1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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 would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. These were:
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• {{fb|MAR}}
• {{fb|NGA}}
• {{fb|RSA}}

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NAM}}||3–1|{{fb|MOZ}}||2–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAW}}||0–4|{{fb|SAF}}||0–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|UGA}}||1–5|{{fb|ANG}}||0–2|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GBS}}||4–5|{{fb|GUI}}||3–2|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GAM}}||2–5|{{fb|LBR}}||2–1|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}||0–3|{{fb|GAB}}||0–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|BDI}}||2–0|{{fb|SLE}}||1–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAD}}||3–4|{{fb|ZIM}}||1–2|2–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CGO}}||3–1|{{fb|CIV}}||2–0|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MRI}}||1–7|{{fb|ZAI}}||1–5|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|RWA|1962}}||1–5|{{fb|TUN|1959}}||1–3|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|KEN}}||3–2|{{fb|ALG}}||3–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TOG}}||3–2|{{fb|SEN}}||2–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SUD}}||2–3|{{fb|ZAM}}||2–0|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TAN}}||1–2|{{fb|GHA}}||0–0|1–2}}

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{{football box

|id = Mauritania v Burkina Faso

|date=31 May 1996

|time=17:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MTNVSBFA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|BFA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade National, Nouakchott

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Alhagi Ibrahima Faye (Togo) }}

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{{football box

|id = Namibia v Mozambique

|date=1 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/NAMVSMOZ.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MOZ}}

|goals1=Hoeseb {{goal|28}}
Ortmann {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Antonio Augusto Silva (Angola) }}

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{{football box

|id = Malawi v South Africa

|date=1 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MAW}}

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MWIVSRSA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SAF}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Tinkler {{goal|21}}

|stadium= Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre

|attendance=55,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

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{{football box

|id = Uganda v Angola

|date=1 June 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|UGA}}

|score=0–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MWIVSRSA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Da Silva {{goal|35|pen.}}
Paulão {{goal|60|pen.}}

|stadium= Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Isaack Omar Abdulkadir (Tanzania)}}

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{{football box

|id = Guinea-Bissau v Guinea

|date=1 June 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|GBS}}

|score=3–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/GNBVSGUI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Tavares {{goal|11||36}}
Co {{goal|60|pen.}}

|goals2=Camara {{goal|53||54}}

|stadium= Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Falla N'Doye (Senegal)}}

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{{football box

|id = Gambia v Liberia

|date=1 June 1996

|time=17:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/GMBVSLBR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1=Corr {{goal|18|pen.}}
Sillah {{goal|58}}

|goals2=Debbah {{goal|35|pen.}}

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Bakau

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Mamadouba Camara (Guinea) }}

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{{football box

|id = Swaziland v Gabon

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/SWZVSGAB.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Ogandaga {{goal|5}}

|stadium= Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Feliz Onias Tangawarima (Mozambique) }}

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{{football box

|id = Burundi v Sierra Leone

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/BDIVSSLE.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1=Wambo {{goal|85}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Ahmed Salih Salah (Sudan) }}

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{{football box

|id = Madagascar v Zimbabwe

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MAD}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MDGVSZIM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZIM}}

|goals1=Raoelijaona {{goal|85}}

|goals2=Sawu {{goal|79}}
Takawira {{goal|89}}

|stadium= Antananarivo

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

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{{football box

|id = Congo v Ivory Coast

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|CGO}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/COGVSCIV.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|CIV}}

|goals1=Niere {{goal|42}}
Miyamou {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Aka Amuam (Cameroon) }}

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{{football box

|id = Mauritius v Zaire

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MRI}}

|score=1–5

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MUSVSZAI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAI}}

|goals1=Mocude {{goal|64}}

|goals2=Emeka {{goal|1}}
Ngonge {{goal|15}}
Tondelva {{goal|60}}
Elonga-Ekakia {{goal|77||82}}

|stadium= Stade Anjalay, Port Louis

|attendance=2,448

|referee=Eric Hubert (Reunion) }}

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{{football box

|id = Rwanda v Tunisia

|date=2 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|RWA|1962}}

|score=1–3

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/RWAVSTUN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1=Mupenzi {{goal|48}}

|goals2=Sellimi {{goal|43|pen.|47}}
Ben Slimane {{goal|60}}

|stadium= Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali City

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Bisingu-Wabelo Buenkadila (Zaire) }}

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{{football box

|id = Kenya v Algeria

|date=2 June 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/KENVSALG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ALG}}

|goals1=Kwarula {{goal|58}}
Motego {{goal|63|pen.}}
Otieno {{goal|87}}

|goals2=Zerrouki {{goal|78}}

|stadium= Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Kine Tebebu (Ethiopia) }}

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{{football box

|id = Togo v Senegal

|date=2 June 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TOG}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/TGOVSSEN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SEN}}

|goals1=Oyawolé {{goal|31}}
Noutsoudje {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Traoré {{goal|80}}

|stadium= Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana) }}

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{{football box

|id = Sudan v Zambia

|date=1 June 1996

|time=19:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|SUD}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/SDNVSZAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1=Khalid Ahmed Elmustafa {{goal|12}}
Anas Elnour {{goal|52}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Al-Hilal Stadium, Khartoum

|attendance=11,983

|referee=Martin Omondi Bita (Kenya) }}

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{{football box

|id = Tanzania v Ghana

|date=8 June 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TAN}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/TANVSGHA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Charles Baku Ndukize (Burundi) }}

{{football box

|id = Burkina Faso v Mauritania

|date=16 June 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/BFAVSMTN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MTN|1959}}

|goals1=Ouédraogo {{goal|44}}
Traore {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

|attendance=13,000

|referee=Sylvain Abikanlou (Benin) }}

Burkina Faso won 2–0 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Mozambique v Namibia

|date=16 June 1996

|time=14:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|MOZ}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/MOZVSNAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NAM}}

|goals1=Macamo {{goal|25}}

|goals2=Khob {{goal|84}}

|stadium= Estádio da Machava, Maputo

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Milson Bahirah Jaky (Madagascar) }}

Namibia won 3–1 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = South Africa v Malawi

|date=15 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|SAF}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/RSAVSMWI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MAW}}

|goals1=Bartlett {{goal|4||42}}
Fish {{goal|38}}

|goals2=

|stadium= FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Edwin Mmonwagotlhe Senai (Botswana) }}

South Africa won 4–0 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Angola v Uganda

|date=16 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|ANG}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/AGOVSUGA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|UGA}}

|goals1=Paulão {{goal|1||58}}
Paulo Silva {{goal|7}}

|goals2=Robert Kizito {{goal|3}}

|stadium= Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Goshen Hatimbula (Zambia)}}

Angola won 5–1 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Guinea v Guinea-Bissau

|date=16 June 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/GUIVSGNB.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GBS}}

|goals1=Soumah {{goal|33||59}}
Bangoura {{goal|61}}

|goals2=Co {{goal|47}}

|stadium= Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Moussa Kanoute (Mali)}}

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Liberia v Gambia

|date=23 June 1996

|time=17:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score=4–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/LBRVSGMB.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1=Clarke {{goal|25}}
Weah {{goal|79}}
Makor {{goal|87}}
Debbah {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=7,609

|referee=Samuel Kamara (Sierra Leone) }}

Liberia won 5–2 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Gabon v Swaziland

|date=16 June 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/GABVSSWZ.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|goals1=Mackaya {{goal|28}}
Ngoukou {{goal|56}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance=11,625

|referee=Omer Yengo (Congo) }}

Gabon won 3–0 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Sierra Leone v Burundi

|date=16 June 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/SLEVSBDI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|BDI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Mbuyi {{goal|30}}

|stadium= National Stadium, Freetown

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Olufemi Orimison Olaniyan (Nigeria) }}

Burundi won 2–0 on aggregate but withdrew before the Final Round started, so their place was given to Sierra Leone.

