1988 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the qualifying process for the 1988 African Cup of Nations in Morocco. Morocco, as hosts, and Egypt, as title holders, qualified automatically.

Qualifying tournament

File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt qualified as holders

File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco qualified as hosts

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	3–1	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	2–1	1–0
Uganda File:Flag of Uganda.svg	5–0	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia	5–0	0–0
Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg	1–1 (5–3 p)	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	1–0	0–1
Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg	2–7	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	1–2	1–5
Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	2–1	1–1
Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg	w/o	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	4–2	—
Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg	w/o	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	—	—
Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda (1961–2001).svg	w/o	File:Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg Lesotho	—	—
Togo File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	w/o	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	—	—
Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg	w/o	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	—	—

16 August 1986

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	2–1	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia

Conakry

30 August 1986

Gambia File:Flag of The Gambia.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Guinea won 3–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1986

Uganda File:Flag of Uganda.svg	5–0	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia

Kampala

19 October 1986

Somalia File:Flag of Somalia.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda

Mogadishu Stadium, Mogadishu

Uganda won 5–0 on aggregate.

5 October 1986

Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
Bolingó File:Soccerball shade.svg

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda

19 October 1986

Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Anotho File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Penalties
	3–5

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Angola won 5–3 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1986

Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg	1–2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo

Bangui

19 October 1986

Congo File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg	5–1	File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

Congo won 7–2 on aggregate.

5 October 1986

Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia

Freetown

19 October 1986

Liberia File:Flag of Liberia.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone

Monrovia

Sierra Leone won 3–2 on aggregate.

5 October 1986

Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg	4–2	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania

Addis Abeba Stadium, Addis Ababa

Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg Ethiopia
		Withdrew

Tanzania advanced after Ethiopia withdrew.

Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
		Withdrew

Madagascar advanced after Mauritius withdrew.

Rwanda File:Flag of Rwanda (1961–2001).svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Lesotho (1966–1987).svg Lesotho
		Withdrew

Rwanda advanced after Lesotho withdrew.

Togo File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
		Withdrew

Togo advanced after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
		Withdrew

Tunisia advanced after Mali withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	1–0	1–1
Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	2–0	1–2
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	2–0	1–1
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	6–4	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	5–1	1–3
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	4–1	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	2–0	2–1
Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg	3–4	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	1–1	2–3
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	4–0	0–0
Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	1–0	1–1
Zaire File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg	3–1	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	3–0	0–1
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	1–2	0–0
Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	w/o	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	—	—
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	w/o	File:Flag of Rwanda (1961–2001).svg Rwanda	—	—

27 March 1987

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
Madjer File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.)

5 July Stadium, Algiers^[1]

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Hassan Chafai (Morocco)

14 April 1987

Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Rakbaoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'		Menad File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Mohamed Hussam El-Din (Egypt)

Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

28 March 1987

Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Ayoyi File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Magongo File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'

Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa

Referee: Yusuf Mohamed Sheikh (Egypt)

12 April 1987

Madagascar File:Flag of Madagascar.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Yves File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Velonosy File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'		Odembo File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Referee: John Nkathazo (Zimbabwe)

Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate.

28 March 1987

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
Okorowanta File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Obobaifo File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Albert Agbovi (Ghana)

12 April 1987

Togo File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
? File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'		Edobor File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Lomé

Referee: François Boni Yapo (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	5–1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Ekéké File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Sinkot File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Omam-Biyik File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 52' Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		Nkata File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Referee: Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)

11 April 1987

Uganda File:Flag of Uganda.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Hasule File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Mokiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Bogere File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		Omam-Biyik File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'

Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Abdelsalam Gasmalla (Sudan)

Cameroon won 6–4 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	2–0	File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg Fofana File:Soccerball shade.svg

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

5 April 1987

Congo File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Nkéoua File:Soccerball shade.svg		Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg Fofana File:Soccerball shade.svg

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

Referee: Laurent Pettcha (Cameroon)

Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Chababe File:Soccerball shade.svg		Chunga File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Referee: Macnever Mang'anda (Malawi)

11 April 1987

Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Ndunduma File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Tauro File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' ChawandaFile:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		Chababe File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Nico File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Referee: Wallace Mabuza (Swaziland)

Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Sarr File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen.), 72' Seck File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Youm File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Dakar

Referee: Abdoulaye Sogue (Mauritania)

12 April 1987

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal

Conakry

Referee: Modibo N'Diaye (Mali)

Senegal won 4–0 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Waleed Tashein File:Soccerball shade.svg

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

11 April 1987

Tanzania File:Flag of Tanzania.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Manara File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'		Majdi Kassala File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Dar es Salaam

Sudan won 2–1 on aggregate.

29 March 1987

Zaire File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Tueba File:Soccerball shade.svg Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg Nkama File:Soccerball shade.svg

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Referee: Kabalamuna Chayu (Zambia)

11 April 1987

Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire
Jesus File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen.)

Luanda

Referee: Gabriel Ondziel-Dinga (Congo)

Zaire won 3–1 on aggregate.

30 March 1987

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Abdul Razak File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Dumbuya File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 55'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Coker (Gambia)

11 April 1987

Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana

Freetown

Referee: Moussa Kouyaté (Guinea)

Sierra Leone won 2–1 on aggregate.

Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
		Withdrew

Libya advanced after Zambia withdrew.

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Rwanda (1961–2001).svg Rwanda
		Withdrew

Malawi advanced after Rwanda withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	1–4	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	1–2	0–2
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	3–0	0–2
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	2–0	0–1
Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg	1–1 (a)	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	1–1	0–0
Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	0–0 (2–4 p)	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	0–0	0–0
Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	w/o	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya	—	—

3 July 1987

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Sinalo File:Soccerball shade.svg		Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg

Lilongwe

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

19 July 1987

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg Tiehi File:Soccerball shade.svg

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Mohamed Hussam El-Din (Egypt)

Ivory Coast won 4–1 on aggregate.

4 July 1987

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Edobor File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Siasia File:Soccerball shade.svg

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Drissa Traoré (Mali)

18 July 1987

Sierra Leone File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Dumbuya File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Kanu File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Freetown

Referee: Célestin N'Cho (Ivory Coast)

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

5 July 1987

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Omam-Biyik File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

18 July 1987

Sudan File:Flag of Sudan.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Jamal Kadous File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Referee: Bekele Kidane (Ethiopia)

Cameroon won 2–1 on aggregate.

5 July 1987

Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Ndunduma File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'		Oyiela File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Rufaro Stadium, Harare

Referee: Diagarassen Desscann (Mauritius)

18 July 1987

Kenya File:Flag of Kenya.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe

Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

Kenya won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.

5 July 1987

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire

Dakar

19 July 1987

Zaire File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal

Penalties
	4–2

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

Zaire won 4–2 on penalty shootout after 0–0 on aggregate.

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	Cancelled	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya
		Withdrew

Algeria advanced after Libya withdrew.

Qualified teams

References

↑ "Algeria in 1988 African Cup of Nations". dzfootball. 2001–2007.

External links

[1] "Algeria in 1988 African Cup of Nations". dzfootball. 2001–2007.

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