1978 African Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the qualification of the 1978 African Cup of Nations

## Qualifying tournament

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### Preliminary round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Malawi | 3–4  |  Mauritius | 1–1  | 2–3

24 October 1976

Malawi | 1–1|  Mauritius

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Phiri |  | L'Enflé

Lilongwe

28 January 1977

Mauritius | 3–2|  Malawi

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Chundunsing
Imbert
L'Enflé |  | Phiri

Stade George V, Curepipe

Mauritius won 4–3 on aggregate.

### First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Algeria | 5–3  |  Kenya | 4–1  | 1–2
Sierra Leone | 1–3  |  Nigeria | 1–1  | 0–2
Mauritius | 2–4  |  Ethiopia | 2–3  | 0–1
Guinea | 5–0  |  Libya | 3–0  | 2–0
Senegal | 3–1  |  Togo | 2–1  | 1–0
Egypt | 4–5  |  Tunisia | 2–2  | 2–3
Cameroon | 2–4  |  Congo | 2–0  | 0–4
Upper Volta | 1–5  |  Ivory Coast | 0–1  | 1–4
Mali | w/o  |  Niger | —  | —
Uganda | w/o  |  Tanzania | —  | —
Zambia | w/o  |  Sudan | —  | —
Gabon | Bye  |  |  |

17 February 1977

Algeria | 4–1|  Kenya

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Baïleche 5', 69'
Betrouni 12'
Tlemçani 45' (pen.) |  | Ghazalle 37'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

13 March 1977

Kenya | 2–1|  Algeria

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Lukoye 28'
Ochieng 40' |  | Ighili 21'

Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa

Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate.

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17 February 1977

Sierra Leone | 1–1|  Nigeria

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Freetown

13 March 1977

Nigeria | 2–0|  Sierra Leone

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Odegbami |  |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

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17 February 1977

Mauritius | 2–3|  Ethiopia

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Chundunsing
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Stade George V, Curepipe

13 March 1977

Ethiopia | 1–0|  Mauritius

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Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

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13 March 1977

Guinea | 3–0|  Libya

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Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

25 March 1977

Libya | 0–2|  Guinea

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March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

Referee: ... Setali (Morocco)

Guinea won 5–0 on aggregate.

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13 March 1977

Senegal | 2–1|  Togo

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Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

26 March 1977

Togo | 0–1|  Senegal

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Lomé

Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.

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13 March 1977

Egypt | 2–2|  Tunisia

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Gaafar 42' (pen.)
Khalil 57' |  | Agrebi 25'
Akid 70'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

27 April 1977

Tunisia | 3–2|  Egypt

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Akid 10'
Lahzami 17'
Dhiab 55' |  | El Khatib 37' (pen.)
Shehata 82'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate.

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13 March 1977

Cameroon | 2–0|  Congo

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M'Bida 2'
Milla 45+1' |  |

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

5 June 1977

Congo | 4–0|  Cameroon

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N'Domba
Bahamboula
Mounoundzi (pen.) |  |

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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20 March 1977

Upper Volta | 0–1|  Ivory Coast

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Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

27 March 1977

Ivory Coast | 4–1|  Upper Volta

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Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Ivory Coast won 5–1 on aggregate, but later were disqualified.

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Mali | w/o|  Niger

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Mali had a walkover to the next round, but later were disqualified.

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Uganda | w/o|  Tanzania

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Uganda had a walkover to the next round.

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Zambia | w/o|  Sudan

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Zambia had a walkover to the next round.

### Second round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Algeria | 2–2 (5–6 p)  |  Zambia | 2–0  | 0–2
Senegal | 3–4  |  Nigeria | 3–1  | 0–3
Ethiopia | 1–2  |  Uganda | 0–0  | 1–2
Mali | 1–21 |  Ivory Coast | 1–0  | 0–2
Congo | 6–5  |  Gabon | 3–2  | 3–3
Tunisia | 5–3  |  Guinea | 3–0  | 2–3

^1 Ivory Coast and Mali were disqualified. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

9 June 1977

Algeria | 2–0|  Zambia

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Ali Messaoud 2'
Ighili 74' |  |

5 July Stadium, Algiers

26 June 1977

Zambia | 2–0 (a.e.t.)|  Algeria

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Chitalu 33', 52' |  |
Penalties
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Independence Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

Zambia won 6–5 in penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate.

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12 June 1977

Senegal | 3–1|  Nigeria

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Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

26 June 1977

Nigeria | 3–0|  Senegal

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Atuegbu
Odegbami
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Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate.

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12 June 1977

Ethiopia | 0–0|  Uganda

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Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

26 June 1977

Uganda | 2–1|  Ethiopia

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Semwanga 7' (pen.)
Kirunda 89' |  |

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Uganda won 2–1 on aggregate.

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19 June 1977

Mali | 1–0|  Ivory Coast

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Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

17 July 1977

Ivory Coast | 2–0|  Mali

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Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Both teams were disqualified: Ivory Coast for using an ineligible player in the second leg, and Mali after security forces assaulted the officials at the end of the first leg. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

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17 July 1977

Congo | 3–2|  Gabon

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Moukila 44', 45+1'
Lakou 45' |  | Ndjambou  11'
Bourdette  47'

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

31 July 1977

Gabon | 3–3|  Congo

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Manon 36', 89'
Dimonékéné 34' (o.g.) |  | Bahamboula 26'
Nganga-Mwivi 53', 76'

Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

Congo won 6–5 on aggregate.

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2 October 1977

Tunisia | 3–0|  Guinea

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Labidi 19'
Dhiab 38', 48' |  |

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

16 October 1977

Guinea | 3–2|  Tunisia

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Souleymane
?  |  | Agrebi 17'
Dhiab 25'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Tunisia won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Qualified teams

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The 8 qualified teams are:

* Ghana (hosts)
* Nigeria
* Zambia
* Upper Volta
* Uganda
* Tunisia
* Morocco (holders)
* Congo

## External links

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* CAN 1978 details \- rsssf.com

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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.
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