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The qualification was composed of three Rounds. Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Zaire, the eight best ranked teams according to FIFA, entered the qualification directly on the Second Round. The other 16 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away in the First Round. The winners would advance to the Second Round.

In the Second Round, the eight winners joined the eight best ranked teams and were divided in four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, and the team with most points in each group would advance to the Final Round.

In the Final Round, the four teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The two winners would qualify to the World Cup.


CAF First Round

August 7 , 1988 , Luanda , Angola - 0 - 0

November 11 , 1988 , Khartoum , Sudan - 1 - 2

''Angola'' advanced to the next round.

July 16 , 1988 , Kampala , Uganda - 1 - 0

July 30 , 1988 , Lilongwe , Malawi - 3 - 1

''Malawi'' advanced to the next round.

June 3 , 1988 , Tripoli , Libya - 3 - 0

July 3 , 1988 , Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso - 2 - 0

''Libya'' advanced to the next round.

August 7 , 1988 , Accra , Ghana - 0 - 0

August 21 , 1988 , Monrovia , Liberia - 2 - 0

''Liberia'' advanced to the next round.

August 5 , 1988 , Tunis , Tunisia - 5 - 0

August 21 , 1988 , Conakry , Guinea - 3 - 0

''Tunisia'' advanced to the next round.

Also, Lesotho , Rwanda and Togo withdrew, so Zambia, Zimbabwe and Gabon advanced to the next round automatically.


CAF Second Round


Group A

January 6 , 1989 , Annaba , Algeria - 3 - 0

January 8 , 1989 , Abidjan , Côte D'Ivoire - 1 - 0

January 20 , 1989 , Tripoli , Libya - 0 - 2

''Libya did not show up. FIFA awarded 0-2 Algeria. Later, Libya withdrew, and their matches were disregarded.''

January 22 , 1989 , Harare , Zimbabwe - 0 - 0

June 11 , 1989 , Abidjan , Côte D'Ivoire - 0 - 0

June 25 , 1989 , Harare , Zimbabwe - 1 - 2

August 13 , 1989 , Abidjan , Côte D'Ivoire - 5 - 0

August 25 , 1989 , Annaba , Algeria - 1 - 0


Group B

January 6 , 1989 , Cairo , Egypt - 2 - 0

January 7 , 1989 , Nairobi , Kenya - 1 - 1

January 21 , 1989 , Lilongwe , Malawi - 1 - 1

January 22 , 1989 , Monrovia , Liberia - 0 - 0

June 10 , 1989 , Nairobi , Kenya - 0 - 0

June 11 , 1989 , Monrovia , Liberia - 1 - 0

June 24 , 1989 , Lilongwe , Malawi - 1 - 0

June 25 , 1989 , Monrovia , Liberia - 1 - 0

August 11 , 1989 , Cairo , Egypt - 1 - 0

August 12 , 1989 , Nairobi , Kenya - 1 - 0

August 26 , 1989 , Cairo , Egypt - 2 - 0

August 26 , 1989 , Lilongwe , Malawi - 0 - 0


Group C

January 7 , 1989 , Enugu , Nigeria - 1 - 0

January 8 , 1989 , Yaoundé , Cameroon - 1 - 1

January 22 , 1989 , Libreville , Gabon - 1 - 3

January 22 , 1989 , Luanda , Angola - 2 - 2

June 10 , 1989 , Enugu , Nigeria - 2 - 0

June 11 , 1989 , Luanda , Angola - 2 - 0

June 25 , 1989 , Luanda , Angola - 1 - 2

June 25 , 1989 , Libreville , Gabon - 2 - 1

August 12 , 1989 , Lagos , Nigeria - 1 - 0

August 13 , 1989 , Yaoundé , Cameroon - 2 - 1

August 27 , 1989 , Yaoundé , Cameroon - 1 - 0

August 27 , 1989 , Libreville , Gabon - 1 - 0


Group D

January 8 , 1989 , Rabat , Morocco - 1 - 0

January 8 , 1989 , Kinshasa , Zaire - 3 - 1

January 22 , 1989 , Tunis , Tunisia - 2 - 1

January 22 , 1989 , Lusaka , Zambia - 4 - 2

June 11 , 1989 , Kinshasa , Zaire - 0 - 0

June 11 , 1989 , Lusaka , Zambia - 1 - 0

June 25 , 1989 , Lusaka , Zambia - 2 - 1

June 25 , 1989 , Tunis , Tunisia - 1 - 0

August 13 , 1989 , Casablanca , Morocco - 0 - 0

August 13 , 1989 , Kinshasa , Zaire - 1 - 0

August 27 , 1989 , Kenitra , Morocco - 1 - 1

August 27 , 1989 , Tunis , Tunisia - 1 - 0


CAF Final Round

October 8 , 1989 , Constantine , Algeria - 0 - 0

November 17 , 1989 , Cairo , Egypt - 1 - 0

Egypt qualified.

October 8 , 1989 , Yaoundé , Cameroon - 2 - 0

November 19 , 1989 , Tunis , Tunisia - 0 - 1

Cameroon qualified.