QUALIFYING STAGE
Only the following results are known:
13- 1-78 Libya 0-0 Tunisia
25- 1-78 Tunisia 2-1 Libya
[Tarak Dhiab (pen), Ali Kaabi; ?]
NB: Tunisia later withdrew allowing Libya to take their place.
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]
24- 1-78 Malawi 2-1 Mauritius
Cameroon possibly qualified as winners of the Central African Games 1976;
however, it is also possible the following two matches were qualifiers:
23-12-77 Cameroon 0-0 Chad
10- 7-78 Chad 0-3 Cameroon [or 10- 1-78?]
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
Main source: [Bak 96].
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 18 Aug 2004
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