Ghana qualify as holders
Nigeria qualify as hosts
Preliminary Round
Benin w/o Niger
3-12-78 Madagascar 2-1 Malawi
17-12-78 Malawi 5-1 Madagascar
12- 8-79 Mauritius 0-1 Lesotho
26- 8-79 Lesotho 1-2 Mauritius
First Round
Algeria w/o Burundi
16- 9-79 Benin 1-0 Ivory Coast
30- 9-79 Ivory Coast 4-1 Benin
16- 9-79 Congo 4-2 Zaire
30- 9-79 Zaire 4-1 Congo
Egypt w/o Somalia
16- 9-79 Guinea 3-0 Cameroon
30- 9-79 Cameroon 3-0 Guinea
[Guinea advance on penalties]
Kenya w/o Tunisia
16- 9-79 Libya 2-1 Ethiopia
30- 9-79 Ethiopia 1-1 Libya
15- 4-79 Malawi 0-2 Zambia
29- 4-79 Zambia 2-0 Malawi
16- 9-79 Mauritania 2-2 Morocco
30- 9-79 Morocco 4-1 Mauritania
16- 9-79 Mauritius 3-2 Tanzania
30- 9-79 Tanzania 4-0 Mauritius
Sudan w/o Uganda
16- 9-79 Togo 2-0 Gambia
30- 9-79 Gambia 1-0 Togo
Second Round
24-10-79 Algeria 3-1 Libya
6-11-79 Libya 1-0 Algeria
[Algeria qualify]
24-10-79 Kenya 3-1 Egypt
6-11-79 Egypt 3-0 Kenya
[Egypt qualify]
28-10-79 Morocco 7-0 Togo
11-11-79 Togo 2-1 Morocco
[Morocco qualify]
28-10-79 Sudan 2-0 Ivory Coast
11-11-79 Ivory Coast 4-0 Sudan
[Ivory Coast qualify]
28-10-79 Tanzania 1-0 Zambia
11-11-79 Zambia 1-1 Tanzania
[Tanzania qualify]
28-10-79 Zaire 3-2 Guinea
11-11-79 Guinea 3-1 Zaire
[Guinea qualify]
Ghana qualify as holders
Nigeria qualify as hosts
Group A (Lagos)
8- 3-80 Nigeria 3-1 Tanzania
[Lawal 11, Onyedika 35, Odegbami 85; Mkambi 54]
8- 3-80 Egypt 2-1 Ivory Coast
[Hammam 8, Mokhtar 20; Ani Gome 7]
12- 3-80 Egypt 2-1 Tanzania
[Chehata 32, Nour 38; Wazir 86]
12- 3-80 Nigeria 0-0 Ivory Coast
15- 3-80 Ivory Coast 1-1 Tanzania
[Kobenan 7; Wazir 59]
15- 3-80 Nigeria 1-0 Egypt
[Isima 15]
1.NIGERIA 3 2 1 0 4- 1 5
2.EGYPT 3 2 0 1 4- 3 4
3.Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
4.Tanzania 3 0 1 2 3- 6 1
Group B (Ibadan)
9- 3-80 Ghana 0-0 Algeria
9- 3-80 Morocco 1-1 Guinea
[Tahir Mustapha 7; Moussa Camara 8]
13- 3-80 Algeria 1-0 Morocco
[Belloumi 90]
13- 3-80 Ghana 1-0 Guinea
[Kluse 69]
16- 3-80 Algeria 3-2 Guinea
[Bensaoula 12, 49, Benmiloudi 37 (*); Diawara 82, Bangoura 90;
(*) some sources credit Algeria's second goal to Belloumi instead]
16- 3-80 Morocco 1-0 Ghana
[Labied 44]
1.ALGERIA 3 2 1 0 4- 2 5
2.MOROCCO 3 1 1 1 2- 2 3
3.Ghana 3 1 1 1 1- 1 3
4.Guinea 3 0 1 2 3- 5 1
Semifinals
(Lagos)
19- 3-80 Nigeria 1-0 Morocco
[Owolabi 9]
(Ibadan)
19- 3-80 Algeria 2-2 Egypt [aet]
[Assad (pen) 55, Benmiloudi 62; El Khatib 32, El Sayed 47]
Algeria won 4-2 on penalties
Third Place Match (Lagos)
21- 3-80 Morocco 2-0 Egypt
[Labied 9, 78]
Final (Lagos, National stadium; att: 80,000)
22- 3-80 Nigeria 3-0 Algeria
[Segun Odegbami 2, 42, Muda Lawal 50]
[Nigeria: Best Ogedengbe, David Adiele, Christian Chukwu,
Babatunde Bamidele, Alloysius Atuegbu, Godwin Odiye
(Ikhana Kadiri), Felix Owolabi, Okey Isima, Segun
Odegbami, Muda Lawal, Adokie Amiesemeka;
Algeria: Mehdi Cerbah, Chaâbane Merzekane, Abdelkader Horr,
Mohamed Kheddis, Mustapha Kouici, Bouzid Mahyouz, Ali
Fergani, Lakhdar Belloumi (Mohamed Redouane Guemri),
Salah Assad, Tadj Bensaoula (Rabah Madjer),
Hocine Benmiloudi;
referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)]
With thanks to Barrie Courtney and Erlan Manaschev
Prepared and maintained by Eric Boesenberg, Karel Stokkermans and François Mazet for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Eric Boesenberg, Karel Stokkermans
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Last updated: 23 Dec 2014
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