Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

1978 All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	13–28 July 1978
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	... (... goals)
Best player	Ali Bencheikh

The 1978 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 3rd edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 13–28 July 1978 as part of the 1978 All-Africa Games.

Qualification

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament

Zone	Team
Hosts	Algeria
Zone I	Libya
Zone II	Mali
Zone III	Ghana
Zone IV	Nigeria
Zone V	Cameroon
Zone VI	Egypt
Zone VII	Malawi

Squads

Venues

Algiers	Algiers	Algiers
Stade 5 Juillet 1962		Stade 20 Août 1955
Capacity: 85,000		Capacity: 20,000

Final tournament

The eight teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Libya	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Malawi	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0

13 July 1978

Egypt	1 – 1	Algeria
El Khatib  11'		Assad  17' (pen)

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

14 July 1978

Libya	2 – 1	Malawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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18 July 1978

Algeria	2 – 1	Libya
Belkedrouci  10' Bencheikh  73'		–

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

18 July 1978

Egypt	4 – 1	Malawi
Hamama Nouh		–

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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22 July 1978

Algeria	3 – 0	Malawi
Betrouni  51' Aouis  54' Kouici  59'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

22 July 1978

Egypt	1 – 0 abandoned	Libya
El Khawaga

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

• Libya disqualified from the tournament due to their attack on the Egyptian team during the match . The match were abandoned
• Egypt withdraw from the tournament due to the attack of the Libyan players on the Egyptian team and in protest of the bad intervention of the Algerian security against the Egyptian team

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Mali	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2

14 July 1978

Nigeria	3 – 1	Mali

Algiers

14 July 1978

Ghana	2 – 1	Cameroon

Algiers

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17 July 1978

Nigeria	0 – 0	Cameroon

Algiers

17 July 1978

Ghana	1 – 1	Mali

Algiers

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21 July 1978

Nigeria	0 – 0	Ghana

Algiers

21 July 1978

Cameroon	1 – 1	Mali

Algiers

Knockout Stage

	Semifinals				Final
	25 July – Algiers
	Algeria	2
					28 July – Algiers
	Ghana	0
					Algeria	1
	25 July – Algiers
					Nigeria	0
	Nigeria	1
	Malawi	0
					Third place
					28 July – Algiers
					Ghana	1
					Malawi	0

Semifinals

25 July 1978

Algeria	2 – 0	Ghana
Ighili  57' Belkedrouci  62'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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25 July 1978

Nigeria	1 – 0	Malawi

Bronze Medal match

28 July 1978

Ghana	1 – 0	Malawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Gold Medal match

28 July 1978

Algeria	1 – 0	Nigeria
Bencheikh  33'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

Final ranking

Algeria vs Nigeria in the final match

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Algeria (H)	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Nigeria	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Ghana	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	6
4	Malawi	5	0	0	5	2	11	−9	0
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	Mali	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
7	Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
8	Libya	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
Total		32	11	10	11	33	33	0	32

External links

• All-African Games 1978 - rsssf.com