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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

Qualifying tournament

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tanzania	2–6	Zambia	1–1	1–5
Nigeria	1–2	Congo-Brazzaville	0–0	1–2
Gabon	1–3	Ivory Coast	1–2	0–1
Uganda	1–5	Congo-Kinshasa	1–4	0–1
Togo	2–1	Dahomey	2–1	0–0
Madagascar	3–5	Mauritius	2–1	1–4
Kenya	3–0	Ethiopia	2–0	1–0
Algeria	3–4	Morocco	3–1	0–3
Niger	1–4	Mali	0–1	1–3
Libya	1–3	United Arab Republic	0–1	1–2
Guinea	1–0	Senegal	1–0	0–0
Ghana	w/o	Upper Volta	—	—

Tanzania	1–1	Zambia

Zambia	5–1	Tanzania
Chitalu Chama M'hango Stephenson		?

Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate.

Nigeria	0–0	Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Brazzaville	2–1	Nigeria
Mayanda (pen.)		?

Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate.

Gabon	1–2	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	1–0	Gabon

Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate.

Uganda	1–4	Congo-Kinshasa

Congo-Kinshasa	1–0	Uganda

Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate.

Togo	2–1	Dahomey

Dahomey	0–0	Togo

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Madagascar	2–1	Mauritius

Mauritius	4–1	Madagascar
Desvaux

Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate.

Kenya	2–0	Ethiopia
Ouma Nyawanga

Ethiopia	0–1	Kenya
		Niva 60' (pen.)

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.

Algeria	3–1	Morocco
Kalem 46', 60', 80'		Bendayan 6'

Morocco	3–0	Algeria
Bamous 30' Choukri 38' Benkhrif 90+4'

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Niger	0–1	Mali
		Kanté

Mali	3–1	Niger
Cissé Diallo

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

Libya	0–1	United Arab Republic
		Helail

United Arab Republic	2–1	Libya
Helail		Dames Al-Sagheer

Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate.

Guinea	1–0	Senegal

Senegal	0–0	Guinea

Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ghana	Cancelled	Upper Volta
		Withdrew

Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	5–3	United Arab Republic	3–0	2–3
Zambia	2–4	Zaire	2–1	0–3
Togo	1–0	Ghana	0–0	1–0
Guinea	1–3	Mali	0–0	1–3
Ivory Coast	3–4	Congo-Brazzaville	3–2	0–2
Kenya	2–1	Mauritius	2–1	0–0

Morocco	3–0	United Arab Republic
El Filali Choukri Bamous

United Arab Republic	3–2	Morocco
El-Shazly 40', 43' Basry 52'		Bamous 50' Aherdane 74'

Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate.

Zambia	2–1	Zaire
Stephenson 15' M'hango 45+1'		Etepé 16'

Zaire	3–0	Zambia

Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate.

Togo	0–0	Ghana

Ghana	0–1	Togo

Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.

Guinea	0–0	Mali

Mali	3–1	Guinea
Traoré 4' S. Keïta 6' Sangaré 66' (pen.)		Thiam 48'

Mali won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast	3–2	Congo-Brazzaville
		Mayanda

Congo-Brazzaville	2–0	Ivory Coast
M'Pelé 30' Moukila 51'

Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.

Kenya	2–1	Mauritius
Niva 37' (pen.) Farah 88'

Mauritius	0–0	Kenya

Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

•  Cameroon (hosts)
•  Congo-Brazzaville
•  Kenya
•  Mali
•  Morocco
•  Togo
•  Sudan (holders)
•  Zaire

External links

• CAN 1972 details - rsssf.com

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 1972 African Cup of Nations
• 1972 in African football