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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
dates	31 May 1996 – 17 August 1997
num_teams	36
confederations	1
matches	91
goals	229
attendance	2810227
top_scorer	Paulão
Mamadou Zongo
Mike Okoth Origi

prevseason	[1994](1994-fifa-world-cup-qualification-caf)
nextseason	[2002](2002-fifa-world-cup-qualification-caf)

Mamadou Zongo Mike Okoth Origi

Vitalis Takawira (5 goals each)

Countries that did not enter, withdrew or were disqualified}}

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 38 CAF teams entered the competition. However, Mali and Niger 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 FIFA, 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 advanced to the final round.

Final round: The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified. These were:

First round

First leg

Ortmann

Paulão

Co

Sillah

Takawira

Miyamou

Ngonge Tondelva Elonga-Ekakia

Ben Slimane

Motego Otieno

Noutsoudje

Anas Elnour

Second leg

Traore

Burkina Faso won 2–0 on aggregate

Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate

Fish

South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate

Paulo Silva

Angola won 5–1 on aggregate

Bangoura

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate

Weah Makor Debbah

Liberia won 5–2 on aggregate

Ngoukou

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.

Takawira H. Rasoanaivo

Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate

Congo won 3–1 on aggregate

Tondelva

Zaire won 7–1 on aggregate

Sellimi

Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate

Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate

Togo won 3–2 on aggregate

Mutale Tembo

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate

Augustine

Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate

Final round

Key:

Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

Group 1

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	4	1	1	10	4	6	13
6	4	0	2	10	5	5	12
6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
6	0	0	6	7	17	−10	0

F. Camara Soumah

Soumah

F. Sanou

Amunike

Amunike Oruma

Balma Oulare

O. Sanou Were Sunguti

Group 2

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	5	1	0	10	1	9	16
6	3	1	2	15	5	10	10
6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	4
6	1	1	4	6	17	−11	4

A. Hassan I. Hassan H. Hassan

Badra

Ouseb Khashaba

Badra

Uri Khob

Hanafy Sabry Kamouna Emam

Souayah Limam

Group 3

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	4	1	1	7	3	4	13
6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
6	2	2	2	7	6	1	8
6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2

In May 1997, Zaire were renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo DR).

Bazamba Tembo

Masinga

Miti Bwalya

Masinga Williams

Group 4

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	4	2	0	10	4	6	14
6	2	4	0	7	4	3	10
6	1	1	4	6	7	−1	4
6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4

Paulão

Salou Missé-Missé

Takawira

Akwá Sousa Oyawolé

Mboma

Group 5

Gabon vs Sierra Leone was not played, since neither team could advance with a win.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	5	1	0	14	2	12	16
5	2	1	2	4	6	−2	7
6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	1

Raghib Fertout

Moses Hadji

Bassir

Match abandoned after 53 minutes due to crowd trouble. FIFA allowed the result to stand

Gargo

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

Bahja

Kallon

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup
			1 ([1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			1 ([1978](1978-fifa-world-cup))
			0 (debut)
			3 ([1982](1982-fifa-world-cup), [1990](1990-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))
			3 ([1970](1970-fifa-world-cup), [1986](1986-fifa-world-cup), [1994](1994-fifa-world-cup))

Goalscorers

There were 229 goals scored in 91 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match. ;5 goals

ANG Paulão
BFA Mamadou Zongo
KEN Mike Okoth Origi
ZIM Vitalis Takawira

;4 goals

CMR Patrick Mboma
EGY Hossam Hassan
GUI Titi Camara
GUI Momo Soumah
MAR Salaheddine Bassir
NGA Daniel Amokachi
RSA Phil Masinga
TUN Adel Sellimi

;3 goals

ANG Akwá
CMR Alphonse Tchami
CGO Macchambes Younga-Mouhani
EGY Ali Maher
GUI Fodé Camara
MAR Ahmed Bahja
MAR Khalid Raghib
TUN Zoubeir Baya

