This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics to be held in Los Angeles. In the end three countries qualified.
| Dates | 3 March 1983 – 26 February 1984 |
|---|---|
Preliminary round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mauritania 
|
2–6 |  Gambia
|
1–3 | 1–3 |
Mozambique 
|
3–0 |  Lesotho
|
3–0 | 0–0 |
Angola 
|
w/o |  Niger
|
— | — |
Benin 
|
w/o |  Sierra Leone
|
— | — |
Mauritius 
|
w/o |  Madagascar
|
— | — |
Uganda 
|
w/o |  Congo
|
— | — |
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola
|
3–4 |  Cameroon
|
1–1 | 2–3 |
| Gambia
|
0–3 |  Ghana
|
0–2 | 0–1 |
Guinea 
|
0–3 |  Morocco
|
0–0 | 0–3 |
Kenya 
|
1–2 |  Libya
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Mozambique
|
0–3 |  Zimbabwe
|
0–1 | 0–2 |
Nigeria 
|
3–2 |  Togo
|
2–1 | 1–1 |
Senegal 
|
4–0 | Benin
|
2–0 | 2–0 |
Sudan 
|
1–2 |  Egypt
|
0–0 | 1–2 |
Tunisia 
|
4–1 |  Gabon
|
3–0 | 1–1 |
| Uganda
|
4–4 (a) |  Algeria
|
4–1 | 0–3 |
Ethiopia 
|
w/o |  Tanzania
|
— | — |
Zambia 
|
w/o | Mauritius
|
— | — |
Algeria on away goals rule
Second round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libya
|
2–3 | Algeria
|
2–1 | 0–2 |
| Morocco
|
2–1 | Senegal
|
1–0 | 1–1 |
| Nigeria
|
2–1 | Ghana
|
0–0 | 2–1 |
| Zambia
|
1–2 | Egypt
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Zimbabwe
|
3–3 (a) | Ethiopia
|
3–2 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon
|
w/o | Tunisia
|
— | — |
| Libya | 2–1 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
|
|
| Egypt | 2–0 | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
|
Ethiopia on away goals rule
Third round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria
|
1–2 | Egypt
|
1–1 | 0–1 |
| Cameroon
|
5–1 | Ethiopia
|
4–0 | 1–1 |
| Nigeria
|
0–0 (3–4 p) | Morocco
|
0–0 | 0–0 |
Cameroon, Egypt and Morocco qualified.