1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The African section of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification saw six teams enter but only four compete for a partial spot at the final tournament.

1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Tournament details
Dates	28 August 1960 – 28 May 1961
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	18 (2.57 per match)
Attendance	134,539 (19,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edward Acquah (3 goals)
← 1958 1966 →

Format

The format consisted of two rounds:

• First Round: The 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Second Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/CAF Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1

 Sudan and the  United Arab Republic both withdrew; the Group was scratched.^[1]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	Teams finished on level points and played a play-off on a neutral ground		—	2–1
2	Tunisia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2			2–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]

Morocco	2–1	Tunisia
Khalfi 33' Azhar 60' (pen.)	Report	Meddeb 43'

30 October 1960

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca, Morocco

Attendance: 12,360

Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

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Tunisia	2–1	Morocco
Chetali 47' Tlemçani 60'	Report	Chicha 64'

13 November 1960

Stade Géo André, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

Play-off

Morocco	1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco won on coin toss	Tunisia
Azhar 36'	Report	Kerrit 89'

22 January 1961

Stadio Comunale, Palermo, Italy

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	3	Advanced to the CAF second round		—	4–1
2	Nigeria	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1			2–2	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]

Ghana	4–1	Nigeria
Acquah 18' Boateng 44' Fynn 54' Salisu 55'	Report	Fayemi 50'

28 August 1960

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Holland (England)

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Nigeria	2–2	Ghana
Emenako 28' Fayemi 75' (pen.)	Report	Acquah 14', 83'

10 September 1960

George V Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria

Attendance: 12,179

Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advanced to the CAF–UEFA play-off		—	1–0
2	Ghana	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1			0–0	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]

Ghana	0–0	Morocco
	Report

2 April 1961

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Hussein Fahmy (Egypt)

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Morocco	1–0	Ghana
Khalfi 37'	Report

28 May 1961

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca, Morocco

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Blanco Perez (Spain)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF–UEFA play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	4	Qualification to 1962 FIFA World Cup		—	3–2
2	Morocco	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0			0–1	—

Source: RSSSF^[2]

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.

3 goals

• Edward Acquah

2 goals

• Abdallah Azhar
• Mohamed Khalfi
• Dejo Fayemi

1 goal

• Edward Boateng
• Edward Aggrey-Fynn
• Mohamadu Salisu
• Lahcen Chicha
• Godwin Emenako
• Abdelmajid Chetali
• Brahim Kerrit
• Rached Meddeb
• Abdelmajid Tlemçani