1972 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournamentJune 2025Afcon This page details the process of qualifying for the 1972 African Cup of Nations. Sudan automatically qualify as holders and Cameroon automatically qualify as hosts.African Nations Cup 1972 https://www.rsssf.org/tables/72a.html 2025-06-06 www.rsssf.org Qualifying tournament First round TAN 2–6 ZAM 1964 1–1 1–5 NGR 1–2 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 0–0 1–2 GAB 1–3 CIV 1–2 0–1 UGA 1–5 COD 1966 Congo-Kinshasa 1–4 0–1 TOG 2–1 Dahomey 2–1 0–0 MAD 3–5 MRI 2–1 1–4 KEN 3–0 ETH 1897 2–0 1–0 ALG 3–4 MAR 3–1 0–3 NIG 1–4 MLI 0–1 1–3 LBY 1969 1–3 UAR 1958 0–1 1–2 GUI 1–0 SEN 1–0 0–0 GHA w/o Upper Volta — — |} 17 October 1970 TAN 1–1 ZAM 1964 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam 1 November 1970 ZAM 1964 5–1 TAN Chitalu Chama M'hango Stephenson ? Lusaka Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate. 8 November 1970 NGA 0–0 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville Liberty Stadium, Ibadan 22 November 1970 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 2–1 NGA Mayanda pen. ? Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate. 8 November 1970 GAB 1–2 CIV Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville 22 November 1970 CIV 1–0 GAB Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate. 8 November 1970 UGA 1–4 COD 1966 Congo-Kinshasa Kembo Uba Kembo Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 24 November 1970 COD 1966 Congo-Kinshasa 1–0 UGA Kembo Uba Kembo Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate. 8 November 1970 TOG 2–1 Dahomey Lomé 22 November 1970 Dahomey 0–0 TOG Porto Novo Togo won 2–1 on aggregate. 15 November 1970 MAD 2–1 MRI Antananarivo 29 November 1970 MRI 4–1 MAD Desvaux Stade George V, Curepipe Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate. 22 November 1970 KEN 2–0 ETH 1897 Ouma Nyawanga Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 15 December 1970 ETH 1897 0–1 KEN Niva 60 pen. Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate. 10 December 1970 ALG 3–1 MAR Kalem 46 60 80 Bendayan 6 20 August Stadium, Algiers 20,000 Mahmoud Mostafa Kamel (United Arab Republic) 27 December 1970 MAR 3–0 ALG Bamous 30Choukri 38Benkhrif 90+4 Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca 20,000 Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal) Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate. 12 December 1970 NIG 0–1 MLI Kanté Niamey 27 December 1970 MLI 3–1 NIG Cissé Diallo Bamako Mali won 4–1 on aggregate. 27 December 1970 LBY 1969 0–1 UAR 1958 Helail Tripoli ... Benkhedir (Algeria) 3 January 1971 UAR 1958 2–1 LBY 1969 Helail Dames Al-Sagheer Cairo Babiker isa (Sudan) Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate. 18 August 1971 GUI 1–0 SEN Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 1 September 1971 SEN 0–0 GUI Stade Demba Diop, Dakar Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate. GHA Cancelled Upper Volta Withdrew Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew. Second round MAR 5–3 UAR 1958 3–0 2–3 ZAM 1964 2–4 ZAI 2–1 0–3 TOG 1–0 GHA 0–0 1–0 GUI 1–3 MLI 0–0 1–3 CIV 3–4 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 3–2 0–2 KEN 2–1 MRI 2–1 0–0 |} 14 March 1971 MAR 3–0 UAR 1972 El Filali Choukri Bamous Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca 35,000 16 April 1971 UAR 1972 3–2 MAR El-Shazly 40 43Basry 52 Bamous 50Aherdane 74 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate. 13 October 1971 ZAM 1964 2–1 ZAI Stephenson 15M'hango 45+1 Etepé 16 Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola 27 October 1971 ZAI 3–0 ZAM 1964 Kembo Uba Kembo Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate. 13 June 1971 TOG 0–0 GHA Lomé 20 June 1971 GHA 0–1 TOG Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Togo won 1–0 on aggregate. 13 June 1971 GUI 0–0 MLI Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 27 June 1971 MLI 3–1 GUI Traoré 4S. Keïta 6Sangaré 66 pen. Thiam 48 Bamako Mali won 3–1 on aggregate. 4 July 1971 CIV 3–2 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville Mayanda Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 18 July 1971 CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville 2–0 CIV M'Pelé 30Moukila 51 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate. 4 July 1971 KEN 2–1 MRI Niva 37 pen.Farah 88 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 18 July 1971 MRI 0–0 KEN Port Louis Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate. Qualified teams The 8 qualified teams are: 22em CMR 1961 (hosts) CGO 1970 Congo-Brazzaville KEN MLI MAR TOG SUD (holders) ZAI References External links CAN 1972 details - rsssf.com Qualification 1972 Cup Of Nations qualification Cup Of Nations qualification