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This page details the qualification of the 1978 African Cup of Nations

Qualifying tournament

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malawi	3–4	Mauritius	1–1	2–3

Malawi	1–1	Mauritius
Phiri		L'Enflé

Mauritius	3–2	Malawi
Chundunsing Imbert L'Enflé		Phiri ?

Mauritius won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	5–3	Kenya	4–1	1–2
Sierra Leone	1–3	Nigeria	1–1	0–2
Mauritius	2–4	Ethiopia	2–3	0–1
Guinea	5–0	Libya	3–0	2–0
Senegal	3–1	Togo	2–1	1–0
Egypt	4–5	Tunisia	2–2	2–3
Cameroon	2–4	Congo	2–0	0–4
Upper Volta	1–5	Ivory Coast	0–1	1–4
Mali	w/o	Niger	—	—
Uganda	w/o	Tanzania	—	—
Zambia	w/o	Sudan	—	—
Gabon	Bye

Algeria	4–1	Kenya
Baïleche 5', 69' Betrouni 12' Tlemçani 45' (pen.)		Ghazalle 37'

Kenya	2–1	Algeria
Lukoye 28' Ochieng 40'		Ighili 21'

Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone	1–1	Nigeria

Nigeria	2–0	Sierra Leone
Odegbami

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mauritius	2–3	Ethiopia
Chundunsing ?

Ethiopia	1–0	Mauritius

Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guinea	3–0	Libya

Libya	0–2	Guinea

Guinea won 5–0 on aggregate.

Senegal	2–1	Togo

Togo	0–1	Senegal

Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Egypt	2–2	Tunisia
Gaafar 42' (pen.) Khalil 57'		Agrebi 25' Akid 70'

Tunisia	3–2	Egypt
Akid 10' Lahzami 17' Dhiab 55'		El Khatib 37' (pen.) Shehata 82'

Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Cameroon	2–0	Congo
M'Bida 2' Milla 45+1'

Congo	4–0	Cameroon
N'Domba Bahamboula Mounoundzi (pen.)

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Upper Volta	0–1	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	4–1	Upper Volta

Ivory Coast won 5–1 on aggregate, but later were disqualified.

Mali	w/o	Niger

Mali had a walkover to the next round, but later were disqualified.

Uganda	w/o	Tanzania

Uganda had a walkover to the next round.

Zambia	w/o	Sudan

Zambia had a walkover to the next round.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–2 (5–6 p)	Zambia	2–0	0–2
Senegal	3–4	Nigeria	3–1	0–3
Ethiopia	1–2	Uganda	0–0	1–2
Mali	1–2	Ivory Coast	1–0	0–2
Congo	6–5	Gabon	3–2	3–3
Tunisia	5–3	Guinea	3–0	2–3

^1 Ivory Coast and Mali were disqualified. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

Algeria	2–0	Zambia
Ali Messaoud 2' Ighili 74'

Zambia	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Chitalu 33', 52'
Penalties
	6–5

Zambia won 6–5 in penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate.

Senegal	3–1	Nigeria

Nigeria	3–0	Senegal
Atuegbu Odegbami ?

Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ethiopia	0–0	Uganda

Uganda	2–1	Ethiopia
Semwanga 7' (pen.) Kirunda 89'

Uganda won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mali	1–0	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	2–0	Mali

Both teams were disqualified: Ivory Coast for using an ineligible player in the second leg, and Mali after security forces assaulted the officials at the end of the first leg. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

Congo	3–2	Gabon
Moukila 44', 45+1' Lakou 45'		Ndjambou 11' Bourdette 47'

Gabon	3–3	Congo
Manon 36', 89' Dimonékéné 34' (o.g.)		Bahamboula 26' Nganga-Mwivi 53', 76'

Congo won 6–5 on aggregate.

Tunisia	3–0	Guinea
Labidi 19' Dhiab 38', 48'

Guinea	3–2	Tunisia
Souleymane ?		Agrebi 17' Dhiab 25'

Tunisia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

•  Ghana (hosts)
•  Nigeria
•  Zambia
•  Upper Volta
•  Uganda
•  Tunisia
•  Morocco (holders)
•  Congo

External links

• CAN 1978 details - rsssf.com

• 1976 in African football
• 1978 African Cup of Nations
• 1977 in African football