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1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up Guinea
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Ahmed Faras
← 1974 1978 →
International football competition

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 Ethiopia Hosts 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
 Zaire Holders 14 March 1974 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
 Morocco 2nd round winners 13 July 1975 1 (1972)
 Guinea 2nd round winners 17 July 1975 2 (1970, 1974)
 Nigeria 2nd round winners 27 July 1975 1 (1963)
 Egypt 2nd round winners 1 August 1975 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
 Sudan 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
 Uganda 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 3 (1962, 1968, 1974)
Notes
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000

First round

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guinea 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to Final round
2  Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3  Ethiopia (H) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
4  Uganda 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda
Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Egypt 1–1 Guinea
Basri 43' B. Sylla 44' (pen.)
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abdou 26'
Basri 32'		 Obua 21'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaReferee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Ethiopia 1–2 Guinea
Sheferahu 40' N'Jo Léa 15'
Petit Sory 85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaReferee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Guinea 2–1 Uganda
N'Jo Léa 2'
Sylla 20'		 Muguwa 85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaReferee: John Amenghor (Ghana)
Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Ali 46' Shehata 26'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to Final round
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Sudan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Zaire 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 4–2 Zaire
Mohammed 28', 44'
Ojebode 37' (pen.)
Usiyan 90'		 Kabasu 51'
Ekofa 58'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaReferee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–2 Sudan
Chérif 1'
Abouali 58'		 Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaReferee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)
Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Usiyan 8'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaReferee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)
Morocco 1–0 Zaire
Zahraoui 80'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaReferee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
Morocco 3–1 Nigeria
Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81'		 Ojebode 81'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaAttendance: 4,000Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)
Zaire 1–1 Sudan
Mulamba 41' Gagarin 14'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire DawaAttendance: 4,000Referee: Robert Foiret (Mauritius)

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Champions
2  Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 4
3  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source:
Guinea 1–1 Nigeria
Camara 88' Lawal 55'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–1 Egypt
Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88'		 Abou Rehab 34'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
Faras 82'
Guezzar 87'		 Mohammed 57'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaReferee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Guinea 4–2 Egypt
N'Jo Léa 24', 65'
Sultan 53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla 62'		 Abdou 33'
El-Seyagui 86'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
Ilerika 35', 62'
Lawal 82'		 El Khatib 7'
Khalil 86'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast) Main article: Guinea v Morocco (1976 African Cup of Nations)
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Report Baba 86'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis AbabaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

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Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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