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Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1972 African Cup of Nations .
Sudan automatically qualify as holders and Cameroon automatically qualify as hosts. [1]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tanzania ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Nigeria ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Gabon ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Uganda ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 1–4 | 0–1 |
Togo ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Madagascar ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–4 |
Kenya ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Algeria ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–3 |
Niger ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Libya ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Guinea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Ghana ![]() | w/o | ![]() | — | — |
Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate.
Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate.
Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate.
Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate.
Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.
Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.
Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.
Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate.
Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ghana ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Withdrew |
Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Morocco ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() | 3–0 | 2–3 |
Zambia ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Togo ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Guinea ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 0–0 | 1–3 |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 3–2 | 0–2 |
Kenya ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Morocco ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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El Filali ![]() Choukri ![]() Bamous ![]() |
Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate.
Zambia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Stephenson ![]() M'hango ![]() | Etepé ![]() |
Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate.
Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.
Mali won 3–1 on aggregate.
Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.
Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate.
The 8 qualified teams are: