See main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification.
| Tourney Name: | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) |
| Dates: | October 27th 1968 - November 8th 1969 |
| Num Teams: | 11[1] |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 69 |
| Attendance: | 446751 |
| Top Scorer: | Garba Okoye (4 Goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1966 |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for one berth in the final tournament in Mexico.
Thirteen nations in total entered the qualifying stage but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 nations to contest the qualifying spot.
There would be three rounds of play:
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The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.----
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.----Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.----
Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.----
Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.
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The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.----
Sudan advanced to the Final Round.----
Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
| width=30 | Rank | width=165 style="text-align:left" | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
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Morocco qualified.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Garba Okoye
Houmane Jarir
Zerga Geremew Asmeron Germa Mohammed El Filali Mohammed Lawal Olumuyiwa Oshode
Ezzedine Chakroun
David Ayo Dieudonné Bassanguen Norbert Owona Kebede Asfaw Emmanuel Feseha Mengistu Worku
Abekah Ankrah Emmanuel Ola
Mahmoud Al-Jahani Ahmed Ben Soed Mohamed Koussa Hassan Akesbi Driss Bamous Boujemaa Benkhrif Ahmed Faras Cherkaoui Hafnaoui Moulay Khanousi Joseph Aghoghovbia Peter Anieke Sam Garba Sebastian Broderick Imasuen Sunday Ineh Augustine Ofuokwu Samuel Opone
Emile Pierre Diéme Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop Tahar Chaïbi Abdesselem Cheman