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{{football box

|id = Zimbabwe v Madagascar

|date=16 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZIM}}

|score=2–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/ZIMVSMDG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MAD}}

|goals1=Zviripayi {{goal|52}}
Takawira {{goal|69}}

|goals2=R. Rasoanaivo {{goal|23}}
H. Rasoanaivo {{goal|67}}

|stadium= National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance=36,885

|referee=Ian McLeod (South Africa) }}

Zimbabwe won 4–3 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Ivory Coast v Congo

|date=16 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/CIVVSCOG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|CGO}}

|goals1=Dao {{goal|29}}

|goals2=Imboula {{goal|85}}

|stadium= Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

Congo won 3–1 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Zaire v Mauritius

|date=16 June 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAI}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/ZAIVSMUS.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=Ngonge {{goal|45}}
Tondelva {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) }}

Zaire won 7–1 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Tunisia v Rwanda

|date=16 June 1996

|time=17:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/TUNVSRWA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|RWA|1962}}

|goals1=Berkhissa {{goal|17}}
Sellimi {{goal|46|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade El Menzah, Tunis

|attendance=18,000

|referee=Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria) }}

Tunisia won 5–1 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Algeria v Kenya

|date=14 June 1996

|time=17:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ALG}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/ALGVSKEN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=Tasfaout {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Sahli Ferid (Tunisia) }}

Kenya won 3–2 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Senegal v Togo

|date=16 June 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SEN}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/SENVSTGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TOG}}

|goals1=Diallo {{goal|30}}

|goals2=Gnavor {{goal|85}}

|stadium= Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Lassana Gassama (Mauritania) }}

Togo won 3–2 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Zambia v Sudan

|date=16 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAM}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/ZAMVSSDN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SUD}}

|goals1=Lota {{goal|13}}
Mutale {{goal|35}}
Tembo {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance=19,000

|referee=Wallace Mabuza (Swaziland) }}

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate

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{{football box

|id = Ghana v Tanzania

|date=17 June 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/GHAVSTAN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TAN}}

|goals1=Johnson {{goal|70}}
Augustine {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Daima {{goal|71}}

|stadium= Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) }}

Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate

Key:

• Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts
style="background:#ccffcc" |style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|NGA}} |6	4	1	1	10	4	6	13
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|GUI}} |6	4	0	2	10	5	5	12
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|KEN}} |6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|BFA}} |6	0	0	6	7	17	−10	0

{{football box

|date=9 November 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NGA}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/NGAVSBFA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|BFA}}

|goals1=Amokachi {{goal|46||77}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

|attendance=55,000

|referee=Omer Yengo (Congo) }}

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{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/GUIVSKEN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=T. Camara {{goal|17}}
F. Camara {{goal|34}}
Soumah {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Okoth {{goal|12}}

|stadium= Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Mohamed Kouradji (Algeria) }}

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{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/KENVSNGA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NGA}}

|goals1=Simiyu {{goal|22}}

|goals2=Akpoborie {{goal|48}}

|stadium= Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia) }}

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{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score=0–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/BFAVSGUI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Oularé {{goal|17}}
Soumah {{goal|44}}

|stadium= Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

|attendance=28,000

|referee=Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast) }}

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{{football box

|date=5 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NGA}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/NGAVSGUI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Amokachi {{goal|66||67}}

|goals2=T. Camara {{goal|87}}

|stadium= Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Said Belqola (Morocco) }}

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{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=4–3

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/KENVSBFA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|BFA}}

|goals1=Okoth {{goal|55||75||85||87}}

|goals2=Zongo {{goal|12||70}}
F. Sanou {{goal|42|pen.}}

|stadium= Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Sahli Ferid (Tunisia) }}

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{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/BFAVSNGA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NGA}}

|goals1=Zongo {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Adepoju {{goal|42}}
Amunike {{goal|58}}

|stadium= Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

|attendance=12,224

|referee=Sahli Ferid (Tunisia) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/KENVSGUI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Otieno {{goal|3}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance=50,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

----

{{football box

|date=7 June 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NGA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/NGAVSKEN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=Oliseh {{goal|13}}
Amunike {{goal|43}}
Oruma {{goal|83}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Lagos National Stadium, Lagos

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/GUIVSBFA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|BFA}}

|goals1=F. Camara {{goal|9|pen.}}
Balma {{goal|27|o.g.}}
Oulare {{goal|54}}

|goals2=Zongo {{goal|8}}

|stadium= Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Omer Yengo (Congo) }}

