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This page details the qualifying process for the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations in Nigeria. Nigeria, as hosts, and Ghana, as title holders, qualified automatically.

Qualifying tournament

 Ghana qualified as holders

 Nigeria qualified as hosts

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Madagascar	3–6	Malawi	2–1	1–5
Mauritius	2–2 (a)	Lesotho	0–1	2–1
Benin	w/o	Niger	—	—

Madagascar	2–1	Malawi
		Phiri

Malawi	5–1	Madagascar
Phiri Billie Chamangwana Gondwe

Malawi won 6–3 on aggregate.

Mauritius	0–1	Lesotho

Lesotho	1–2	Mauritius
		Jacquotte ?

Mauritius won by away goals rule after 2–2 on aggregate.

Benin	Cancelled	Niger
		Withdrew

Benin advanced after Niger withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mauritania	3–6	Morocco	2–2	1–4
Libya	3–2	Ethiopia	2–1	1–1
Guinea	3–3 (6–5 p)	Cameroon	3–0	0–3
Malawi	0–4	Zambia	0–2	0–2
Benin	2–4	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–4
Togo	2–1	Gambia	2–0	0–1
Congo	5–6	Zaire	4–2	1–4
Mauritius	3–6	Tanzania	3–2	0–4
Algeria	w/o	Burundi	—	—
Egypt	w/o	Somalia	—	—
Kenya	w/o	Tunisia	—	—
Sudan	w/o	Uganda	—	—

Mauritania	2–2	Morocco
Lamine		Belhiouane 6' Anafal 48'

Morocco	4–1	Mauritania
Anafal 1' Acila 6' Saber 12' Faras 26'		Diop

Morocco won 6–3 on aggregate.

Libya	2–1	Ethiopia
Al-Riani Belhaj

Ethiopia	1–1	Libya
		Al-Riani

Libya won 3–2 on aggregate.

Guinea	3–0	Cameroon

Cameroon	3–0	Guinea
Milla 14', 31', 41'
Penalties
	5–6

Guinea won 6–5 on penalty shootout after 3–3 on aggregate.

Malawi	0–2	Zambia
		Chitalu Kaumba

Zambia	2–0	Malawi
Chitalu Simbule 22'

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Benin	1–0	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	4–1	Benin

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.

Togo	2–0	Gambia

Gambia	1–0	Togo

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Congo	4–2	Zaire

Zaire	4–1	Congo
Ngeleme 44' Mukendi Babo		Bahamboula 14'

Zaire won 6–5 on aggregate.

Mauritius	3–2	Tanzania
Maurel L'Enflé Ramrekha

Tanzania	4–0	Mauritius

Tanzania won 6–3 on aggregate.

Algeria	Cancelled	Burundi
		Withdrew

Algeria advanced after Burundi withdrew.

Egypt	Cancelled	Somalia
		Withdrew

Egypt advanced after Somalia withdrew.

Kenya	Cancelled	Tunisia
		Disqualified

Kenya advanced: Tunisia were disqualified after they were banned from CAF competitions for two years for walking off the pitch to protest the officating during the third-place match of the 1978 African Cup of Nations.

Sudan	Cancelled	Uganda
		Withdrew

Sudan advanced after Uganda withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	3–2	Libya	3–1	0–1
Morocco	8–2	Togo	7–0	1–2
Sudan	2–4	Ivory Coast	2–0	0–4
Kenya	3–4	Egypt	3–1	0–3
Zaire	4–5	Guinea	3–2	1–3
Tanzania	2–1	Zambia	1–0	1–1

Algeria	3–1	Libya
Belloumi 20' Douadi 33', 50'		Al-Issawi

Libya	1–0	Algeria
Lagha 85' (pen.)

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

Morocco	7–0	Togo
Faras 9' Acila 16' Dolmy 44' Jebrane 54', 70', 86' Labied 80'

Togo	2–1	Morocco
		Beggar

Morocco won 8–2 on aggregate.

Sudan	2–0	Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast	4–0	Sudan

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.

Kenya	3–1	Egypt
Lukoye		Khalil 60'

Egypt	3–0	Kenya
Khalil 27' Mokhtar 45' Kamel 47'

Egypt won 4–3 on aggregate.

Zaire	3–2	Guinea
Ayel 18', 81' Kiyika 88'		Bangoura 42', 64'

Guinea	3–1	Zaire

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate.

Tanzania	1–0	Zambia

Zambia	1–1	Tanzania
Chola 43'		Tino 84'

Tanzania won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

References

1. "Algeria in 1980 African Cup of Nations" (in French). dzfootball. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

External links

• CAN 1980 details – rsssf.com

• 1978 in African football
• 1979 in African football
• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 1980 African Cup of Nations