Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 1st 1976 - December 11th 1977 |
Teams | 22 [1] (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 41 |
Goals scored | 119 (2.9 per match) |
Attendance | 1,197,425 (29,205 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mahmoud El Khatib (6 Goals) |
← 1974 1982 → |
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification .
A total of 26 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.
There would be five rounds of play:
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sierra Leone | 6–3 | Niger | 5–1 | 1–2 |
Upper Volta | 3–1 | Mauritania | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Niger | 2–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Seydou 36' Kanfideni 52' | Sango 37' |
Sierra Leone won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the first round.
Upper Volta | 1–1 | Mauritania |
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Kaboré 44' | Coulibaly 68' (pen.) |
Mauritania | 0–2 | Upper Volta |
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Zoma 32' Ouattara 52' |
Upper Volta won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the first round.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Algeria | 1–0 | Libya | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Morocco | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Tunisia | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Togo | 2–1 | Senegal | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Ghana | 3–5 | Guinea | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Sierra Leone | 2–6 | Nigeria | 0–0 | 2–6 | |
Congo-Brazzaville | 4–2 | Cameroon | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Upper Volta | 1–3 | Ivory Coast | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Egypt | 5–1 | Ethiopia | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Zambia | 5–0 | Malawi | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
Zaire | w/o | Central African Republic | — | — | |
Kenya | w/o | Sudan | — | — | |
Uganda | w/o | Tanzania | — | — |
Algeria won 1–0 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, but Tunisia won 4–2 on penalties in the second leg to advance to the second round. This was the first penalty shootout in a World Cup match. [2]
Togo won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the second round.
Ghana | 0–2 | Guinea |
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Papa Camara 3' S. Sylla 31' |
Guinea advanced to the second round, via the play-off.
Sierra Leone | 0–0 | Nigeria |
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Nigeria | 6–2 | Sierra Leone |
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Odegbami 25' Atuegbu 31', 34' Usiyan 40' Emeteole 63' Awesu 77' | Dyfan 74' Sama 88' (pen.) |
Nigeria won 6–2 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
Congo-Brazzaville won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
Upper Volta | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Kaboré 70' | Bawa 36' |
Ivory Coast | 2–0 | Upper Volta |
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Kouame 17' Kouman 34' |
Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
Egypt won 5–1 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
Zambia won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the second round.
Zaire | w/o | Central African Republic |
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Withdrew |
Central African Republic withdrew, so Zaire advanced to the second round automatically.
Sudan withdrew, so Kenya advanced to the second round automatically.
Tanzania withdrew, so Uganda advanced to the second round automatically.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tunisia | 3–1 | Algeria | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Togo | 1–4 | Guinea | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Ivory Coast | 6–3 | Congo-Brazzaville | 3–2 | 3–1 |
Kenya | 0–1 | Egypt | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Uganda | 3–4 | Zambia | 1–0 | 2–4 (aet) |
Nigeria | w/o | Zaire | — | — |
Tunisia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the third round.
Togo | 0–2 | Guinea |
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Bangoura 15' Souleymane 84' |
Guinea won 4–1 on agg. and advanced to the third round.
Ivory Coast | 3–2 | Congo-Brazzaville |
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G'Bize 10' Mamahou 20' Kouman 81' | Bahamboula 36' N'Domba 89' |
Congo-Brazzaville | 1–3 | Ivory Coast |
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Lingongo 23' | Kouman 10' Miézan 38' G'Bize 82' |
Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the third round.
Egypt won 1–0 on agg. and advanced to the third round.
Zambia won 4–3 on agg. and advanced to the third round.
Zaire withdrew, so Nigeria advanced to the third round automatically.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guinea | 2–3 | Tunisia | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Nigeria | 6–2 | Ivory Coast | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Egypt | 2–0 | Zambia | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Ivory Coast | 2–2 | Nigeria |
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Mamahou 37', 58' | Odegbami 74' Amiesimaka 89' |
Nigeria won 6–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Egypt won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
2 | Egypt | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
Tunisia qualified.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup 1 |
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Tunisia | Final Round winners | 11 December 1977 | 0 (debut) |
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