1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 26 CAF teams entered the competition. The African Zone was allocated 1 place (out of 16) in the final tournament.

There would be five rounds of play:

  • Preliminary Round, First Round, Second Round and Third Round: In each of these rounds, the teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the next round, until there would be 3 teams left.
  • Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sierra Leone  6–3  Niger 5–1 1–2
Upper Volta  3–1  Mauritania 1–1 2–0

Sierra Leone won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the First Round.

Upper Volta won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the First Round.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Algeria  1–0  Libya 1–0 0–0
Morocco  2–2 (2–4 p)  Tunisia 1–1 1–1
Togo  2–1  Senegal 1–0 1–1
Ghana  3–5  Guinea 2–1 1–2 0–2
Sierra Leone  2–6  Nigeria 0–0 2–6
Congo-Brazzaville  4–2  Cameroon 2–2 2–0
Upper Volta  1–3  Ivory Coast 1–1 0–2
Egypt  5–1  Ethiopia 3–0 2–1
Zambia  5–0  Malawi 4–0 1–0
Zaire  w/o  Central African Republic — —
Kenya  w/o  Sudan — —
Uganda  w/o  Tanzania — —

Algeria won 1–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

The aggregate score was tied 2–2, but Tunisia won 4–2 on penalties in the second leg to advance to the Second Round. This was the first penalty shootout in a World Cup match.[1]

Togo won 2–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

Guinea advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

Nigeria won 6–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Congo-Brazzaville won 4–2 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Côte d'Ivoire won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Egypt won 5–1 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Zambia won 5–0 on agg. and advanced to the Second Round.

Central African Republic withdrew, so Zaire advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Sudan withdrew, so Kenya advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Tanzania withdrew, so Uganda advanced to the Second Round automatically.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia  3–1  Algeria 2–0 1–1
Togo  1–4  Guinea 0–2 1–2
Ivory Coast  6–3  Congo-Brazzaville 3–2 3–1
Kenya  0–1  Egypt 0–0 0–1
Uganda  3–4  Zambia 1–0 2–4 (aet)
Nigeria  w/o  Zaire — —

Tunisia won 3–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Guinea won 4–1 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Ivory Coast won 6–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Egypt won 1–0 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Zambia won 4–3 on agg. and advanced to the Third Round.

Zaire withdrew, so Nigeria advanced to the Third Round automatically.

Third round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  2–3  Tunisia 1–0 1–3
Nigeria  6–2  Ivory Coast 4–0 2–2
Egypt  2–0  Zambia 2–0 0–0

Tunisia won 3–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Nigeria won 6–2 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Egypt won 2–0 on agg. and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Tunisia 5421174+3
2  Egypt 44202711−4
3  Nigeria 3411254+1
Tunisia  0 – 0  Nigeria
Attendance: 38,229
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)
Nigeria  4 – 0  Egypt
Chukwu  24'
Odegbami  54', 67'
N'Wadioha  74'
Referee: César da Luz Dias Correia (Portugal)
Egypt  3 – 1  Nigeria
Abdou  11', 27'
Mokhtar  50'		 Iwelumo  75'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
Nigeria  0 – 1  Tunisia
Odiye  61' (o.g.)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
Egypt  3 – 2  Tunisia
Gaafar  26' (pen.)
Abdou  53'
El Khatib  83'		 Ben Aziza  80'
Akid  87'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)
Tunisia  4 – 1  Egypt
Akid  15'
Lahzami  42'
Ben Aziza  65'
Labidi  75'		 Abdel Baki  80'
Attendance: 42,850
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

Tunisia qualified.

Goalscorers

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Communications Division (27 July 2007). "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). Good to Know. FIFA. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. ↑ The second leg was abandoned in the 82nd minute due to riots, and subsequently FIFA awarded a 2–0 victory to Congo.
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