----

{{football box

|date=16 August 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|BFA}}

|score=2–4

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/BFAVSKEN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=Zongo {{goal|16}}
O. Sanou {{goal|80}}

|goals2=Simiyu {{goal|8}}
Were {{goal|44}}
Sunguti {{goal|70||75}}

|stadium= Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Coffi Codjia (Benin) }}

----

{{football box

|date=16 August 1997

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G1/GUIVSNGA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NGA}}

|goals1=F. Camara {{goal|50}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Alex Quartey (Ghana) }}

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style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|LBR}} |6	1	1	4	2	10	−8	4
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|NAM}} |6	1	1	4	6	17	−11	4

{{football box

|date=8 November 1996

|time=15:15

|team1= {{fb-rt|EGY}}

|score=7–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/EGYVSNAM.HTM Report]

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|goals1=Maher {{goal|1||15||69}}
A. Hassan {{goal|11}}
I. Hassan {{goal|34}}
H. Hassan {{goal|72||83}}

|goals2=Shivute {{goal|24}}

|stadium= Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Sidi Magassa (Mali) }}

----

{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/LBRVSTUN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Jelassi {{goal|87}}

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) }}

----

{{football box

|date=11 January 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score=0–0

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|team2= {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Petros Mathabela (South Africa) }}

----

{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=14:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/TUNVSEGY.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|EGY}}

|goals1=Baya {{goal|10}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade El Menzah, Tunis

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Masayoshi Okada (Japan) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/LBRVSEGY.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|EGY}}

|goals1=Weah {{goal|29}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/NAMVSTUN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1=Ouseb {{goal|74}}

|goals2=Herichi {{goal|15}}
Badra {{goal|68}}

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Milson Jaky (Madagascar) }}

----

{{football box

|date=26 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score=2–3

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/NAMVSEGY.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|EGY}}

|goals1=Uutoni {{goal|62}}
Ouseb {{goal|87|pen.}}

|goals2=H. Hassan {{goal|77||89}}
Khashaba {{goal|79|pen.}}

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Amuam Aka (Cameroon) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/TUNVSLBR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1=Sellimi {{goal|66}}
Badra {{goal|75}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade El Menzah, Tunis

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Mamadouba Camara (Guinea) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/LBRVSNAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NAM}}

|goals1=Daye {{goal|5}}

|goals2=Shivute {{goal|35}}
Uri Khob {{goal|82}}

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=11,960

|referee=Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=20:15

|team1= {{fb-rt|EGY}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/EGYVSTUN.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

|attendance=46,000

|referee=Karim Daho (Algeria) }}

----

{{football box

|date=17 August 1997

|time=20:15

|team1= {{fb-rt|EGY}}

|score=5–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/EGYVSLBR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|LBR}}

|goals1=Khashaba {{goal|21|pen.}}
Hanafy {{goal|24}}
Sabry {{goal|46}}
Kamouna {{goal|68}}
Emam {{goal|77}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia) }}

----

{{football box

|date=17 August 1997

|time=19:45

|team1= {{fb-rt|TUN|1959}}

|score=4–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G2/TUNVSNAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|NAM}}

|goals1=Baya {{goal|19||57}}
Souayah {{goal|31}}
Limam {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade El Menzah, Tunis

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Salah Ahmed Mohamed Salih (Sudan) }}

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style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|COD|1997}} |6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2

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

{{football box

|date=9 November 1996

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/RSAVSZAI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAI}}

|goals1=Masinga {{goal|67}}

|goals2=

|stadium= FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance=55,000

|referee=Said Belqola (Morocco) }}

----

{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|COG}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/COGVSZAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1=Niere {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

----

{{football box

|date=11 January 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAM}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAMVSRSA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SAF}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance=75,000

|referee=Tajaddin Fares (Syria) }}

----

{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAI}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAIVSCOG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|COG}}

|goals1=Lembi {{goal|13}}

|goals2=Bongo {{goal|4}}

|stadium= Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|COG}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/COGVSRSA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SAF}}

|goals1=Younga-Mouhani {{goal|60||64}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

|attendance=38,000

|referee=Sidi Magassa (Mali) }}

----

{{football box

|date=9 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAI}}

|score=2–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAIVSZAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1=N'tsunda {{goal|29}}
Bazamba {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Malitoli {{goal|22}}
Tembo {{goal|81}}

