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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The African Qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament began in April 1967 and ended in June 1968.[1]

1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates21 April 1967 – 30 June 1968
← 1964
1972 →

Group 1 edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya   4–2   Niger 2–0 2–2
Gabon   1–6   Guinea 0–0 1–6
Libya  2–0  Niger
Niger  2–2  Libya

Libya advance.

Gabon  0–0  Guinea
Guinea  6–1  Gabon
Souleymane  
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Guinea advance.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea   w/o   United Arab Republic — —
Libya   2–3   Algeria 1–1 1–2
Guinea  Cancelled  United Arab Republic
United Arab Republic  Cancelled  Guinea

United Arab Republic withdrew. Guinea advance.

Libya  1–1  Algeria
Al-Maadani   40' Amirouche   70'
Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)
Algeria  2–1  Libya
Amirouche   38' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Bensouidi   65'
Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)

Algeria advance.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea   5–4   Algeria 2–2 3–2
Guinea  2–2  Algeria
Kandia   38'
Sim   58'		 Lalmas   27', 42'
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Belagif (Morocco)
Algeria  2–3  Guinea
Lalmas   5'
Achour   89'		 Souleymane   7'
Ndongo Camara   10' (pen.)
Maxime   55'
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukili (Morocco)

Guinea qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group 2 edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria   w/o   Uganda — —
Madagascar   6–2   Tanzania 4–2 2–0
Nigeria  Cancelled  Uganda
Uganda  Cancelled  Nigeria

Uganda withdrew; Nigeria advance.

Madagascar  4–2  Tanzania
Tanzania  0–2  Madagascar

Madagascar advance.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria   2–2 (l)   Sudan 1–0 1–2
Madagascar   4–8   Ethiopia 1–0 3–8
Nigeria  1–0  Sudan
Sudan  2–1  Nigeria

Nigeria advance by lot.

Madagascar  1–0  Ethiopia
Ethiopia  8–3  Madagascar

Ethiopia advance.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria   3–2   Ethiopia 3–1 0–1
Nigeria  3–1  Ethiopia
Ethiopia  1–0  Nigeria

Nigeria qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group 3 edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon   w/o   Mali — —
Cameroon  Cancelled  Mali
Mali  Cancelled  Cameroon

Mali withdrew; Cameroon advance.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco   1–1 (l)   Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Cameroon   3–3 (l)   Ghana 1–0 2–3
Morocco  1–1  Tunisia
Hamidouch   54' Chaïbi   25'
Attendance: 20 000
Tunisia  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 20 000

Morocco advance by lot.

Cameroon  1–0  Ghana
Ghana  3–2  Cameroon

Cameroon advance by lot but withdrew; Ghana advance.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco   2–1   Ghana 1–1 1–2
Morocco  1–1  Ghana
Ghandi   7' Attuquayefio   86'
Attendance: 25 000
Ghana  1–2  Morocco
?   Faras  
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Attendance: 40 000

Morocco qualified, but withdrew after refusing to play against Israel in the 1968 Summer Olympics final tournament in Group C. Ghana replaced Morocco.

References edit

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