1968 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1968 African Cup of Nations .

Qualified teams

•   Algeria
•   Congo-Brazzaville
•   Congo-Kinshasa
•   Ethiopia (hosts)
•   Ghana (holders)
•   Ivory Coast
•   Senegal
•   Uganda

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Guinea	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
Liberia	4	0	2	2	4	10	−6	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Note: different fixture dates depending on the sources.

26 January 1967

Liberia	2–2	Guinea

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

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25 February 1967

Guinea	3–0	Senegal
Kandia Souleymane ?

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

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19 March 1967

Senegal	4–1	Guinea
		Kandia

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

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2 April 1967

Guinea	3–0	Liberia
Kandia ? ?

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

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9 April 1967

Liberia	1–1	Senegal

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

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2 July 1967

Senegal	4–1	Liberia
Gomis Petit Guèye Thioye Paye (pen.)

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Playoff

22 October 1967 ^{[1] [2]}

Senegal	2–1	Guinea
Gomis Sarr [2]		Souleymane

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	8
Mali	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	4
Upper Volta	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

5 February 1967

Mali	0–3	Algeria
		Achour 23' Lalmas 36' Kalem 87'

Stade Municipal, Bamako

Referee: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea)

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12 February 1967

Upper Volta	1–2	Algeria
Ouattara 34'		Seridi 40' Lalmas 76'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Referee: ... (Ivory Coast)

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12 March 1967

Algeria	1–0	Mali
Hachouf 31'

19 June Stadium, Oran

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9 April 1967

Algeria	3–1	Upper Volta
Bouyahi 35' Abdi 48' Bourouba 73'		Ouédraogo 68'

20 August Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

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27 September 1967

Mali	4–0	Upper Volta
Mara 38', 45' Sinaté 48' S. Keïta

Stade Municipal, Bamako

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15 November 1967

Upper Volta	0–1	Mali
		Diallo

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	7
Nigeria	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Togo	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

12 March 1967

Nigeria	0–0	Ivory Coast

Lagos

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2 April 1967

Togo	1–0	Nigeria

Lomé

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15 April 1967

Nigeria	4–2	Togo
Bassey 15' Shittu 30' Olowo-Oshodi 43' Bankole 70'

Lagos

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30 April 1967

Ivory Coast	3–0	Togo

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

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7 May 1967

Ivory Coast	2–0	Nigeria

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

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16 August 1967

Togo	0–2	Ivory Coast

Lomé

Group 4

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libya	4–5	United Arab Republic	2–2	2–3
Uganda	5–4	Kenya	2–1	3–3

9 December 1966

Libya	2–2	United Arab Republic
Ben Soed 61' (pen.), ?'		Reyadh 14' Emam 66'

Municipal Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Ahmed Kandil (Sudan)

24 March 1967

United Arab Republic	3–2	Libya
Bakr 63' Reyadh 68' El-Fanagily 74'		Ben Soed 14', ?'

Nasser Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

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5 March 1967

Uganda	2–1	Kenya
Oketch 6' Dibya 13'		Yongo 21'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

12 March 1967

Kenya	3–3	Uganda
Nyawanga 20' Madegwa 28', 82'		Ouma 11' Oundo 22' (pen.) Obua 61'

Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uganda	w/o	United Arab Republic	0–1	—

4 June 1967

Uganda	0–1	United Arab Republic
		Bakr 19'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

30 June 1967

United Arab Republic	Cancelled	Uganda
Withdrew

Cairo

United Arab Republic withdrew due to the Six-Day War with Israel, which began on 5 June 1967. Uganda qualified.

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo-Brazzaville	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
Cameroon	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

5 February 1967

Tunisia	4–0	Cameroon
Machouche 35' Chaïbi 36' H. Akid 38', 51'

Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis

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19 February 1967

Tunisia	1–1	Congo-Brazzaville
Habacha 80'		Dzabana 1'

Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis

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26 February 1967

Cameroon	1–1	Congo-Brazzaville
		Batoukéba

Yaoundé

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21 May 1967

Congo-Brazzaville	2–1	Cameroon
Foundoux Ongagna		Mbappé 70'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

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16 August 1967

Cameroon	2–0 (Awarded)	Tunisia
		Withdrew

Yaoundé

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Congo-Brazzaville	2–0 (Awarded)	Tunisia
		Withdrew

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Group 6

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Congo-Kinshasa	5–4	Sudan	3–2	0–1	2–1
Tanzania	2–1	Mauritius	1–0	1–1

18 March 1967

Congo-Kinshasa	3–2	Sudan

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

2 April 1967

Sudan	1–0	Congo-Kinshasa

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Playoff

13 August 1967

Congo-Kinshasa	2–1	Sudan

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

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2 August 1967

Tanzania	1–0	Mauritius

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

16 August 1967

Mauritius	1–1	Tanzania

Stade George V, Curepipe

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Congo-Kinshasa	2–0	Tanzania	1–0	1–0

17 September 1967

Congo-Kinshasa	1–0	Tanzania

Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

10 October 1967

Tanzania	0–1	Congo-Kinshasa

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

References

1. Senegal: Guinea beaten in African nations soccer cup (film). Reuters. 24 October 1967. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
2. Faouzi, Mahjoub (December 1967). "Afrique football". Miroir du Football (in French). No. 101. Paris. p. 39.

External links

• African Nations Cup 1968 - rsssf.com
• AFCON 1968 Qualifiers - athlet.org