' advanced to the Third Round.

==Third round==
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CIV}}||2–5|'''{{fb|MAR}}'''||1–1|1–4}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}'''||4–2|{{fb|KEN}}||2–0|2–2}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GHA}}||2–4|'''{{fb|ZAI}}'''||1–0|1–4}}
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 20 May 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Kouman Kobinam|Kobinam]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Hassan Amcharrat|Acila]] {{goal|30}}
|location = [[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]]
|stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Badara N'Diaye ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 3 June 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Faras|Faras]] {{goal|24||34}}<br />[[Chérif Fetoui|Fetoui]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Moustapha Choukri|Choukri]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal|61}}
|location = [[Tetouan]], [[Morocco]]
|stadium = [[Stade Saniat Rmel]]
|attendance = 11,000
|referee = Ahmed Khelifi ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Morocco''' won 5–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Final Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 12 August 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}
|goals1 = [[Bernard Chanda|Chanda]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Brighton Sinyangwe|Sinyangwe]] {{goal|72}}
|location = [[Ndola]], [[Zambia]]
|stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|7 April Stadium]]
|attendance = 17,960
|referee = Gratian Hemans Matovu ([[Tanzania Football Federation|Tanzania]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 19 August 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|goals1 = [[William Ouma|W. Ouma]] {{goal|65}}<br />[[Peter Ouma|P. Ouma]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Moses Simwala|Simwala]] {{goal|}}<br />[[Simon Kaushi|Kaushi]] {{goal|56}}
|location = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
|stadium = [[Nairobi City Stadium]]
|attendance = 7,435
|referee = [[Farah Weheliye Addo]] ([[Somali Football Federation|Somalia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zambia''' won 4–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Final Round.
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 August 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}
|goals1 = [[Akuetteh Armah|Armah]] {{goal|35|pen.}}
|location = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
|stadium = [[Accra Sports Stadium]]
|attendance = 28,700
|referee = Gebreyesus Tesfaye ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
|nobars = 1
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 19 August 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[Kembo Uba Kembo|Kembo]] {{goal|10||65}}<br />[[Mavuba Mafuila|Mafuila]] {{goal|89|pen.}}<br />[[Jean Kalala N'Tumba|N'Tumba]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Joseph Sam|Sam]] {{goal|51}}
|location = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël|Stade du 20 Mai]]
|attendance = 80,869
|referee = Marc-Emile N'Difo ([[Cameroonian Football Federation|Cameroon]])
|nobars = 1
}}
'''Zaire''' won 4–2 on [[Two-legged tie|agg.]] and advanced to the Final Round.

==Final round==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ZAI}}
|'''8'''||4||4||0||0||9||1||+8
|-
|'''2'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|'''2'''||4||1||0||3||5||6||&minus;1
|-
|'''3'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAR}}
|'''2'''||4||1||0||3||2||9||&minus;7
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 21 October 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}
|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Brighton Sinyangwe|Sinyangwe]] {{goal|17||90}}<br />[[Moses Simwala|Simwala]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Bernard Chanda|Chanda]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|7 April Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
|attendance = 37,239
|referee = Gebreyesus Tesfaye ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 November 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}
|goals2 = [[Mayanga Maku|Mayanga]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Kakoko Etepé|Etepé]] {{goal|33}}
|stadium = [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|7 April Stadium]], [[Lusaka]]
|attendance = 33,793
|referee = [[Farah Weheliye Addo]] ([[Somali Football Federation|Somalia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 18 November 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|goals1 = [[Kembo Uba Kembo|Kembo]] {{goal|32}}<br />[[Kakoko Etepé|Etepé]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Obby Kapita|Kapita]] {{goal|33}}
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël|Stade du 20 Mai]], [[Kinshasa]]
|attendance = 6,050
|referee = Badara N'Diaye ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 25 November 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|ZAM|1964}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Maghfour|Maghfour]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Ahmed Faras|Faras]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Stade Saniat Rmel]], [[Tétouan]]
|attendance = 5,456
|referee = [[Ad-Diba|Mohamed Diab Al-Attar]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 9 December 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZAI}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fb|MAR}}
|goals1 = [[Kembo Uba Kembo|Kembo]] {{goal|58||61}}<br />[[Mbungu Ekofa|Ekofa]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Tata Raphaël|Stade du 20 Mai]], [[Kinshasa]]
|attendance = 70,750
|referee = Major George Lamptey ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 23 December 1973
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}
|score = 0–2<br />([[Walkover|w/o]]) <ref>Morocco resigned from the competition before this match, and accordingly FIFA awarded Zaire a 2&ndash;0 win for the match.</ref>
|team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia|Stade El Bachir]], [[Mohammedia]]
|attendance = 
|referee =
}}

'''Zaire''' qualified.

==Qualified teams==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|ZAI}} || {{sort|A1|[[#Final round|Final Round]] winners}} || {{dts|9 December 1973|addkey=1}} || 0 (debut)
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Goalscorers==

;6 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|KEN}} [[William Ouma]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Kembo Uba Kembo]]
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Kwasi Owusu]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Ahmed Faras]]
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Kakoko Etepé]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Jean-Kalala N'Tumba]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Tariku Ingdawerk]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Moustapha Choukri]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Freddie Mwila]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Moses Simwala]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Brighton Sinyangwe]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Noël Kouamé]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Bernard N'Guessan]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Mama Ouattara]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Abwcari Gariba]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Osei Kofi]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Ibrahim Sunday]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Chérif Souleymane]]
*{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Daniel Jean Robert Imbert]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Yakubu Mambo]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Kenneth Olayombo]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ezzedine Chakroun]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Mohieddine Habita]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Bernard Chanda]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Godfrey Chitalu]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Joseph Mapulanga]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Rabah Gamouh]]
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Mokhtar Kalem]]
*{{flagicon|CMR|1961}} [[Paul-Gaston Ndongo]]
*{{flagicon|People's Republic of the Congo}} [[Jean-Michel M'Bono]]
*{{flagicon|People's Republic of the Congo}} [[Noël Minga]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Kouman Kobinam]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
*{{flagicon|Dahomey}} [[Damien Kamilou]]
*{{flagicon|EGY|1972}} [[Sayed Abdelrazak]]
*{{flagicon|EGY|1972}} [[Ali Khalil]]
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Tekeste Gebremedhin]]
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Kassahun Teka]]
*{{flagicon|ETH|1897}} [[Seyoum Tesfaye]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Akuetteh Armah]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Joseph Ghartey]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Clifford Odame]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Joseph Sam]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Maxime Camara]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Smith Samuel]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Petit Sory]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Soriba Soumah]]
*{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Daniel Anyanzwa]]
*{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Peter Ouma]]
*{{flagicon|KEN}} [[John Shore (footballer)|John Shore]]
*{{flagicon|LES|1966}} [[Ramoseli Thietsi]]
*{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Anwar Jackaria]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Hassan Amcharrat]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Chérif Fetoui]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Maouhoub Ghazouani]]
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Mohamed Maghfour]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Sunday Oyarekhua]]
*{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Louis Gomis Diop]]
*{{flagicon|SUD}} [[Adam Mohamed Izz El-Din|Izzeldin Osman]]
*{{flagicon|TAN}} [[Nassoro Mashoto]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Abdesselam Adhouma]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Mbungu Ekofa]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Mavuba Mafuila]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Mayanga Maku]]
*{{flagicon|ZAI}} [[Kamunda Tshinabu]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Obby Kapita]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Simon Kaushi]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Burton Mugala]]
*{{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} [[Boniface Simutowe]]
{{div col end}}

==See also==

*[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
*[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)]]
*[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)]]
*[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
*[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}{{1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1974 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Caf)}}
[[Category:1974 FIFA World Cup qualification|CAF]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
[[Category:1972 in African football|Qual]]
[[Category:1973 in African football|Qual]]