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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1968 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

•  Algeria
•  Congo-Brazzaville
•  Congo-Kinshasa
•  Ethiopia (hosts)
•  Ghana (holders)
•  Ivory Coast
•  Senegal
•  Uganda

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Guinea	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Liberia	4	0	2	2	4	10	−6	2

Note: different fixture dates depending on the sources.

Liberia	2–2	Guinea

Guinea	3–0	Senegal
Kandia Souleymane ?

Senegal	4–1	Guinea
		Kandia

Guinea	3–0	Liberia
Kandia ? ?

Liberia	1–1	Senegal

Senegal	4–1	Liberia
Gomis Petit Guèye Thioye Paye (pen.)

Playoff

Senegal	2–1	Guinea
Gomis Sarr		Souleymane

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	8
Mali	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	4
Upper Volta	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

Mali	0–3	Algeria
		Achour 23' Lalmas 36' Kalem 87'

Upper Volta	1–2	Algeria
Ouattara 34'		Seridi 40' Lalmas 76'

Algeria	1–0	Mali
Hachouf 31'

Algeria	3–1	Upper Volta
Bouyahi 35' Abdi 48' Bourouba 73'		Ouédraogo 68'

Mali	4–0	Upper Volta
Mara 38', 45' Sinaté 48' S. Keïta

Upper Volta	0–1	Mali
		Diallo

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
Nigeria	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Togo	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2

Nigeria	0–0	Ivory Coast

Togo	1–0	Nigeria

Nigeria	4–2	Togo
Bassey 15' Shittu 30' Olowo-Oshodi 43' Bankole 70'

Ivory Coast	3–0	Togo

Ivory Coast	2–0	Nigeria

Togo	0–2	Ivory Coast

Group 4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	4–5	United Arab Republic	2–2	2–3
Uganda	5–4	Kenya	2–1	3–3

Libya	2–2	United Arab Republic
Ben Soed 61' (pen.), ?'		Reyadh 14' Emam 66'

United Arab Republic	3–2	Libya
Bakr 63' Reyadh 68' El-Fanagily 74'		Ben Soed 14', ?'

Uganda	2–1	Kenya
Oketch 6' Dibya 13'		Yongo 21'

Kenya	3–3	Uganda
Nyawanga 20' Madegwa 28', 82'		Ouma 11' Oundo 22' (pen.) Obua 61'

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	w/o	United Arab Republic	0–1	—

Uganda	0–1	United Arab Republic
		Bakr 19'

United Arab Republic	Cancelled	Uganda
Withdrew

United Arab Republic withdrew due to the Six-Day War with Israel, which began on 5 June 1967. Uganda qualified.

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo-Brazzaville	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
Cameroon	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	3

Tunisia	4–0	Cameroon
Machouche 35' Chaïbi 36' H. Akid 38', 51'

Tunisia	1–1	Congo-Brazzaville
Habacha 80'		Dzabana 1'

Cameroon	1–1	Congo-Brazzaville
		Batoukéba

Congo-Brazzaville	2–1	Cameroon
Foundoux Ongagna		Mbappé 70'

Cameroon	2–0 (Awarded)	Tunisia
		Withdrew

Congo-Brazzaville	2–0 (Awarded)	Tunisia
		Withdrew

Group 6

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Congo-Kinshasa	5–4	Sudan	3–2	0–1	2–1
Tanzania	2–1	Mauritius	1–0	1–1

Congo-Kinshasa	3–2	Sudan

Sudan	1–0	Congo-Kinshasa

Playoff

Congo-Kinshasa	2–1	Sudan

Tanzania	1–0	Mauritius

Mauritius	1–1	Tanzania

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Congo-Kinshasa	2–0	Tanzania	1–0	1–0

Congo-Kinshasa	1–0	Tanzania

Tanzania	0–1	Congo-Kinshasa

References

1. Senegal: Guinea beaten in African nations soccer cup (film). Reuters. 24 October 1967. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. ^ Faouzi, Mahjoub (December 1967). "Afrique football". Miroir du Football (in French). No. 101. Paris. p. 39.

External links

• African Nations Cup 1968 - rsssf.com
• AFCON 1968 Qualifiers - athlet.org

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 1968 African Cup of Nations
• 1968 in African football