QUALIFYING STAGE
Algeria qualified as host
Zone 1 [Libya qualified]
Morocco withdrew
13- 1-78 Libya 1-0 Tunisia [also reported 0-0]
25- 1-78 Tunisia 2-1 Libya
[Tarak Dhiab (pen), Ali Kaabi; ?]
NB: Libya qualify on away goal
Zone 2 [Mali qualified]
27-12-77 Mali 2-1 Mauritania [at Bamako]
Guinea, Senegal, Gambia (and possibly Guinea-Bissau) withdrew
Zone 3 [Ghana qualified]
16-12-77 Ivory Coast 2-1 Ghana
18-12-77 Ivory Coast 1-2 Ghana [2-3 pen]
NB: both matches in Abidjan; Sierra Leone and Liberia withdrew
Zone 4 [Nigeria qualified]
14- 1-78 Nigeria 7-0 Benin
[Adokie Amiesiamaka 9, 20, Segun Odegbami 47, 82, 84,
Godwin Odiye 60' Christian Chukwu 72pen]
17- 1-78 Benin 0-2 Nigeria [in Lagos]
[Segun Odegbami 17, Christian Chukwu 59pen]
NB: both matches in Lagos; Togo, Niger, Upper Volta and the Central African Republic withdrew
Zone 5 [Cameroon qualified]
Group A (Yaoundé)
23-12-77 Cameroon 0-0 Chad
25-12-77 Chad 3-0 Rwanda
27-12-77 Cameroon 4-0 Rwanda
1.CAMEROON 2 1 1 0 4- 0 3
2.CHAD 2 1 1 0 3- 0 3
3.Rwanda 2 0 0 2 0- 7 0
Group B (Douala)
24-12-77 Congo 8-0 Burundi
24-12-77 Gabon 2-0 Equatorial Guinea
26-12-77 Gabon 1-0 Congo
26-12-77 Burundi 4-2 Equatorial Guinea
28-12-77 Congo 4-0 Equatorial Guinea
28-12-77 Gabon 2-0 Burundi
1.GABON 3 3 0 0 5- 0 6
2.CONGO 3 2 0 1 12- 1 4
3.Burundi 3 1 0 2 4-12 2
4.Equatorial Guinea 3 0 0 3 2-10 0
Semifinals
30-12-77 Gabon 1-3 Chad [in Douala]
30-12-77 Cameroon abd Congo [in Yaoundé; abandoned at 1-2 in 84' due to power cut]
31-12-77 Cameroon w/o Congo [in Yaoundé; replay; Congo dns]
Final (Yaoundé)
3- 1-78 Cameroon 3-0 Chad
Zone 6 [Egypt qualified]
NB: tournament in Cairo
NB: Ethiopia withdrew from the competition in protest at the participation of Somalia;
Kenya withdrew due to a policy of "non-participation in international tournaments"
Group A
12-11-77 Egypt 4-0 Somalia [HT 3-0]
[Mokhtar Ali Mokhtar 5, Taher El-Sheikh 10, Ali Khalil 15, Hassan Shehata 82]
14-11-77 Sudan 2-0 Somalia [HT 1-0]
16-11-77 Egypt 1-0 Sudan
[Taher El-Sheikh]
1.EGYPT 2 2 0 0 5- 0 4
2.Uganda 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2
3.Somalia 2 1 1 1 0- 6 0
Group B
13-11-77 Tanzania 1-1 Uganda
[Shaaban 20pen; Kirwanda 12]
15-11-77 Tanzania 1-1 Uganda
1.UGANDA 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2
2.Tanzania 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2
Note: Uganda won the group on lots
Final
18-11-77 Egypt 1-0 Uganda [HT 1-0]
[Ali Khalil 16]
[Note: Egyptian goalkeeper Ikramy saved a penalty at 52']
Zone 7 [Malawi qualified]
24- 1-78 Mauritius 1-2 Malawi [aet] [in Curepipe]
NB: the other teams who were meant to participate in this zone (Botswana, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Swaziland and Zambia) all withdrew
FINAL TOURNAMENT (Algeria, July 13-28)
FIRST ROUND
Group 1
13- 7-78 Algeria 1-1 Egypt 1.ALGERIA 3 2 1 0 6- 2 5
14- 7-78 Libya 2-1 Malawi 2.Egypt 3 2 1 0 6- 2 5
18- 7-78 Algeria 2-1 Libya 3.Libya 3 1 0 2 3- 4 2
Egypt 4-1 Malawi 4.MALAWI 3 0 0 3 2- 9 2
22- 7-78 Algeria 3-0 Malawi
Egypt abd Libya [abandoned at 1-0 after a mass brawl involving
both teams and the spectators]
[Egypt withdrew from the tournament in protest, and Libya were excluded for their
part in the fracas.]
Group 2
14- 7-78 Nigeria 3-1 Mali 1.NIGERIA 3 1 2 0 3- 1 4
Ghana 2-1 Cameroon 2.GHANA 3 1 2 0 3- 2 4
17- 7-78 Nigeria 0-0 Cameroon 3.Cameroon 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
Ghana 1-1 Mali 4.Mali 3 0 2 1 3- 5 2
21- 7-78 Nigeria 0-0 Ghana
Cameroon 1-1 Mali
SEMIFINALS
25- 7-78 Algeria 2-0 Ghana
Nigeria 3-2 Malawi
THIRD PLACE MATCH
28- 7-78 Ghana 1-0 Malawi
FINAL
28- 7-78 Algeria 1-0 Nigeria
With thanks to Amro Hassanin, Pieter Veroeveren and Barrie Courtney
Sources included: [Bak 96], [Gab 12], Egyptian Gazette
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Authors: Mark Cruickshank, Neil Morrison and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 29 Dec 2015
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