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

Zone I (North Africa)

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

Zone II (West Africa 1)

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 qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)

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 qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)

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 qualified. Nigeria qualified automatically as host.

Zone V (Central Africa)

The tournament was held in Congo. Zaire withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	7
Cameroon	4	2	1	1	12	6	+6	5
Central African Republic	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	4
Gabon	4	1	0	3	2	10	–8	2
Chad	4	1	0	3	4	13	–9	2
Zaire (withdrew)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Congo qualified.

Zone VI (East Africa)

The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt. 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 qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)

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 qualified.