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The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 1 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico. Group 1 consisted of six teams: Algeria, Gabon, Guinea, Libya, Niger and United Arab Republic. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Guinea qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Algeria 5–4 on aggregate in the final round.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First round
Libya	4–2	Niger	2–0	2–2
Gabon	1–6	Guinea	0–0	1–6
Second round
Guinea	w/o	United Arab Republic	—	—
Libya	2–3	Algeria	1–2	1–1
Final round
Guinea	5–4	Algeria	3–2	2–2

First round

Libya	2–0	Niger

Niger	2–2	Libya

Libya won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Gabon	0–0	Guinea

Guinea	6–1	Gabon
Souleymane ?' ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'		?'

Guinea won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Guinea	Cancelled	United Arab Republic

United Arab Republic	Cancelled	Guinea

Guinea won on walkover and advanced to the final round.

Libya	1–2	Algeria
Bensouidi 65'		Amirouche 38' (pen.), 85' (pen.)

Algeria	1–1	Libya
Amirouche 70'		Al-Maadani 40'

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Final round

Guinea	3–2	Algeria
Souleymane 7' Ndongo Camara 10' (pen.) Maxime 55'		Lalmas 5' Achour 89'

Algeria	2–2	Guinea
Lalmas 27', 42'		Kandia 38' Sim 58'

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.

• Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers