The CAF second round was the second stage of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) zone.
The eight teams advancing from the first round were joined by the eight highest ranked African nations: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Zaire.
Format
The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four. Each group contained two of the seeded teams, and two teams that had advanced from the first round. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The four group winners advanced to the Final Round.
Group A
Libya withdrew after playing their first group match; their second game was originally awarded to opponents Algeria by walkover, but all Libyan results were later annulled by FIFA.
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohamed Hafez (
Egypt)
Attendance: 30,032
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (
Congo)
Attendance: 21,121
Referee: Bester Kalombo (
Malawi)
Referee: Badou Jasseh (
Gambia)
Group B
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Liberia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | Malawi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | Kenya | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 | | |
Referee: Hassan Abdulle Ahmed (
Somalia)
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (
Zambia)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Laryea Louis (
Ghana)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Hassan Ahmed Abdulle (
Somalia)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Abdel Salam Gasmalla (
Sudan)
Referee: Joel Dwarf Mondoka (
Zambia)
Group C
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (
Gambia)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (
Togo)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (
Zambia)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohamed Hossam El-Din (
Egypt)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (
Congo)
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi (
Togo)
Nigerian player Samuel Okwaraji died during this match.
Group D
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bashir Salem (
Libya)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (
Malawi)
Referee: Mohamed Mohamed Hafez (
Egypt)
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Abderrahmane Bergui (
Algeria)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (
Mali)
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