1978 African Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the qualification of the 1978 African Cup of Nations

Qualifying tournament

Preliminary round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malawi  3–4  Mauritius 1–1 2–3
Malawi 1–1 Mauritius
Phiri L'Enflé
Mauritius 3–2 Malawi
Chundunsing
Imbert
L'Enflé 		Phiri
?
Stade George V, Curepipe

Mauritius won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  5–3  Kenya 4–1 1–2
Sierra Leone  1–3  Nigeria 1–1 0–2
Mauritius  2–4  Ethiopia 2–3 0–1
Guinea  5–0  Libya 3–0 2–0
Senegal  3–1  Togo 2–1 1–0
Egypt  4–5  Tunisia 2–2 2–3
Cameroon  2–4  Congo 2–0 0–4
Upper Volta  1–5  Ivory Coast 0–1 1–4
Mali  w/o  Niger — —
Uganda  w/o  Tanzania — —
Zambia  w/o  Sudan — —
Gabon  Bye

Algeria won 5–3 on aggregate.

Sierra Leone 1–1 Nigeria

Nigeria won 3–1 on aggregate.

Mauritius 2–3 Ethiopia
Chundunsing
?
Stade George V, Curepipe

Ethiopia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Guinea 3–0 Libya
Libya 0–2 Guinea
March 28 Stadium, Benghazi
Referee: ... Setali (Morocco
)

Guinea won 5–0 on aggregate.

Togo 0–1 Senegal

Senegal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Egypt 2–2 Tunisia
Gaafar 42' (pen.)
Khalil 57'		 Agrebi 25'
Akid 70'
Tunisia 3–2 Egypt
Akid 10'
Lahzami 17'
Dhiab 55'		 El Khatib 37' (pen.)
Shehata 82'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Tunisia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Congo won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ivory Coast 4–1 Upper Volta
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Ivory Coast won 5–1 on aggregate, but later were disqualified.

Mali w/o Niger

Mali had a walkover to the next round, but later were disqualified.

Uganda had a walkover to the next round.

Zambia w/o Sudan

Zambia had a walkover to the next round.

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria  2–2 (5–6
p
) 		 Zambia 2–0 0–2
Senegal  3–4  Nigeria 3–1 0–3
Ethiopia  1–2  Uganda 0–0 1–2
Mali  1–21  Ivory Coast 1–0 0–2
Congo  6–5  Gabon 3–2 3–3
Tunisia  5–3  Guinea 3–0 2–3

^1 Ivory Coast and Mali were disqualified. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

Algeria 2–0 Zambia
Ali Messaoud 2'
Ighili 74'
5 July Stadium, Algiers

Zambia won 6–5 in penalty shootout after 2–2 on aggregate.

Senegal 3–1 Nigeria

Nigeria won 4–3 on aggregate.

Uganda 2–1 Ethiopia
Semwanga 7' (pen.)
Kirunda 89'

Uganda won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mali 1–0 Ivory Coast
Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako
Ivory Coast 2–0 Mali
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Both teams were disqualified: Ivory Coast for using an ineligible player in the second leg, and Mali after security forces assaulted the officials at the end of the first leg. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the first round, were given a place in the finals.

Gabon 3–3 Congo
Manon 36', 89'
Dimonékéné 34' (o.g.)		 Bahamboula 26'
Nganga-Mwivi 53', 76'

Congo won 6–5 on aggregate.

Tunisia 3–0 Guinea
Labidi 19'
Dhiab 38', 48'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Tunisia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

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