Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

1978 All-Africa Games
football tournamentTournament details

Host country| Algeria
City| Algiers
Dates| 13–28 July 1978
Teams| 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up|  Nigeria
Third place|  Ghana
Fourth place|  Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)| ...
(... goals)
Best player(s)|  Ali Bencheikh

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The 1978 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 3rd edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 13–28 July 1978 as part of the 1978 All-Africa Games.

## Qualification

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

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament

Zone | Team

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

## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads

## Venues

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Algiers |

Algiers

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Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | Stade 20 Août 1955
Capacity: 85,000 | Capacity: 20,000

## Final tournament

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The eight teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

### Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the semifinals

#### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Algeria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 5
Egypt (W) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 5
Libya (D) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2
Malawi | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 9  | −7  | 0

Source: [citation needed]
(D) Disqualified; (W) Withdrew

13 July 1978

Egypt | 1–1|  Algeria

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El Khatib 11' |  | Assad 17' (pen.)

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 40 000

Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

14 July 1978

Libya | 2–1|  Malawi

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Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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18 July 1978

Algeria | 2–1|  Libya

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Belkedrouci 10'
Bencheikh 73' |  | Al-Shoushan 46'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 20 000

Referee: Bakay Sarr (Senegal)

18 July 1978

Egypt | 4–1|  Malawi

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Hamama
Nouh |  | Phiri

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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22 July 1978

Algeria | 3–0|  Malawi

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Betrouni 51'
Aouis 54'
Kouici 59' |  |

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 20 000

Referee: ... Tessema (Ethiopia)

22 July 1978

Egypt | 1–0 1|  Libya

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El Khawaga |  |

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

1 The match was abandoned due to a mass brawl involving both teams, their officials, and fans. Libya were ejected from the competition, while Egypt withdrew after a number of their players were injured and to protest the brutality of the Algerian police and stadium security.

#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Nigeria | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 4
Ghana | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 4
Cameroon | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 2
Mali | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

14 July 1978

Nigeria | 3–1|  Mali

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Lawal
Atuegbu
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Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

14 July 1978

Ghana | 2–1|  Cameroon

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|  | N'Doumbé

Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

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17 July 1978

Nigeria | 0–0|  Cameroon

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Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

17 July 1978

Ghana | 1–1|  Mali

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Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

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21 July 1978

Nigeria | 0–0|  Ghana

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Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

21 July 1978

Cameroon | 1–1|  Mali

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Stade du 20 Août, Algiers

### Knockout stage

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 25 July – Algiers| |

|  Algeria| 2

| 28 July – Algiers

|  Ghana| 0 |

|  Algeria| 1

| 25 July – Algiers

| |  Nigeria| 0

|  Nigeria| 1

|  Malawi| 0 |

| Third place

| 28 July – Algiers

|  Ghana| 1

|  Malawi| 0

#### Semifinals

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25 July 1978

Algeria | 2–0|  Ghana

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Ighili 57'
Belkedrouci 62' |  |

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 30 000

Referee: ... Kilini (Zambia)

* * *

25 July 1978

Nigeria | 3–2|  Malawi

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Lawal
Atuegbu
Odegbami |  | Phiri

#### Bronze-medal match

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28 July 1978

Ghana | 1–0|  Malawi

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Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

#### Gold-medal match

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28 July 1978

Algeria | 1–0|  Nigeria

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Bencheikh 33' | Report |

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

## Final ranking

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Algeria vs Nigeria in the final match Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Algeria (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9
2  |  Nigeria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6
3  |  Ghana | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6
4  |  Malawi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0
Eliminated in the group stage
5  |  Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2
6  |  Mali | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2
Withdrew after the group stage
7  |  Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5
Ejected from the competition
DSQ  |  Libya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2
Total  | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 32

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