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1978 African Cup of Nations qualification

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
Malawi   3–4   Mauritius 1–1 2–3
Malawi  1–1  Mauritius
Phiri   L'Enflé  
Mauritius  3–2  Malawi
Chundunsing  
Imbert  
L'Enflé  		 Phiri  
?  

Mauritius won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Algeria  4–1  Kenya
Baïleche   5', 69'
Betrouni   12'
Tlemçani   45' (pen.)		 Ghazalle   37'
Kenya  2–1  Algeria
Lukoye   28'
Ochieng   40'		 Ighili   21'

Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone  1–1  Nigeria
Nigeria  2–0  Sierra Leone
Odegbami   

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mauritius  2–3  Ethiopia
Chundunsing  
?  

Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guinea  3–0  Libya
Libya  0–2  Guinea
Referee: ... Setali (Morocco)

Guinea won 5–0 on aggregate.

Senegal  2–1  Togo
Togo  0–1  Senegal

Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Egypt  2–2  Tunisia
Gaafar   42' (pen.)
Khalil   57'		 Agrebi   25'
Akid   70'
Tunisia  3–2  Egypt
Akid   10'
Lahzami   17'
Dhiab   55'		 El Khatib   37' (pen.)
Shehata   82'

Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Cameroon  2–0  Congo
M'Bida   2'
Milla   45+1'

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Mali  w/o  Niger

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

Uganda  w/o  Tanzania

Uganda had a walkover to the next round.

Zambia  w/o  Sudan

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
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.

Algeria  2–0  Zambia
Ali Messaoud   2'
Ighili   74'
Zambia  2–0 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Chitalu   33', 52'
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

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

Senegal  3–1  Nigeria
Nigeria  3–0  Senegal
Atuegbu  
Odegbami  
?  

Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ethiopia  0–0  Uganda
Uganda  2–1  Ethiopia
Semwanga   7' (pen.)
Kirunda   89'		  

Uganda won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mali  1–0  Ivory Coast
Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

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.

Congo  3–2  Gabon
Moukila   44', 45+1'
Lakou   45'		 Ndjambou   11'
Bourdette   47'
Gabon  3–3  Congo
Manon   36', 89'
Dimonékéné   34' (o.g.)		 Bahamboula   26'
Nganga-Mwivi   53', 76'

Congo won 6–5 on aggregate.

Tunisia  3–0  Guinea
Labidi   19'
Dhiab   38', 48'
Guinea  3–2  Tunisia
Souleymane   
?  		 Agrebi   17'
Dhiab   25'

Tunisia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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The 8 qualified teams are:

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