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Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1973 All-Africa Games.

Qualification edit

Zone I (North Africa) edit

Algeria qualified by default. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.

Zone II (West Africa 1) edit

The tournament was held in Dakar, Senegal. The tournament was also the second edition of the Tournoi de la Zone II.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Guinea 4 4 0 0 29 5 +24 8
  Senegal 4 2 1 1 20 6 +14 5
  Gambia 4 2 0 2 6 16 –10 4
  Mali 4 1 1 2 16 8 +8 3
  Mauritania 4 0 0 4 1 37 –36 0
Guinea  8–0  Gambia
Senegal  10–1  Mauritania
Senegal  2–3  Guinea
Mali  11–0  Mauritania
Guinea  14–0  Mauritania
Gambia  3–1  Mali
Gambia  2–0  Mauritania
Senegal  1–1  Mali
Guinea  4–3  Mali
Senegal  7–1  Gambia

Guinea qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2) edit

The tournament was held in Ghana.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
  Sierra Leone 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1 2
  Liberia 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
Ghana  1–1  Sierra Leone
Ivory Coast  0–0  Liberia
Ghana  1–0  Liberia
Ivory Coast  1–0  Sierra Leone
Liberia  1–1  Sierra Leone
Ghana  1–0  Ivory Coast

Ghana qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3) edit

The tournament was held in an away/home format. Togo withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Upper Volta 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 6
  Dahomey 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 5
  Niger 4 0 1 3 3 7 –4 1
  Togo (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper Volta  2–0  Niger
Dahomey  3–2  Upper Volta
Niger  2–2  Dahomey
Niger  1–2  Upper Volta
Upper Volta  3–1  Dahomey
Dahomey  1–0  Niger

^1 Match played at Lomé, Niger declined to host due to security fears.

Upper Volta qualified. Nigeria qualified automatically as host.

Zone V (Central Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Congo. It was also a football tournament, a part of the 1972 Central African Cup, an omnisport event. Chad's matches were not counted in the football ranking because it did not enter the other sports. Zaire withdrew the games.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Congo 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
  Central African Republic 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 3
  Gabon 3 0 0 3 1 10 –9 0
  Chad (results not counted) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Zaire (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo  7–0
(not counted)		  Chad
Central African Republic  4–3  Cameroon
Chad  2–1
(not counted)		  Central African Republic
Congo  3–0  Gabon
Central African Republic  3–1  Gabon
Cameroon  4–1
(not counted)		  Chad
Congo  2–0  Central African Republic
Cameroon  4–0  Gabon
Gabon  1–0
(not counted)		  Chad
Congo  1–1  Cameroon

Congo qualified.

Zone VI (East Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt from 24 November to 1 December 1972. Ethiopia and Sudan withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 5
  Uganda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
  Somalia 3 1 1 1 5 6 –1 3
  Kenya 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1
  Ethiopia (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sudan (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt  4–2  Somalia
Uganda  1–0  Kenya
Egypt  2–2  Uganda
Kenya  2–2  Somalia
Somalia  1–0  Uganda
Egypt  1–0  Kenya

Egypt qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. The teams Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tanzania 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 4
  Mauritius 2 1 0 1 5 7 –2 2
  Lesotho 2 0 0 2 4 8 –4 0
Tanzania  4–1  Mauritius
Mauritius  4–3  Lesotho
Tanzania  4–1  Lesotho

Tanzania qualified.

Qualified teams edit

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone Team
Hosts   Nigeria
Zone I   Algeria
Zone II   Guinea
Zone III   Ghana
Zone IV   Upper Volta
Zone V   Congo
Zone VI   Egypt
Zone VII   Tanzania

External links edit

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