Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates27 September 1967 – 22 March 1968
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored69 (3.14 per match)
1964
1972

The African section of the 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Mexico, for football teams from Africa. Three slots in the final tournament were available for African teams. [1]

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Format

Three groups of five to six teams compete in a home-and-away knockout stage. The winners of each group qualifies for the Summer Olympics football finals.

Groups

Group 1

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Libya  Flag of Libya (1951-1969).svg4–2Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 2–0 2–2
Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg1–6Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0–0 1–6
Second round
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg w/o Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic
Libya  Flag of Libya (1951-1969).svg2–3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–2 1–1
Final round
Guinea  Flag of Guinea.svg5–4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–2 2–2

Group 2

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg w/o Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg6–2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 4–2 2–0
Second round
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg2–2 (l)Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg  Sudan 1–0 1–2
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg4–8Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia 1–0 3–8
Final round
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg3–2Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia 3–1 0–1

Group 3

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
First round
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg w/o Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Second round
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg1–1 (l)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg3–3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–0 2–3
Second round play-off
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg w/o Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Final round
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svg3–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–1 2–1

Qualified teams

The following three teams from Africa qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1 2
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Group 2 winners4 May 19680 (debut)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Group 1 winners30 June 19680 (debut)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 3 Group 3 winners30 June 19681 (1964)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.).
3 Morocco withdrew due to refusing to play against Israel in the final tournament, and were replaced by Ghana.

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References

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