|stadium= National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAI}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAIVSRSA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1=Tumba {{goal|26}}

|goals2=Khumalo {{goal|21}}
Masinga {{goal|66}}

|stadium= Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Emmanuel Obafemi (Nigeria) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAM}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAMVSCOG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|COG}}

|goals1=Lota {{goal|40}}
Miti {{goal|85}}
Bwalya {{goal|85}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Sidi Magassa (Mali) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|COG}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/COGVSZAI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|COD|1997}}

|goals1=Younga-Mouhani {{goal|60}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Mamadouba Camara (Guinea) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/RSAVSZAM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZAM}}

|goals1=Mkhalele {{goal|8}}
Masinga {{goal|17}}
Williams {{goal|54}}

|goals2=

|stadium= FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance=73,000

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

----

{{football box

|date=16 August 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/RSAVSCOG.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|COG}}

|goals1=Masinga {{goal|14}}

|goals2=

|stadium= FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

----

{{football box

|date=16 August 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZAM}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G3/ZAMVSZAI.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|COD|1997}}

|goals1=Kamwandi {{goal|32||56}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Independence Stadium, Lusaka

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Edwin Senai (Botswana) }}

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style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|ZIM}} |6	1	1	4	6	7	−1	4
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|TOG}} |6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4

{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|ANG}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/AGOVSZIM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZIM}}

|goals1=Akwá {{goal|43}}
Paulão {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Ndlovu {{goal|60}}

|stadium= Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

----

{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TGO}}

|score=2–4

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/TGOVSCMR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|CMR}}

|goals1=Noutsoudje {{goal|50}}
Salou {{goal|83|pen.}}

|goals2=Tchami {{goal|10||24||55}}
Missé-Missé {{goal|63}}

|stadium= Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance=15,000

|referee=Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) }}

----

{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/CMRVSAGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

|attendance=75,000

|referee=Said Belqola (Morocco) }}

----

{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZIM}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/ZIMVSTGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TGO}}

|goals1=Chihuri {{goal|16}}
Takawira {{goal|21|pen.|49}}

|goals2=

|stadium= National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Omer Yengo (Congo) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ANG}}

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/AGOVSTGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TGO}}

|goals1=Paulão {{goal|29}}
Akwá {{goal|45}}
Sousa {{goal|51}}

|goals2=
Oyawolé {{goal|21}}

|stadium= Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Emmanuel Okoampah (Ghana) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/CMRVSZIM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZIM}}

|goals1=Tchoutang {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

|attendance=50,000

|referee=Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=15:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|CMR}}

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/CMRVSTGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|TGO}}

|goals1=Tchoutang {{goal|87}}
Mboma {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Lucian Bouchardeau (Niger) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZIM}}

|score=0–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/ZIMVSAGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance=47,257

|referee=Ian McLeod (South Africa) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ANG}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/AGOVSCMR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|CMR}}

|goals1= Akwá {{goal|55}}

|goals2= Mboma {{goal|47}}

|stadium= Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

|attendance=60,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TGO}}

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/TGOVSZIM.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ZIM}}

|goals1=Salou {{goal|8||21}}

|goals2=Takawira {{goal|65|pen.}}

|stadium= Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Zeli Sinko (Ivory Coast) }}

----

{{football box

|date=17 August 1997

|time=14:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|TGO}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/TGOVSAGO.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|ANG}}

|goals1=Ouadja {{goal|47}}

|goals2=Quinzinho {{goal|43}}

|stadium= Stade de Kégué, Lomé

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Sidi Magassa (Mali) }}

----

{{football box

|date=17 August 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|ZIM}}

|score=1–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/ZIMVSCMR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|CMR}}

|goals1=Dinha {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Mboma {{goal|50||54}}

|stadium= National Sports Stadium, Harare

|attendance=12,736

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

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

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width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts
style="background:#ccffcc" |style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|MAR}} |6	5	1	0	14	2	12	16
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|SLE}} |5	2	1	2	4	6	−2	7
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|GHA}} |6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
style="text-align:left"|{{Fb|GAB}} |5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	1

