1982 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mozambique	7–3	Lesotho	6–1	1–2
Madagascar	1–1 (a)	Mauritius	0–0	1–1
Mali	3–2	Mauritania	2–0	1–2
Malawi	1–2	Zimbabwe	0–1	1–1
Liberia	1–1 (a)	Gambia	0–0	1–1
Angola	1–1 (a)	Congo	1–1	0–0
Senegal	4–1	Sierra Leone	2–0	2–1
Equatorial Guinea	w/o	Benin	—	—
Rwanda	w/o	Uganda	—	—
Upper Volta	w/o	Gabon	—	—

10 August 1980

Mozambique	6–1	Lesotho

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

24 August 1980

Lesotho	2–1	Mozambique

Maseru

Referee: Ismail Bhamjee (Botswana)

Mozambique won 7–3 on aggregate.

14 September 1980

Madagascar	0–0	Mauritius

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

28 September 1980

Mauritius	1–1	Madagascar
L'Enflé

Stade George V, Curepipe

Madagascar won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.

28 September 1980

Mali	2–0	Mauritania

Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Referee: Mark Dormoh (Liberia)

12 October 1980

Mauritania	2–1	Mali

Stade de la Capitale, Nouakchott

Referee: Hamad Diagne (Guinea)

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 October 1980

Malawi	0–1	Zimbabwe
		Manuel

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda)

9 November 1980

Zimbabwe	1–1	Malawi
		Gondwe

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Referee: Mohamed Nyamana (Tanzania)

Zimbabwe won 2–1 on aggregate.

9 November 1980

Liberia	0–0	Gambia

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Mark Dormoh (Liberia)

23 November 1980

Gambia	1–1	Liberia

Box Bar Stadium, Banjul

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

Liberia won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.

16 November 1980

Angola	1–1	Congo
Ndunguidi		Massamba

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda

Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)

30 November 1980

Congo	0–0	Angola

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Congo won by away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate.

17 November 1980

Senegal	2–0	Sierra Leone
Koto

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Referee: El-Hadji Faye (Gambia)

30 November 1980

Sierra Leone	1–2	Senegal
Rappel

Freetown

Senegal won 4–1 on aggregate.

Equatorial Guinea	Cancelled	Benin
		Withdrew

Equatorial Guinea advanced after Benin withdrew.

Rwanda	Cancelled	Uganda
		Withdrew

Rwanda advanced after Uganda withdrew.

Upper Volta	Cancelled	Gabon
		Withdrew

Upper Volta advanced after Gabon withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	8–1	Liberia	3–1	5–0
Kenya	3–7	Egypt	3–5	0–2
Cameroon	6–2	Togo	4–0	2–2
Zaire	5–4	Mozambique	2–1	3–3
Algeria	5–4	Mali	5–1	0–3
Ghana	2–1	Congo	1–1	1–0
Zimbabwe	0–3	Zambia	0–1	0–2
Tunisia	1–0	Senegal	1–0	0–0
Ethiopia	1–1 (4–3 p)	Rwanda	1–0	0–1
Guinea	w/o	Equatorial Guinea	—	—
Madagascar	w/o	Tanzania	—	—
Upper Volta	Bye

22 March 1981

Morocco	3–1	Liberia
Boussati Bouderbala

Hassan II Stadium, Fez

Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

4 April 1981

Liberia	0–5	Morocco
		Bouderbala

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

Morocco won 8–1 on aggregate.

4 April 1981

Kenya	3–5	Egypt
Oluoch 9' Masiga 17' Ingutia 28'		Hammouda 3' Nur 22' El Khatib 63' El-Sayed 67', 82'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

18 April 1981

Egypt	2–0	Kenya
El-Badry El Khatib

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

Egypt won 7–3 on aggregate.

5 April 1981

Cameroon	4–0	Togo
Bahoken Milla

Stade de la Réunification, Douala

Referee: ... (Algeria)

19 April 1981

Togo	2–2	Cameroon
		Ebongué

Lomé

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Cameroon won 6–2 on aggregate.

