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The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1978 All-Africa Games.

Qualification stage

Zone I (North Africa)

Morocco withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	1–2	Tunisia	0–0	1–2

Libya	0–0	Tunisia

Tunisia	2–1	Libya
Dhiab 42' Kaabi 83'		?

Libya qualified by taking place Tunisia after it withdrew later. In addition, Algeria qualified as hosts.

Zone II (West Africa 1)

The tournament was held in Bamako, Mali. Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal withdrew.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mali	2–1	Mauritania

Mali	2–1	Mauritania

Mali qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)

The tournament was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Liberia and Sierra Leone withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ivory Coast	3–3 (2–3 p)	Ghana	2–1	1–2

Ivory Coast	2–1	Ghana

Ghana	2–1	Ivory Coast
Penalties
	3–2

Ghana qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)

The tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. Central African Republic, Niger, Togo and Upper Volta withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	9–0	Benin	7–0	2–0

Nigeria	7–0	Benin
Amiesimaka 9', 20' Odegbami 47', 82', 84' Odiye 60' Chukwu 72'

Benin	0–2	Nigeria
		Odegbami 17' Chukwu 59' (pen.)

Nigeria qualified.

Zone V (Central Africa)

The tournament was held in Cameroon.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
Chad	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Rwanda	2	0	0	2	0	7	–7	0

Cameroon	0–0	Chad

Chad	3–0	Rwanda

Cameroon	4–0	Rwanda
Milla

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gabon	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Congo	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	4
Burundi	3	1	0	2	4	12	–8	2
Equatorial Guinea	3	0	0	3	2	10	–8	0

Congo	8–0	Burundi

Gabon	2–0	Equatorial Guinea

Gabon	1–0	Congo

Burundi	4–2	Equatorial Guinea

Congo	4–0	Equatorial Guinea

Gabon	2–0	Burundi

Semifinals

Gabon	1–3	Chad

Cameroon	Cancelled	Congo

First game between Cameroon and Congo played on 30/12/1977 but abandoned at 1–2 in 84' due to power cut. It was planned to be replayed on 31/12/1977 but Congo withdrew.

Final

Cameroon	3–0	Chad
Mangamba 30' N'Doumbé 51' (pen.) Manga 62'

Cameroon qualified.

Zone VI (East Africa)

The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt. Ethiopia and Kenya withdrew.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Sudan	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
Somalia	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6	0

Egypt	4–0	Somalia
Mokhtar 5' El-Sheikh 10' Khalil 15' Shehata 82'

Sudan	2–0	Somalia

Egypt	1–0	Sudan
El-Sheikh

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uganda	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Tanzania	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Tanzania	1–1	Uganda

Uganda	1–1	Tanzania

Uganda won the group on lots.

Final

Egypt	1–0	Uganda
Khalil 16'

Egypt qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)

The tournament was held in Curepipe, Mauritius. Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malawi	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2
Mauritius	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	0

Mauritius	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Malawi
Imbert		Dandize

Malawi qualified.

Qualifying teams

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone	Team
Hosts	Algeria
Zone I	Libya
Zone II	Mali
Zone III	Ghana
Zone IV	Nigeria
Zone V	Cameroon
Zone VI	Egypt
Zone VII	Malawi

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• African Games 1978 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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