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1972 African Cup of Nations qualification#Second round

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

Sudan automatically qualify as holders and Cameroon automatically qualify as hosts.{{Cite web |title=African Nations Cup 1972 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/72a.html |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

Qualifying tournament

=First round=

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TAN}}||2–6|{{fb|ZAM|1964}}||1–1|1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NGR}}||1–2|{{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}||0–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GAB}}||1–3|{{fb|CIV}}||1–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|UGA}}||1–5|{{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}||1–4|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TOG}}||2–1|{{fb|Dahomey}}||2–1|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAD}}||3–5|{{fb|MRI}}||2–1|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|KEN}}||3–0|{{fb|ETH|1897}}||2–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||3–4|{{fb|MAR}}||3–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|NIG}}||1–4|{{fb|MLI}}||0–1|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|LBY|1969}}||1–3|{{fb|UAR|1958}}||0–1|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||1–0|{{fb|SEN}}||1–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GHA}}||w/o|{{fb|Upper Volta}}||—|—}}

|}

{{footballbox

|date=17 October 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|TAN}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|ZAM|1964}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=1 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}

|score=5–1

|team2={{fb|TAN}}

|goals1=Chitalu {{goal|}}
Chama {{goal|}}
M'hango {{goal|}}
Stephenson {{goal|}}

|goals2=? {{goal|}}

|stadium=Lusaka

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=8 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|NGA}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=22 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|NGA}}

|goals1=Mayanda {{goal|}}{{goal| |pen.}}

|goals2=? {{goal|}}

|stadium=Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=8 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score=1–2

|team2={{fb|CIV}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=22 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|GAB}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=8 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|UGA}}

|score=1–4

|team2={{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}

|goals1=

|goals2= {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}} Kembo Uba Kembo

|stadium=Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=24 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|UGA}}

|goals1= {{goal|}} Kembo Uba Kembo

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=8 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|TOG}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|Dahomey}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Lomé

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=22 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|Dahomey}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|TOG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Porto Novo

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=15 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|MAD}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Antananarivo

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=29 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|MRI}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{fb|MAD}}

|goals1= Desvaux {{goal}}
{{goal}}
{{goal}}
{{goal}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade George V, Curepipe

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=22 November 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|ETH|1897}}

|goals1=Ouma {{goal}}
Nyawanga {{goal}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=15 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Niva {{goal|60|pen.}}

|stadium=Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=10 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|ALG}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=Kalem {{goal|46||60||80}}

|goals2=Bendayan {{goal|6}}

|stadium=20 August Stadium, Algiers

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Mahmoud Mostafa Kamel (United Arab Republic)

}}

{{footballbox

|date=27 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|ALG}}

|goals1=Bamous {{goal|30}}
Choukri {{goal|38}}
Benkhrif {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

}}

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=12 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|NIG}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|MLI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Kanté {{goal|}}

|stadium=Niamey

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=27 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|MLI}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|NIG}}

|goals1=Cissé {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Diallo {{goal|}}

|goals2= {{goal|}}

|stadium=Bamako

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=27 December 1970

|team1={{fb-rt|LBY|1969}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|UAR|1958}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Helail {{goal|}}

|stadium=Tripoli

|attendance=

|referee=... Benkhedir (Algeria)

}}

{{footballbox

|date=3 January 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|UAR|1958}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|LBY|1969}}

|goals1=Helail {{goal|}}{{goal|}}

|goals2=Dames Al-Sagheer {{goal|}}

|stadium=Cairo

|attendance=

|referee=Babiker isa (Sudan)

}}

Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=18 August 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|SEN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=1 September 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|SEN}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=

|team1={{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|Upper Volta}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Withdrew

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew.

=Second round=

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAR}}||5–3|{{fb|UAR|1958}}||3–0|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}||2–4|{{fb|ZAI}}||2–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TOG}}||1–0|{{fb|GHA}}||0–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||1–3|{{fb|MLI}}||0–0|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CIV}}||3–4|{{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}||3–2|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|KEN}}||2–1|{{fb|MRI}}||2–1|0–0}}

|}

{{footballbox

|date=14 March 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|MAR}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|UAR|1972}}

|goals1=El Filali {{goal|}}
Choukri {{goal|}}
Bamous {{goal|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

|attendance=35,000

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=16 April 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|UAR|1972}}

|score=3–2

|team2={{fb|MAR}}

|goals1=El-Shazly {{goal|40||43}}
Basry {{goal|52}}

|goals2=Bamous {{goal|50}}
Aherdane {{goal|74}}

|stadium=Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=13 October 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|ZAM|1964}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|ZAI}}

|goals1=Stephenson {{goal|15}}
M'hango {{goal|45+1}}

|goals2=Etepé {{goal|16}}

|stadium=Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=27 October 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|ZAI}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|ZAM|1964}}

|goals1= {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}} Kembo Uba Kembo

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=13 June 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|TOG}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|GHA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Lomé

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=20 June 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|GHA}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|TOG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=13 June 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|GUI}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|MLI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=27 June 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|MLI}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Traoré {{goal|4}}
S. Keïta {{goal|6}}
Sangaré {{goal|66|pen.}}

|goals2=Thiam {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Bamako

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Mali won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=4 July 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score=3–2

|team2={{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}

|goals1={{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}

|goals2=Mayanda {{goal|}}{{goal|}}

|stadium=Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=18 July 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|CIV}}

|goals1=M'Pelé {{goal|30}}
Moukila {{goal|51}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=4 July 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=Niva {{goal|37|pen.}}
Farah {{goal|88}}

|goals2={{goal|}}

|stadium=Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{footballbox

|date=18 July 1971

|team1={{fb-rt|MRI}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Port Louis

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

  • {{fb|CMR|1961}} {{small|(hosts)}}
  • {{fb|CGO|1970|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
  • {{fb|KEN}}
  • {{fb|MLI}}
  • {{fb|MAR}}
  • {{fb|TOG}}
  • {{fb|SUD}} {{small|(holders)}}
  • {{fb|ZAI}}

{{div col end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/72a.html CAN 1972 details] - rsssf.com

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