;2 goals

ANG Paulo Jorge da Silva
CMR Bernard Tchoutang
CGO Olivier Niere
EGY Hady Khashaba
GHA Mohammed Gargo
GHA Samuel Johnson
GUI Souleymane Oularé
GNB Cipriano Co
GNB Pereira Tavares
KEN Musa Otieno
KEN Kennedy Simiyu
KEN Maurice Sunguti
LBR James Debbah
LBR George Weah
NAM Mohammed Ouseb
NAM Eliphas Shivute
NAM Gervatius Uri Khob
NGA Emmanuel Amunike
RSA Shaun Bartlett
TOG Bachirou Salou
TOG Kossi Noutsoudje
TOG Djima Oyawolé
TUN Khaled Badra
ZAI Elos Elonga-Ekakia
ZAI Michel Ngonge
ZAI Mbuleya Tondelva
ZAM Frazer Kamwandi
ZAM Dennis Lota
ZAM Andrew Tembo

;1 goal

ALG Abdelhafid Tasfaout
ALG Sid Ahmed Zerrouki
ANG Fernando Manuel Sousa
ANG Joaquim Alberto Silva
BFA Kassoum Ouédraogo
BFA Firmin Sanou
BFA Ousmane Sanou
BFA Brahima Traore
BDI Jean-Marie Mbuyi
BDI Sutche Wambo
CMR Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé
CGO Christian Bongo
CGO Charles Imboula
CGO Sousa Miyamou
CIV Lassina Dao
EGY Hazem Emam
EGY Hesham Hanafy
EGY Ahmed Hassan
EGY Ibrahim Hassan
EGY Samir Kamouna
EGY Abdel Sattar Sabry
GAB Brice Mackaya
GAB Anicet Yala Ngoukou
GAB Théodore Nzue Nguema
GAB Jonas Ogandaga
GAM Abdul Aziz Corr
GAM Ebrima Ebou Sillah
GHA Felix Aboagye
GHA Augustine Ahinful
GHA Arthur Moses
GHA Abedi Pele
GUI Tibou Bangoura
KEN Vincent Kwarula
KEN Henry Motego
KEN Francis Were
LBR Robert Clarke
LBR Prince Daye
LBR Oliver Makor
MAD Jiana Raoelijaona
MAD Etienne Hajason Rasoanaivo
MAD Etienne Rado Rasoanaivo
MRI Antoine Mocude
MAR Youssef Fertout
MAR El Arbi Hababi
MAR Mustapha Hadji
MAR Noureddine Naybet
MOZ Armando Macamo
NAM Ewald Hoeseb
NAM Johannes Ortmann
NAM Simon Uutoni
NGA Mutiu Adepoju
NGA Jonathan Akpoborie
NGA Sunday Oliseh
NGA Wilson Oruma
RWA Leon Mupenzi
SEN Mamadou Diallo
SEN Omar Traoré
SLE Jamiru Amidu
SLE Lamin Conteh
SLE Mohamed Kallon
SLE Abu Kanu
RSA Mark Fish
RSA Doctor Khumalo
RSA Helman Mkhalele
RSA Eric Tinkler
RSA Mark Williams
SDN Khalid Ahmed Elmustafa
SDN Anas Elnour
TAN Mohamed Daima
TOG Kokouni Akpalo Gnavor
TOG Lantame Ouadja
TOG Tadjou Salou
TUN Mehdi Ben Slimane
TUN Hédi Berkhissa
TUN Taoufik Herichi
TUN Riadh Jelassi
TUN Jameleddine Limam
TUN Skander Souayah
UGA Robert Kizito
ZAI Epotele Bazamba
ZAI Emeka Mamale
ZAI Nzelo Hervé Lembi
ZAI Étienne N'tsunda
ZAI Zico Tumba
ZAM Johnson Bwalya
ZAM Kenneth Malitoli
ZAM Mwape Miti
ZAM Vincent Mutale
ZIM Kennedy Chihuri
ZIM Edelbert Dinha
ZIM Adam Ndlovu
ZIM Agent Sawu
ZIM Cloudious Zviripayi

;1 own goal

BFA Mohamadi Balma (playing against Guinea)
SLE Abubakar Kamara (playing against Ghana)

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