QUALIFYING STAGE
Nigeria qualified as host.
Zone 1 [Algeria qualified]
Algeria qualified by default.
Libya, Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.
Zone 2 [Guinea qualified]
All matches at Dakar; also second edition of Tournoi de la zone 2.
28- 9-72 Guinea 8-0 Gambia
28- 9-72 Senegal 10-1 Mauritania
1-10-72 Senegal 2-3 Guinea
1-10-72 Mali 11-0 Mauritania
3-10-72 Guinea 14-0 Mauritania
3-10-72 Gambia 3-1 Mali
5-10-72 Gambia 2-0 Mauritania
5-10-72 Senegal 1-1 Mali
8-10-72 Guinea 4-3 Mali
8-10-72 Senegal 7-1 Gambia
1.GUINEA 4 4 0 0 29- 5 8
2.Senegal 4 2 1 1 20- 6 5
3.Gambia 4 2 0 2 6-16 4
4.Mali 4 1 1 2 16- 8 3
5.Mauritania 4 0 0 4 1-37 0
Zone 3 [Ghana qualified]
23- 9-72 Ghana 1-1 Sierra Leone [at Accra]
24- 9-72 Ivory Coast 0-0 Liberia [at Accra]
26- 9-72 Ghana 1-0 Liberia [at Kumasi]
27- 9-72 Ivory Coast 1-0 Sierra Leone [at Accra]
29- 9-72 Liberia 1-1 Sierra Leone [at Kumasi]
30- 9-72 Ghana 1-0 Ivory Coast [at Accra]
1.GHANA 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5
2.Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3
=3.Sierra Leone 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
=3.Liberia 3 0 2 1 1- 2 2
Zone 4 [Upper Volta qualified]
17- 9-72 Upper Volta 2-0 Niger [at Ouagadougou]
1-10-72 Dahomey 3-2 Upper Volta [at Cotonou]
15-10-72 Niger 2-2 Dahomey [at Niamey]
29-10-72 Niger 1-2 Upper Volta [at Lomé; Niger declined to host due to security fears]
12-11-72 Upper Volta 3-1 Dahomey [at Ouagadougou]
26-11-72 Dahomey 1-0 Niger [at Cotonou]
1.UPPER VOLTA 4 3 0 1 9- 5 6
2.Dahomey 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5
3.Niger 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1
Togo withdrew.
Nigeria was nominally included in Zone 4, but qualified automatically as host.
Zone 5 [Congo-Brazzaville qualified]
All matches at Brazzaville.
13- 7-72 Congo-Brazzaville 7-1 Chad
14- 7-72 Central African Rep. 4-3 Cameroon
16- 7-72 Chad 2-1 Central African Rep.
16- 7-72 Congo-Brazzaville 3-0 Gabon
18- 7-72 Central African Rep. 3-1 Gabon
18- 7-72 Cameroon 4-1 Chad
20- 7-72 Congo-Brazzaville 2-0 Central African Rep.
20- 7-72 Cameroon 4-0 Gabon
22- 7-72 Gabon 1-0 Chad
23- 7-72 Congo-Brazzaville 1-1 Cameroon
1.CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 4 3 1 0 13- 2 7
2.Cameroon 4 2 1 1 12- 6 5
3.Central African Republic 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4
4.Gabon 4 1 0 3 2-10 2
5.Chad 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
Zaire withdrew.
Note: the table above was the ranking used for African Games purposes. However, the tournament doubled as
the football section of the first Coupe d'Afrique Centrale (Central African Cup), an omnisport event.
Because Chad did not enter the other sports, Chad's matches were not counted in the football ranking
for the "Coupe", which was as follows:
1.Congo-Brazzaville 3 2 1 0 6- 1 5
2.Central African Republic 3 2 0 1 7- 6 4
3.Cameroon 3 1 1 1 8- 5 3
4.Gabon 3 0 0 3 1-10 0
The overall ranking for the Coupe d'Afrique Centrale, including all sports, was:
1.Cameroon 92 points
2.Congo-Brazzaville 81
3.Central African Republic 49
4.Gabon 21
Zone 6 [Egypt qualified]
All matches at Cairo.
24-11-72 Egypt 4-2 Somalia
25-11-72 Uganda 1-0 Kenya
27-11-72 Egypt 2-2 Uganda
28-11-72 Kenya 2-2 Somalia
30-11-72 Somalia 1-0 Uganda
1-12-72 Egypt 1-0 Kenya
1.EGYPT 3 2 1 0 7- 4 5
2.Uganda 3 1 1 1 3- 3 3
3.Somalia 3 1 1 1 5- 6 3
4.Kenya 3 0 1 2 2- 4 1
Ethiopia and Sudan withdrew.
Zone 7 [Tanzania qualified]
All matches at Dar es Salaam.
6-10-72 Tanzania 4-1 Mauritius
8-10-72 Mauritius 4-3 Lesotho
10-10-72 Tanzania 4-1 Lesotho
1.TANZANIA 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4
2.Mauritius 2 1 0 1 5- 7 2
3.Lesotho 2 0 0 2 4- 8 0
Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.
FINAL TOURNAMENT (Nigeria, January 8-18)
FIRST ROUND
Group 1 (Lagos)
8- 1-73 Nigeria 4-2 Ghana 1.NIGERIA 3 2 1 0 8- 5 5
Algeria 4-2 Tanzania 2.GHANA 3 2 0 1 5- 4 4
10- 1-73 Nigeria 2-2 Algeria 3.Algeria 3 1 1 1 6- 6 3
Ghana 1-0 Tanzania 4.Tanzania 3 0 0 3 3- 7 0
12- 1-73 Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania
Ghana 2-0 Algeria
Group 2 (Ibadan)
8- 1-73 Congo 3-0 Upper Volta 1.GUINEA 3 3 0 0 12- 4 6
Guinea 4-1 Egypt 2.EGYPT 3 2 0 1 8- 7 4
10- 1-73 Egypt 3-1 Congo 3.Congo 3 1 0 1 5- 8 2
Guinea 3-2 Upper Volta 4.Upper Volta 3 0 0 3 4-10 0
12- 1-73 Guinea 5-1 Congo
Egypt 4-2 Upper Volta
SEMIFINALS
14- 1-73 Nigeria 4-2 Egypt [at Lagos]
Guinea 2-1 Ghana [at Ibadan]
THIRD PLACE MATCH
16- 1-73 Egypt 2-1 Ghana [at Lagos]
FINAL
18- 1-73 Nigeria 2-0 Guinea [at Lagos]
Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic, Pieter Veroeveren and Barrie Courtney for additional information
Sources included: [Bak 96], La Semaine (Brazzaville newspaper), various other contemporary newspapers
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