1978 African Cup of Nations qualification

none Afcon This page details the qualification of the 1978 African Cup of Nations Qualifying tournament Preliminary round MWI 3–4 MRI 1–1 2–3 |} 24 October 1976 MWI 1–1 MRI Phiri L'Enflé Lilongwe 28 January 1977 MRI 3–2 MWI Chundunsing Imbert L'Enflé Phiri ? Stade George V, Curepipe 50,000 Mauritius won 4–3 on aggregate. First round ALG 5–3 KEN 4–1 1–2 SLE 1–3 NGR 1–1 0–2 MRI 2–4 ETH 1975 2–3 0–1 GUI 5–0 LBY 1972 3–0 2–0 SEN 3–1 TOG 2–1 1–0 EGY 1972 4–5 TUN 1959 2–2 2–3 CMR 2–4 CGO 1970 2–0 0–4 Upper Volta 1–5 CIV 0–1 1–4 MLI w/o NIG — — UGA w/o TAN — — ZAM 1964 w/o SUD — — GAB Bye |} 17 February 1977 ALG 4–1 KEN Baïleche 5 69Betrouni 12Tlemçani 45 pen. Ghazalle 37 5 July Stadium, Algiers 13 March 1977 KEN 2–1 ALG Lukoye 28Ochieng 40 Ighili 21 Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate. 17 February 1977 SLE 1–1 NGA Freetown 13 March 1977 NGA 2–0 SLE Odegbami Surulere Stadium, Lagos Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate. 17 February 1977 MRI 2–3 ETH 1975 Chundunsing ? Stade George V, Curepipe 13 March 1977 ETH 1975 1–0 MRI Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate. 13 March 1977 GUI 3–0 LBY 1972 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 25 March 1977 LBY 1972 0–2 GUI March 28 Stadium, Benghazi ... Setali (Morocco) Guinea won 5–0 on aggregate. 13 March 1977 SEN 2–1 TOG Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 26 March 1977 TOG 0–1 SEN Lomé Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate. 13 March 1977 EGY 1972 2–2 TUN 1959 Gaafar 42 pen.Khalil 57 Agrebi 25Akid 70 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 27 April 1977 TUN 1959 3–2 EGY 1972 Akid 10Lahzami 17Dhiab 55 El Khatib 37 pen.Shehata 82 Stade El Menzah, Tunis Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate. 13 March 1977 CMR 2–0 CGO 1970 M'Bida 2Milla 45+1 Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé 5 June 1977 CGO 1970 4–0 CMR N'Domba Bahamboula Mounoundzi pen. Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville Congo won 4–2 on aggregate. 20 March 1977 Upper Volta 0–1 CIV Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 27 March 1977 CIV 4–1 Upper Volta Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Ivory Coast won 5–1 on aggregate, but later were disqualified. MLI w/o NIG Mali had a walkover to the next round, but later were disqualified. UGA w/o TAN Uganda had a walkover to the next round. ZAM 1964 w/o SUD Zambia had a walkover to the next round. Second round ALG 2–2 (5–6 p) ZAM 1964 2–0 0–2 SEN 3–4 NGR 3–1 0–3 ETH 1975 1–2 UGA 0–0 1–2 MLI 1–21 1 CIV 1–0 0–2 CGO 1970 6–5 GAB 3–2 3–3 TUN 1959 5–3 GUI 3–0 2–3 |} 1 1 Ivory Coast and Mali were both disqualified: Upper Volta, who lost to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals. 9 June 1977 ALG 2–0 ZAM 1964 Ali Messaoud 2Ighili 74 5 July Stadium, Algiers 26 June 1977 ZAM 1964 2–0 yes ALG Chitalu 33 52 Independence Stadium, Lusaka Gratian Matovu (Tanzania) 6–5 Zambia won 6–5 in penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate. 12 June 1977 SEN 3–1 NGA Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 26 June 1977 NGA 3–0 SEN Atuegbu Odegbami ? Surulere Stadium, Lagos Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate. 12 June 1977 ETH 1975 0–0 UGA Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 26 June 1977 UGA 2–1 ETH 1975 Semwanga 7 pen.Kirunda 89 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala Uganda won 2–1 on aggregate. 19 June 1977 MLI 1–0 CIV Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako 17 July 1977 CIV 2–0 MLI Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Both teams were disqualified: Ivory Coast for using an ineligible player in the second leg, and Mali after stadium security and police assaulted the match officials during the first leg. Upper Volta, who lost to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals. 17 July 1977 CGO 1970 3–2 GAB Moukila 44 45+1Lakou 45 Ndjambou 11Bourdette 47 Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville 31 July 1977 GAB 3–3 CGO 1970 Manon 36 89Dimonékéné 34 o.g. Bahamboula 26Nganga-Mwivi 53 76 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville Congo won 6–5 on aggregate. 2 October 1977 TUN 3–0 GUI Labidi 19Dhiab 38 48 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 16 October 1977 GUI 3–2 TUN Souleymane ? Agrebi 17Dhiab 25 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Tunisia won 5–3 on aggregate. Qualified teams The 8 qualified teams are: 22em Ghana (hosts) Nigeria Zambia 1964 Upper Volta Uganda Tunisia 1959 Morocco (holders) CGO 1970 External links CAN 1978 details - rsssf.com Qualification 1978 Cup Of Nations qualification Cup Of Nations qualification