The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1973 All-Africa Games.
Qualification
editZone I (North Africa)
editAlgeria qualified by default. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.
Zone II (West Africa 1)
editThe tournament was held in Dakar, Senegal. The tournament was also the second edition of the Tournoi de la Zone II.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | +24 | 8 |
Senegal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 5 |
Gambia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | –10 | 4 |
Mali | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 3 |
Mauritania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 | –36 | 0 |
Senegal | 10–1 | Mauritania |
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Mali | 11–0 | Mauritania |
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Guinea | 14–0 | Mauritania |
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Gambia | 2–0 | Mauritania |
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Guinea qualified.
Zone III (West Africa 2)
editThe tournament was held in Ghana.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
Liberia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
Ghana | 1–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Liberia |
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Ghana | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Ghana qualified.
Zone IV (West Africa 3)
editThe tournament was held in an away/home format. Togo withdrew.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Upper Volta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
Dahomey | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Niger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 |
Togo (withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Niger | 1–2 | Upper Volta |
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Upper Volta qualified. Nigeria qualified automatically as host.
Zone V (Central Africa)
editThe tournament was held in Congo. It was also a football tournament, a part of the 1972 Central African Cup, an omnisport event. Chad's matches were not counted in the football ranking because it did not enter the other sports. Zaire withdrew the games.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Congo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
Central African Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
Gabon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0 |
Chad (results not counted) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zaire (withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chad | 2–1 (not counted) | Central African Republic |
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Congo qualified.
Zone VI (East Africa)
editThe tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt from 24 November to 1 December 1972. Ethiopia and Sudan withdrew.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
Uganda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Somalia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 |
Kenya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 |
Ethiopia (withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sudan (withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Egypt qualified.
Zone VII (Southern Africa)
editThe tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. The teams Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tanzania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 |
Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 2 |
Lesotho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 0 |
Tanzania qualified.
Qualified teams
editThe following countries have qualified for the final tournament:
Zone | Team |
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Hosts | Nigeria |
Zone I | Algeria |
Zone II | Guinea |
Zone III | Ghana |
Zone IV | Upper Volta |
Zone V | Congo |
Zone VI | Egypt |
Zone VII | Tanzania |