5 April 1981

Zaire	2–1	Mozambique

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Referee: Théodore Koudou Poll (Ivory Coast)

19 April 1981

Mozambique	3–3	Zaire

Estádio da Machava, Maputo

Referee: Angelo Ratovonony (Madagascar)

Zaire won 5–4 on aggregate.

10 April 1981

Algeria	5–1	Mali
Bensaoula 18' Guendouz 28' Madjer 56', 71' I. Traoré 72' (o.g.)		Bagayoko 12'

19 June Stadium, Oran^[1]

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

19 April 1981

Mali	3–0	Algeria
I. Traoré 27' (pen.) B. Traoré 29' Bagayoko 85'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 30,000

Algeria won 5–4 on aggregate.

11 April 1981

Ghana	1–1	Congo
Papa Arko (pen)		Mickey 45+1'

Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 52,000

26 April 1981

Congo	0–1	Ghana
		Odamettey 25'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Referee: Winston Gumboh (Zambia)

Ghana won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 April 1981

Zimbabwe	0–1	Zambia

Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury

Referee: Billy Phambala (Malawi)

25 April 1981

Zambia	2–0	Zimbabwe

Lusaka

Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheeg (Egypt)

Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate.

12 April 1981

Tunisia	1–0	Senegal
Jebali

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)

26 April 1981

Senegal	0–0	Tunisia

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Tunisia won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 April 1981

Ethiopia	1–0	Rwanda

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Edward Bukenya (Uganda)

10 May 1981

Rwanda	1–0	Ethiopia

Penalties
	3–4

Kigali

Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)

Ethiopia won 4–3 on penalty shootout after 1–1 on aggregate.

Guinea	Cancelled	Equatorial Guinea
		Withdrew

Guinea advanced after Equatorial Guinea withdrew.

Madagascar	Cancelled	Tanzania
		Withdrew

Madagascar advanced after Tanzania withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	3–3 (a)	Ethiopia	2–2	1–1
Ghana	4–3	Zaire	2–2	2–1
Cameroon	6–3	Madagascar	5–1	1–2
Morocco	2–3	Zambia	2–1	0–2
Algeria	8–1	Upper Volta	7–0	1–1
Tunisia	w/o	Egypt	—	—

28 June 1981

Guinea	2–2	Ethiopia

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

4 October 1981

Ethiopia	1–1	Guinea

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won by away goals rule after 3–3 on aggregate.

22 July 1981

Ghana	2–2	Zaire

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

2 August 1981

Zaire	1–2	Ghana

Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

Referee: Kabalamuna Chayu (Zambia)

Ghana won 4–3 on aggregate.

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16 August 1981

Cameroon	5–1	Madagascar
M'Bida Kundé Aoudou Djonkep Milla

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

30 August 1981

Madagascar	2–1	Cameroon
		M'Bida

Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

Cameroon won 6–3 on aggregate.

16 August 1981

Morocco	2–1	Zambia
Limane 16' Boussati 77'		Chola

Hassan II Stadium, Fez

30 August 1981

Zambia	2–0	Morocco
? Kaumba

Lusaka

Zambia won 3–2 on aggregate.

30 August 1981

Algeria	7–0	Upper Volta
Madjer 31', 37' Belloumi 53', 56' Aït El-Hocine 68', 80' Assad 81'

19 June Stadium, Oran^[1]

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Yousef Al-Ghoul (Libya)

20 September 1981

Upper Volta	1–1	Algeria
Ouattara 81'		Sidibé 18' (o.g.)

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

Algeria won 8–1 on aggregate.

Tunisia	Cancelled	Egypt
		Withdrew

Tunisia advanced after Egypt withdrew.

Qualifying Teams

Algeria
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Ghana

Libya (hosts)
Nigeria (holders)
Tunisia
Zambia

References

^ ^a ^b "Algeria in the 1982 African Cup of Nations". dzfootball. 1 April 2014.

External links

CAN 1982 details – rsssf.com

[MatchAlg-1] "Algeria in the 1982 African Cup of Nations". dzfootball. 1 April 2014.

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