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Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

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1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates11 May 1975 – 4 April 1976
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1980

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  2–3  Tunisia 1–1 1–2
Egypt  1–2  Sudan 1–1 0–1
Ethiopia  0–3  Tanzania 0–0 0–3
Gambia  0–7  Guinea 0–1 0–6
Ghana  10–1  Liberia 6–0 4–1
Mauritania  0–7  Mali 0–1 0–6
Malawi  w/o  Madagascar
Morocco  3–1  Libya 2–1 1–0
Nigeria  w/o  Cameroon
Togo  1–2  Senegal 1–1 0–1
Zaire  6–2  Upper Volta 4–1 2–1
Zambia  9–0  Mauritius 5–0 4–0
Algeria 1–1 Tunisia
Madani 83' Habita 38'
Tunisia 2–1 Algeria
Agrebi 56'
Liman 74'
Belkedrouci 80'
Attendance: 30 000

Egypt 1–1 Sudan
Shehata 29'


Gambia 0–1 Guinea
Independence Stadium, Banjul

Liberia 1–4 Ghana
Owusu

Mauritania 0–1 Mali
Elba 56'
Mali 6–0 Mauritania

Malawi Cancelled Madagascar
Withdrew

Morocco 2–1 Libya
Faras 3'
Acila 77'
Al-Bahloul
Libya 0–1 Morocco

Nigeria Cancelled Cameroon
Withdrew

Togo 1–1 Senegal
Stade Omnisports de Lomé, Lomé
Senegal 1–0 Togo

Upper Volta 1–2 Zaire
Stade Municipal de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  3–6  Ghana 1–0 2–6
Malawi  2–5  Zambia 1–1 1–4
Nigeria  w/o  Mali
Senegal  3–3 (5–4 p)  Zaire 3–1 0–2
Tanzania  1–2  Sudan 1–0 0–2
Tunisia  0–2  Morocco 0–1 0–1
Ghana 6–2 Guinea
Owusu
Souleymane
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Malawi 1–1 Zambia
Phiri
Zomba Stadium, Zomba

Nigeria Cancelled Mali
Withdrew

Senegal 3–1 Zaire
Zaire 2–0 Senegal
Penalties
4–5

Tanzania 1–0 Sudan
Sudan 2–0 Tanzania

Tunisia 0–1 Morocco
Zahraoui 8'
Morocco 1–0 Tunisia
Faras 15'

Third round

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3 groups of 2 teams each. Winners qualify for the Final Tournament.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  3–2  Morocco 3–1 0–1
Senegal  1–2  Ghana 0–0 1–2
Zambia  2–2 (5–4 p)  Sudan 2–2 0–0
Nigeria 3–1 Morocco
Usiyan 14', 48'
Emeteole 80'
Choukri
Morocco 1–0 Nigeria
Acila 53'

Nigeria won 3–2 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.


Senegal 0–0 Ghana
Ghana 2–1 Senegal

Ghana won 2–1 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.


Sudan 0–0 Zambia
Penalties
4–5

Zambia won 5–4 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregates and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Boycott

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The three African participants boycotted the day before the start of the Games to protest the participation of New Zealand, whose rugby team planned a summer tour of South Africa in spite of the Soweto uprising.[1]

Due to logistical issues and the large number of other African nations boycotting the Games, these teams could not be replaced, meaning the final tournament was played three teams short.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXI. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".