Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

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 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 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

---

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 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

---

---

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

---

---

Semifinals

---

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 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

---

---

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

---

Uganda won the group on lots.

Final

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

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

External links

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