{{football box

|date=9 November 1996

|time=18:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score=4–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/MORVSSLE.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1=Hababi {{goal|16}}
Raghib {{goal|50||55}}
Fertout {{goal|57}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Olufemi Olaniyan (Nigeria) }}

----

{{football box

|date=10 November 1996

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GABVSGHA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Nguema {{goal|65}}

|goals2=Pele {{goal|66}}

|stadium= Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Ian McLeod (South Africa) }}

----

{{football box

|date=11 January 1997

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/SLEVSGAB.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1=Kanu {{goal|46}}

|goals2=

|stadium= National Stadium, Freetown

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Olufemi Olaniyan (Nigeria) }}

----

{{football box

|date=12 January 1997

|time=14:45

|team1= {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=2–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GHAVSMOR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=Johnson {{goal|77}}
Moses {{goal|89}}

|goals2=Bassir {{goal|30}}
Hadji {{goal|70}}

|stadium= Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE) }}

----

{{football box

|date=5 April 1997

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score=1–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/SLEVSGHA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Conteh {{goal|87}}

|goals2=A. Kamara {{goal|23|o.g.}}

|stadium= National Stadium, Freetown

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) }}

----

{{football box

|date=6 April 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score=0–4

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GABVSMOR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Bahja {{goal|2||5}}
Bassir {{goal|44||45}}

|stadium= Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance=40,000

|referee=Charles Masembe (Uganda) }}

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

----

{{football box

|date=26 April 1997

|time=16:30

|team1= {{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/SLEVSMOR.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Bassir {{goal|40}}

|stadium= National Stadium, Freetown

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Falla N'Doye (Senegal) }}

----

{{football box

|date=27 April 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GHAVSGAB.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1=Aboagye {{goal|42}}
Gargo {{goal|60||64|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=35,000

|referee=Ahmed Shinnawi (Egypt) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=20:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/MORVSGHA.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=Raghib {{goal|67}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Sidi Magassa (Mali) }}

----

{{football box

|date=8 June 1997

|time=16:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score=P–P

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GABVSSLE.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance=

|referee=Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) }}

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

----

{{football box

| date = 16 August 1997

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 2–0

| report = [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/MORVSGAB.HTM Report]

| team2 = {{fb|GAB}}

| goals1 = Naybet {{goal|24}}
Bahja {{goal|45(+2)|pen.}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

| attendance = 125,000

| referee = Hussein Moussa (Egypt)

| event =

| round =

| score1 =

| score2 =

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| location =

| aet =

}}

----

{{football box

|date=17 August 1997

|time=15:00

|team1= {{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=0–2

|report=[http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G5/GHAVSSLE.HTM Report]

|team2= {{fb|SLE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Amidu {{goal|14}}
Kallon {{goal|47}}

|stadium= Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Lazare Essimi Mbengue (Cameroon) }}

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

class="wikitable sortable"
Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
{{fb|NGR}}	{{sort|A|Final Round Group 1 winners}}	{{dts|7 June 1997}}	1 (1994)
{{fb|TUN|1959}}	{{sort|B|Final Round Group 2 winners}}	{{dts|8 June 1997}}	1 (1978)
{{fb|RSA}}	{{sort|C|Final Round Group 3 winners}}	{{dts|16 August 1997|addkey=2}}	0 (debut)
{{fb|CMR}}	{{sort|D|Final Round Group 4 winners}}	{{dts|17 August 1997|addkey=1}}	3 (1982, 1990, 1994)
{{fb|MAR}}	{{sort|E|Final Round Group 5 winners}}	{{dts|8 June 1997|addkey=2}}	3 (1970, 1986, 1994)

:

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

;5 goals

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• {{flagicon|ANG}} Paulão
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Mamadou Zongo
• {{flagicon|KEN}} Mike Okoth Origi
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Vitalis Takawira

