Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Men's African Qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics tournament began in November 1959 and ended in April 1960.

1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers

Dates	1 November 1959 – 22 April 1960

Round 1

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
Morocco	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5
Malta	4	0	2	2	3	6	–3	2

1 November 1959

Malta	0–0	Tunisia

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 10,937

Referee: Peter Kröner (Romania)

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8 November 1959

Malta	2–2	Morocco
Dalli 15' Mackay 55'		Benchekroun 57' Benabadenahan 73'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 11,748

Referee: Peter Kröner (Romania)

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15 November 1959

Tunisia	2–0	Morocco
Henia 20', 32'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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6 December 1959

Tunisia	2–0	Malta
Henia 51' Braiek 88'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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13 December 1959

Morocco	2–1	Malta
Machiche 13' Mourchid 42'		Dalli 30'

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Casablanca

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vicente Antonio Caballero (Spain)

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27 December 1959

Morocco	3–1	Tunisia
Benchekroun 4', 73' Mokhtatif 48'		Néji 27'

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Casablanca

Attendance: 15,000

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Ghana	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	4
Nigeria	4	1	0	3	6	14	–8	2

10 October 1959

Nigeria	3–1	Ghana
Onyeali Ohiri		Salisu

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

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25 October 1959

Ghana	4–1	Nigeria
Acquah ? ?		Onyeali

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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13 November 1959

United Arab Republic	2–1	Ghana
Ateya 47', 60'		Aggrey-Fynn

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 40,000

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6 December 1959

Ghana	2–0	United Arab Republic
Acquah 85', 87'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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13 December 1959

Nigeria	2–6	United Arab Republic
Onyeali 3', 51'		Nnado 1' (o.g.) Selim 46', 51' Ismail 53' Ateya 65' Abdel Fattah 78'

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

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1 January 1960

United Arab Republic	3–0	Nigeria
Ismail 9' Abdel Fattah 17' Mimi ?'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sudan	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Ethiopia	4	1	2	1	5	6	–1	4
Uganda	4	0	1	3	2	5	–3	1

14 November 1959

Uganda	1–2	Ethiopia

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

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23 November 1959

Sudan	3–1	Ethiopia
Al-Kabeer Nasir Elzubeir

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

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9 December 1959

Sudan	1–0	Uganda
Elzubeir

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

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13 December 1959

Ethiopia	1–1	Uganda

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

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20 December 1959

Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan
		Nasir

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

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3 January 1960

Uganda	0–1	Sudan
		Elzubeir

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Round 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	3
Sudan	4	1	0	3	1	6	–5	2

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

14 February 1960

Sudan	1–0	Tunisia
Eltoum

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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19 February 1960

United Arab Republic	3–1	Tunisia
Redha 50' Abdel Fattah 71', 89'		Karmous 60'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

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26 February 1960

Sudan	0–1	United Arab Republic
		El-Hamouly 77' (pen.)

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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3 April 1960

Tunisia	0–0	United Arab Republic

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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17 April 1960

Tunisia	2–0	Sudan
Diwa 10' Karmous 79'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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22 April 1960

United Arab Republic	3–0	Sudan
Abdel Fattah 22' El-Fanagily 48' Redha 65'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo