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

1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates11 May 1975 – 4 April 1976
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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'  
Sudan  1–0  Egypt
Gagarin  


Gambia  0–1  Guinea
 
Independence Stadium, Banjul
Guinea  6–0  Gambia

Ghana  6–0  Liberia
Owusu    
       
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

Zaire  4–1  Upper Volta
Upper Volta  1–2  Zaire
Stade Municipal de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou

Mauritius  0–4  Zambia
Chola    
   

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
Guinea  1–0  Ghana
Souleymane  
Ghana  6–2  Guinea
Owusu      
     
Souleymane  
?  

Malawi  1–1  Zambia
Phiri    
Zomba Stadium, Zomba
Zambia  4–1  Malawi
Chola    
   
Osman   (pen.)

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.


Zambia  1–1  Sudan
Chanda   Ali Gagarin   20'
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".