Football tournament
This page details the qualifying process for the 1982 African Cup of Nations in Libya . Libya , as hosts, and Nigeria , as title holders, qualified automatically.
Qualifying tournament
Nigeria qualified as holders
Libya qualified as hosts
Preliminary round
10 August 1980 Estádio da Machava , Maputo Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi )
24 August 1980 Maseru Referee: Ismail Bhamjee (Botswana )
Mozambique won 7–3 on aggregate.
14 September 1980 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium , Antananarivo
28 September 1980 Stade George V , Curepipe
Madagascar won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.
28 September 1980 Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako Referee: Mark Dormoh (Liberia )
12 October 1980 Stade de la Capitale , Nouakchott Referee: Hamad Diagne (Guinea )
Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.
26 October 1980 Kamuzu Stadium , Blantyre Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda )
9 November 1980 Rufaro Stadium , Salisbury Referee: Mohamed Nyamana (Tanzania )
Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.
9 November 1980 Antoinette Tubman Stadium , Monrovia Referee: Mark Dormoh (Liberia )
23 November 1980 Box Bar Stadium , Banjul Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal )
Liberia won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.
16 November 1980 Estádio dos Coqueiros , Luanda Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire )
30 November 1980 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat , Brazzaville
Congo won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.
17 November 1980 Stade de l'Amitié , Dakar Referee: El-Hadji Faye (Gambia )
30 November 1980 Freetown
Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.
Equatorial Guinea advanced after Benin withdrew.
Rwanda advanced after Uganda withdrew.
Upper Volta advanced after Gabon withdrew.
First round
22 March 1981 Hassan II Stadium, Fez Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal )
4 April 1981 Antoinette Tubman Stadium , Monrovia Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana )
Morocco won 8–1 on aggregate.
4 April 1981 Nairobi City Stadium , Nairobi Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius )
18 April 1981 Cairo International Stadium , Cairo Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia )
Egypt won 7–3 on aggregate.
5 April 1981 Stade de la Réunification , Douala Referee: ... (Algeria )
19 April 1981 Lomé Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia )
Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.
5 April 1981 Stade du 20 Mai , Kinshasa Referee: Théodore Koudou Poll (Ivory Coast )
19 April 1981 Estádio da Machava , Maputo Referee: Angelo Ratovonony (Madagascar )
Zaire won 5–4 on aggregate.
10 April 1981 19 June Stadium , Oran Attendance: 40,000Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia )
19 April 1981 Stade Modibo Kéïta , Bamako Attendance: 30,000
Algeria won 5–4 on aggregate.
11 April 1981 Baba Yara Sports Stadium, KumasiAttendance: 52,000
26 April 1981 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat , Brazzaville Referee: Winston Gumboh (Zambia )
Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.
11 April 1981 Rufaro Stadium , Salisbury Referee: Billy Phambala (Malawi )
25 April 1981 Lusaka Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheeg (Egypt )
Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate.
12 April 1981 Stade El Menzah , Tunis Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan )
26 April 1981 Stade de l'Amitié , Dakar
Tunisia won 1–0 on aggregate.
26 April 1981 Addis Ababa Stadium , Addis Ababa Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda )
10 May 1981 Kigali Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire )
Ethiopia won 4–3 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.
Guinea advanced after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.
Madagascar advanced after Tanzania withdrew.
Second round
28 June 1981 Stade du 28 Septembre , Conakry
4 October 1981 Addis Ababa Stadium , Addis Ababa
Ethiopia won by away goals rule after 3–3 on aggregate.
22 July 1981 Accra Sports Stadium , Accra
2 August 1981 Stade du 20 Mai , Kinshasa Referee: Kabalamuna Chayu (Zambia )
Ghana won 4–3 on aggregate.
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16 August 1981 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo , Yaoundé
30 August 1981 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium , Antananarivo
Cameroon won 6–3 on aggregate.
16 August 1981 Hassan II Stadium, Fez
30 August 1981 Lusaka
Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.
30 August 1981 19 June Stadium , Oran Attendance: 50,000Referee: Yousef Al-Ghoul (Libya )
20 September 1981 Stade Municipal , Ouagadougou Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana )
Algeria won 8–1 on aggregate.
Tunisia advanced after Egypt withdrew.
Qualifying Teams
References
^ "Algeria in the 1982 African Cup of Nations" . dzfootball . 1 April 2014.
External links
Africa Cup of Nations Editions
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Miscellaneous
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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