1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format
There would be four rounds of play:
 * First Round: 3 teams, Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 26 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second 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 4 teams left.
 * Final Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

First round

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Egypt won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Kenya won 5–4 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Malawi won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Zambia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Sudan advanced to the Second Round on away goals after a draw 1–1 on agg.

Morocco won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Tunisia won 6–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Nigeria won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Angola advanced to the Second Round on penalties after a draw won 1–1 on agg.

Madagascar advanced to the Second Round, Lesotho withdrew.

Libya advanced to the Second Round, Niger withdrew.

Guinea advanced to the Second Round, Togo withdrew.

Second round

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Zambia won 5–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Algeria won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Nigeria won 6–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Egypt advanced to the Third Round on penalties after a draw 1–1 on agg.

Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Libya won 4–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Ghana won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Third round

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Algeria won 3–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Libya won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Tunisia won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Morocco won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

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Algeria won 7–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Morocco won 3–1 on agg. and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

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

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals


 * 🇹🇳 Bassam Jeridi


 * 4 goals


 * Djamel Menad
 * 🇲🇦 Mustapha Merry


 * 3 goals


 * Rabah Madjer
 * 🇨🇮 Abdoulaye Traoré
 * 🇰🇪 Joe Masiga
 * Michael Chabala


 * 2 goals


 * Tedj Bensaoula
 * 🇪🇬 Emad Suleiman
 * 🇪🇹 Mulugeta Kebede
 * 🇲🇼 Frank Sinalo
 * 🇲🇦 Aziz Bouderbala
 * 🇲🇦 Saad Dahane
 * 🇲🇦 Mohamed Timoumi
 * 🇳🇬 Humphrey Edobor
 * 🇳🇬 Rashidi Yekini
 * 🇹🇳 Mohamed Gasri
 * 🇹🇳 Abdelkader Rakbaoui


 * 1 goal


 * Nasser Bouiche
 * Mohamed Kaci-Saïd
 * Faouzi Mansouri
 * Hocine Yahi
 * Jesus
 * Eduardo Machado
 * Ivo Raimundo Traça
 * 🇨🇲 André Kana-Biyik
 * 🇨🇲 Louis-Paul M'Fédé
 * 🇨🇮 Oumar Ben Salah
 * 🇨🇮 Kouassi N'Dri
 * 🇨🇮 Joël Tiéhi
 * 🇪🇬 Alaa Mayhoub
 * 🇪🇹 Gebremedhin Haile
 * 🇪🇹 Dagne Tesfaye
 * Cheikh Ndour
 * Baboucar Sowe
 * Bai Malleh Wadda
 * 🇬🇭 George Alhassan
 * 🇬🇭 Opoku Nti
 * Alsény Diaby
 * 🇰🇪 Sammy Ayoyi
 * 🇰🇪 Sammy Onyango
 * 🇰🇪 Sam Tabu
 * 🇱🇾 Ali Al-Beshari
 * 🇱🇾 Abdel Razak Al-Farjani
 * 🇱🇾 Ibrahim Al-Maadani
 * 🇱🇾 Ayad Al-Qadi
 * 🇱🇾 Reda Al-Senussi
 * 🇱🇾 Aboubaker Bani
 * 🇱🇾 Abubaker Ben Brahim
 * Herilia Rafanodina
 * 🇲🇼 Ricky Phuka
 * 🇲🇼 Harry Waya
 * 🇲🇦 Mustapha El Haddaoui
 * 🇲🇦 Khalid Labied
 * 🇳🇬 Ademola Adeshina
 * 🇳🇬 Fatai Amoo
 * 🇳🇬 Okey Isima
 * 🇳🇬 Stephen Keshi
 * 🇳🇬 Dahiru Sadi
 * 🇳🇬 Yisa Sofoluwe
 * 🇳🇬 Clement Temile
 * 🇸🇳 Abdou Karim Sèye
 * Mazda
 * Peter Tino
 * 🇹🇳 Hakim Braham
 * 🇹🇳 Lotfi Hsoumi
 * 🇺🇬 Godfrey Katerega
 * Kalusha Bwalya
 * Jones Chilengi
 * Fanny Hangunyu
 * Lucky Msiska
 * Aaron Njovu


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇪🇬 Hamada Sedki (playing against Zimbabwe)
 * Bernard Leclézio (playing against Malawi)