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

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers

Dates	11 May 1975 – 4 April 1976
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First round

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'

11 May 1975

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Tunisia	2–1	Algeria
Agrebi 56' Liman 74'		Belkedrouci 80'

1 June 1975

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 30 000

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

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Egypt	1–1	Sudan
Shehata 29'

2 May 1975

Nasser Stadium, Cairo

Sudan	1–0	Egypt
Gagarin

30 May 1975

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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Ethiopia	0–0	Tanzania

18 May 1975

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Tanzania	3–0	Ethiopia
Nguluko Sembuli Hassan

31 May 1975

Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam

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Gambia	0–1	Guinea

27 April 1975

Independence Stadium, Banjul

Guinea	6–0	Gambia

1 June 1975

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

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Ghana	6–0	Liberia
Owusu

6 April 1975

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Liberia	1–4	Ghana
		Owusu

20 April 1975

Monrovia

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Mauritania	0–1	Mali
		Elba 56'

18 May 1975

Nouakchott

Mali	6–0	Mauritania

1 June 1975

Bamako

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Malawi	Cancelled	Madagascar
		Withdrew

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Morocco	2–1	Libya
Faras 3' Acila 77'		Al-Bahloul

23 February 1975

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

Libya	0–1	Morocco

14 March 1975

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

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Nigeria	Cancelled	Cameroon
		Withdrew

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Togo	1–1	Senegal

18 April 1975

Stade Omnisports de Lomé, Lomé

Senegal	1–0	Togo

1 June 1975

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

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Zaire	4–1	Upper Volta

6 April 1975

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

Upper Volta	1–2	Zaire

27 April 1975

Stade Municipal de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou

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Zambia	5–0	Mauritius
Chola Simulambo Chanda

4 May 1975

Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola

Mauritius	0–4	Zambia
		Chola

18 May 1975

Stade George V, Curepipe

Second round

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

30 November 1975

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Ghana	6–2	Guinea
Owusu		Souleymane ?

14 December 1975

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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Malawi	1–1	Zambia
Phiri

31 August 1975

Zomba Stadium, Zomba

Zambia	4–1	Malawi
Chola		Osman (pen.)

12 October 1975

Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola

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Nigeria	Cancelled	Mali
		Withdrew

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Senegal	3–1	Zaire

30 November 1975

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Zaire	2–0	Senegal
Penalties
	4–5

14 December 1975

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

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Tanzania	1–0	Sudan

22 November 1975

Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Sudan	2–0	Tanzania

5 December 1975

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

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Tunisia	0–1	Morocco
		Zahraoui 8'

30 November 1975

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Morocco	1–0	Tunisia
Faras 15'

14 December 1975

Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

Third round

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

3 April 1976

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Morocco	1–0	Nigeria
Acila 53'

18 April 1976

Stade de Marchan, Tangier

Nigeria won 3–2 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

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Senegal	0–0	Ghana

14 March 1976

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Ghana	2–1	Senegal

28 March 1976

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Ghana won 2–1 and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

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Zambia	1–1	Sudan
Chanda		Ali Gagarin 20'

28 March 1976

Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola

Sudan	0–0	Zambia
Penalties
	4–5

4 April 1976

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Zambia won 5–4 on penalties after 1–1 on aggregates and qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Boycott

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

1. "Games of the XXI. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".