QUALIFYING STAGE
Qualifying Tournament in Accra
24- 9-72 Ghana 1-1 Sierra Leone
24- 9-72 Ivory Coast 0-0 Liberia
26- 9-72 Ghana 1-0 Liberia
27- 9-72 Ivory Coast 1-0 Sierra Leone
29- 9-72 Liberia unk Sierra Leone
30- 9-72 Ghana 1-0 Ivory Coast
Table:
1.GHANA 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5
2.Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3
3.Sierra Leone 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
4.Liberia 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
Qualifying Tournament in Dakar
NB: also second edition of Tournoi de la zone 2
28- 9-72 Guinea 8-0 Gambia
28- 9-72 Senegal bt Mauritania
1-10-72 Senegal 2-3 Guinea [or 30- 9?]
1-10-72 Mali 11-0 Mauritania [or 30- 9?]
3-10-72 Guinea 14-0 Mauritania
3-10-72 Gambia 3-1 Mali
5-10-72 Gambia unk Mauritania [or 6-10?]
5-10-72 Senegal 1-1 Mali [or 6-10?]
8-10-72 Guinea 4-3 Mali
8-10-72 Senegal 7-1 Gambia
Table (missing one result and goals of one other match):
1.GUINEA 4 4 0 0 29- 5 8
2.Senegal 4 2 1 1 ?- ? 5
.Mali 4 1 1 2 16- 8 3
.Gambia 3 1 0 2 ?- ? 2
5.Mauritania 3 0 0 3 ?- ? 0
Qualifying Tournament in Dar es Salaam
6-10-72 Tanzania 4-1 Mauritius
8-10-72 Mauritius 4-3 Lesotho
10-10-72 Tanzania 4-1 Lesotho
Table:
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
Qualifying Tournament in 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
Table:
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
Qualifying Tournament at unknown venue and dates
Upper Volta 2-0 Niger
Niger 0-2 Upper Volta
Benin 3-2 Upper Volta
Upper Volta 3-1 Benin
Niger 2-2 Benin
Benin 2-1 Niger
NB: Upper Volta qualified
Central African Games 1972 (in Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville)
NB: results are in chronological order but dates are not confirmed
Congo Brazzaville 7-1 Chad [HT 5-0]
Central African Republic 4-3 Cameroon [HT 1-3]
Chad 2-1 Central African Republic [HT 1-0]
Congo Brazzaville 3-0 Gabon
Central African Republic 3-1 Gabon
Cameroon 4-1 Chad
Congo Brazzaville 2-0 Central African Republic
Cameroon 4-0 Gabon
Gabon 1-0 Chad
Congo Brazzaville 1-1 Cameroon
Table:
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
NB: unclear whether tie-breaker was goal difference or goal average (in the latter case,
Chad were fourth and Gabon fifth)
FINAL TOURNAMENT (Nigeria, January 8-16)
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
Guinea 2-1 Ghana
THIRD PLACE MATCH
16- 1-73 Egypt 2-1 Ghana
FINAL
16- 1-73 Nigeria 2-0 Guinea
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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