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 advanced to the final round. • Final round: The 20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified. These were: • • • • • ==First round==

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

There were 229 goals scored in 91 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match. ;5 goals • Paulão • Mamadou Zongo • Mike Okoth Origi • Vitalis Takawira ;4 goals • Patrick Mboma • Hossam Hassan • Titi Camara • Momo Soumah • Salaheddine Bassir • Daniel Amokachi • Phil Masinga • Adel Sellimi ;3 goals • Akwá • Alphonse Tchami • Macchambes Younga-Mouhani • Ali Maher • Fodé Camara • Ahmed Bahja • Khalid Raghib • Zoubeir Baya ;2 goals • Paulo Jorge da Silva • Bernard Tchoutang • Olivier Niere • Hady Khashaba • Mohammed Gargo • Samuel Johnson • Souleymane Oularé • Cipriano Co • Pereira Tavares • Musa Otieno • Kennedy Simiyu • Maurice Sunguti • James Debbah • George Weah • Mohammed Ouseb • Eliphas Shivute • Gervatius Uri Khob • Emmanuel Amunike • Shaun Bartlett • Bachirou Salou • Kossi Noutsoudje • Djima Oyawolé • Khaled Badra • Elos Elonga-Ekakia • Michel Ngonge • Mbuleya Tondelva • Frazer Kamwandi • Dennis Lota • Andrew Tembo ;1 goal • Abdelhafid Tasfaout • Sid Ahmed Zerrouki • Fernando Manuel Sousa • Joaquim Alberto Silva • Kassoum Ouédraogo • Firmin Sanou • Ousmane Sanou • Brahima Traore • Jean-Marie Mbuyi • Sutche Wambo • Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé • Christian Bongo • Charles Imboula • Sousa Miyamou • Lassina Dao • Hazem Emam • Hesham Hanafy • Ahmed Hassan • Ibrahim Hassan • Samir Kamouna • Abdel Sattar Sabry • Brice Mackaya • Anicet Yala Ngoukou • Théodore Nzue Nguema • Jonas Ogandaga • Abdul Aziz Corr • Ebrima Ebou Sillah • Felix Aboagye • Augustine Ahinful • Arthur Moses • Abedi Pele • Tibou Bangoura • Vincent Kwarula • Henry Motego • Francis Were • Robert Clarke • Prince Daye • Oliver Makor • Jiana Raoelijaona • Etienne Hajason Rasoanaivo • Etienne Rado Rasoanaivo • Antoine Mocude • Youssef Fertout • El Arbi Hababi • Mustapha Hadji • Noureddine Naybet • Armando Macamo • Ewald Hoeseb • Johannes Ortmann • Simon Uutoni • Mutiu Adepoju • Jonathan Akpoborie • Sunday Oliseh • Wilson Oruma • Leon Mupenzi • Mamadou Diallo • Omar Traoré • Jamiru Amidu • Lamin Conteh • Mohamed Kallon • Abu Kanu • Mark Fish • Doctor Khumalo • Helman Mkhalele • Eric Tinkler • Mark Williams • Khalid Ahmed Elmustafa • Anas Elnour • Mohamed Daima • Kokouni Akpalo Gnavor • Lantame Ouadja • Tadjou Salou • Mehdi Ben Slimane • Hédi Berkhissa • Taoufik Herichi • Riadh Jelassi • Jameleddine Limam • Skander Souayah • Robert Kizito • Epotele Bazamba • Emeka Mamale • Nzelo Hervé Lembi • Étienne N'tsunda • Zico Tumba • Johnson Bwalya • Kenneth Malitoli • Mwape Miti • Vincent Mutale • Kennedy Chihuri • Edelbert Dinha • Adam Ndlovu • Agent Sawu • Cloudious Zviripayi ;1 own goal • Mohamadi Balma (playing against Guinea) • Abubakar Kamara (playing against Ghana) ==External links==