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;4 goals

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

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;3 goals

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

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;2 goals

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

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;1 goal

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• {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdelhafid Tasfaout
• {{flagicon|ALG}} Sid Ahmed Zerrouki
• {{flagicon|ANG}} Fernando Manuel Sousa
• {{flagicon|ANG}} Joaquim Alberto Silva
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Kassoum Ouédraogo
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Firmin Sanou
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Ousmane Sanou
• {{flagicon|BFA}} Brahima Traore
• {{flagicon|BDI}} Jean-Marie Mbuyi
• {{flagicon|BDI}} Sutche Wambo
• {{flagicon|CMR}} Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Christian Bongo
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Charles Imboula
• {{flagicon|CGO}} Sousa Miyamou
• {{flagicon|CIV}} Lassina Dao
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Hazem Emam
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Hesham Hanafy
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Hassan
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Ibrahim Hassan
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Samir Kamouna
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Abdel Sattar Sabry
• {{flagicon|GAB}} Brice Mackaya
• {{flagicon|GAB}} Anicet Yala Ngoukou
• {{flagicon|GAB}} Théodore Nzue Nguema
• {{flagicon|GAB}} Jonas Ogandaga
• {{flagicon|GAM}} Abdul Aziz Corr
• {{flagicon|GAM}} Ebrima Ebou Sillah
• {{flagicon|GHA}} Felix Aboagye
• {{flagicon|GHA}} Augustine Ahinful
• {{flagicon|GHA}} Arthur Moses
• {{flagicon|GHA}} Abedi Pele
• {{flagicon|GUI}} Tibou Bangoura
• {{flagicon|KEN}} Vincent Kwarula
• {{flagicon|KEN}} Henry Motego
• {{flagicon|KEN}} Francis Were
• {{flagicon|LBR}} Robert Clarke
• {{flagicon|LBR}} Prince Daye
• {{flagicon|LBR}} Oliver Makor
• {{flagicon|MAD}} Jiana Raoelijaona
• {{flagicon|MAD}} Etienne Hajason Rasoanaivo
• {{flagicon|MAD}} Etienne Rado Rasoanaivo
• {{flagicon|MRI}} Antoine Mocude
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Youssef Fertout
• {{flagicon|MAR}} El Arbi Hababi
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Mustapha Hadji
• {{flagicon|MAR}} Noureddine Naybet
• {{flagicon|MOZ}} Armando Macamo
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Ewald Hoeseb
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Johannes Ortmann
• {{flagicon|NAM}} Simon Uutoni
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Mutiu Adepoju
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Jonathan Akpoborie
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Sunday Oliseh
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Wilson Oruma
• {{flagicon|RWA|1962}} Leon Mupenzi
• {{flagicon|SEN}} Mamadou Diallo
• {{flagicon|SEN}} Omar Traoré
• {{flagicon|SLE}} Jamiru Amidu
• {{flagicon|SLE}} Lamin Conteh
• {{flagicon|SLE}} Mohamed Kallon
• {{flagicon|SLE}} Abu Kanu
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Mark Fish
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Doctor Khumalo
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Helman Mkhalele
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Eric Tinkler
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Mark Williams
• {{flagicon|SDN}} Khalid Ahmed Elmustafa
• {{flagicon|SDN}} Anas Elnour
• {{flagicon|TAN}} Mohamed Daima
• {{flagicon|TOG}} Kokouni Akpalo Gnavor
• {{flagicon|TOG}} Lantame Ouadja
• {{flagicon|TOG}} Tadjou Salou
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Mehdi Ben Slimane
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Hédi Berkhissa
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Taoufik Herichi
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Riadh Jelassi
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Jameleddine Limam
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Skander Souayah
• {{flagicon|UGA}} Robert Kizito
• {{flagicon|ZAI}} Epotele Bazamba
• {{flagicon|ZAI}} Emeka Mamale
• {{flagicon|ZAI}} Nzelo Hervé Lembi
• {{flagicon|ZAI}} Étienne N'tsunda
• {{flagicon|ZAI}} Zico Tumba
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Johnson Bwalya
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Kenneth Malitoli
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Mwape Miti
• {{flagicon|ZAM}} Vincent Mutale
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Kennedy Chihuri
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Edelbert Dinha
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Adam Ndlovu
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Agent Sawu
• {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cloudious Zviripayi

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;1 own goal

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• {{flagicon|BFA}} Mohamadi Balma (playing against Guinea)
• {{flagicon|SLE}} Abubakar Kamara (playing against Ghana)

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• [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98-qual-det.html RSSSF Page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014044603/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=894/index.html Fifa.com Information]

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