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1976 African Cup of Nations

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up Guinea
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Ahmed Faras
← 1974
1978 →

Qualified teams

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Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
  Ethiopia Hosts 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
  Zaire Holders 14 March 1974 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
  Morocco 2nd round winners 13 July 1975 1 (1972)
  Guinea 2nd round winners 17 July 1975 2 (1970, 1974)
  Nigeria 2nd round winners 27 July 1975 1 (1963)
  Egypt 2nd round winners 1 August 1975 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
  Sudan 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
  Uganda 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 3 (1962, 1968, 1974)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

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Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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First round

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Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guinea 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to Final round
2   Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3   Ethiopia (H) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
4   Uganda 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia  2–0  Uganda
Sheferahu   2'
Seyoum   83'
Attendance: 30,000
Egypt  1–1  Guinea
Basri   43' B. Sylla   44' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
Egypt  2–1  Uganda
Abdou   26'
Basri   32'		 Obua   21'
Ethiopia  1–2  Guinea
Sheferahu   40' N'Jo Léa   15'
Petit Sory   85'
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Guinea  2–1  Uganda
N'Jo Léa   2'
Sylla   20'		 Muguwa   85'
Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)
Ethiopia  1–1  Egypt
Ali   46' Shehata   26'
Attendance: 25,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to Final round
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Sudan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4   Zaire 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria  4–2  Zaire
Mohammed   28', 44'
Ojebode   37' (pen.)
Usiyan   90'		 Kabasu   51'
Ekofa   58'
Morocco  2–2  Sudan
Chérif   1'
Abouali   58'		 Gagarin   9', 79' (pen.)
Nigeria  1–0  Sudan
Usiyan   8'
Morocco  1–0  Zaire
Zahraoui   80'
Morocco  3–1  Nigeria
Faras   8'
Tazi   19'
Chebbak   81'		 Ojebode   81'
Attendance: 4,000
Zaire  1–1  Sudan
Mulamba   41' Gagarin   14'
Attendance: 4,000

Final round

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Champions
2   Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 4
3   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
4   Egypt 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guinea  1–1  Nigeria
Camara   88' Lawal   55'
Attendance: 10,000
Morocco  2–1  Egypt
Faras   23'
Zahraoui   88'		 Abou Rehab   34'
Attendance: 10,000
Morocco  2–1  Nigeria
Faras   82'
Guezzar   87'		 Mohammed   57'
Guinea  4–2  Egypt
N'Jo Léa   24', 65'
Sultan   53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla   62'		 Abdou   33'
El-Seyagui   86'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria  3–2  Egypt
Ilerika   35', 62'
Lawal   82'		 El Khatib   7'
Khalil   86'
Attendance: 25,000
Main article: Guinea v Morocco (1976 African Cup of Nations)
Guinea  1–1  Morocco
Souleymane   33' Report Baba   86'
Attendance: 30,000

Goalscorers

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There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the tournament

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Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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