1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

:{{fb|GHA}} qualified as holders

:{{fb|NGR}} qualified as hosts

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAD}}||3–6|{{fb|MWI}}||2–1|1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MRI}}||2–2 (a)|{{fb|LES|1966}}||0–1|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|BEN|1975}}||w/o|{{fb|NIG}}||—|—}}

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|date=3 December 1978

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

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|MWI}}

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

|goals2=Phiri {{goal|}}

|stadium=Antananarivo

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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|date=17 December 1978

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

|score=5–1

|team2={{fb|MAD}}

|goals1=Phiri {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Billie {{goal|}}
Chamangwana {{goal|}}
Gondwe {{goal|}}

|goals2={{goal|}}

|stadium=Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Malawi won 6–3 on aggregate.

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|date=3 December 1978

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

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|LES|1966}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Port Louis

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=17 December 1978

|team1={{fb-rt|LES|1966}}

|score=1–2

|team2={{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Jacquotte {{goal}}
? {{goal}}

|stadium=Maseru

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Mauritius won by away goals rule after 2–2 on aggregate.

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|date=

|team1={{fb-rt|BEN|1975}}

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|NIG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Withdrew

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Benin advanced after Niger withdrew.

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{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}||3–6|{{fb|MAR}}||2–2|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}||3–2|{{fb|ETH|1975}}||2–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|GUI}}||3–3 (6–5 p)|{{fb|CMR}}||3–0|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MWI}}||0–4|{{fb|ZAM|1964}}||0–2|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|BEN|1975}}||2–4|{{fb|CIV}}||1–0|1–4}}

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

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|CGO|1970}}||5–6|{{fb|ZAI}}||4–2|1–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MRI}}||3–6|{{fb|TAN}}||3–2|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||w/o|{{fb|BDI|1967}}||—|—}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|EGY|1972}}||w/o|{{fb|SOM}}||—|—}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|KEN}}||w/o|{{fb|TUN|1959}}||—|—}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SUD}}||w/o|{{fb|UGA}}||—|—}}

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{{football box

|date=18 February 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{fb|MAR}}

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

|goals2=Belhiouane {{goal|6}}
Anafal {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Stade de la Capitale, Nouakchott

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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|date=8 April 1979

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

|score=4–1

|team2={{fb|MTN|1959}}

|goals1=Anafal {{goal|1}}
Acila {{goal|6}}
Saber {{goal|12}}
Faras {{goal|26}}

|goals2=Diop {{goal|}}

|stadium=Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Morocco won 6–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|ETH|1975}}

|goals1=Al-Riani {{goal|}}
Belhaj {{goal|}}

|goals2={{goal|}}

|stadium=11 June Stadium, Tripoli

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|ETH|1975}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|LBY|1977}}

|goals1={{goal|}}

|goals2=Al-Riani {{goal|}}

|stadium=Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Libya won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1979

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

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|CMR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Milla {{goal|14||31||41}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

|attendance=

|referee=

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 5–6

|penalties2 =

}}

Guinea won 6–5 on penalty shootout after 3–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1979

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

|score=0–2

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

|goals1=

|goals2=Chitalu {{goal|}}
Kaumba {{goal|}}

|stadium=Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|MWI}}

|goals1=Chitalu {{goal|}}
Simbule {{goal|22}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ndola

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Zambia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|BEN|1975}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|CIV}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Cotonou

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=4–1

|team2={{fb|BEN|1975}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=16 April 1979

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

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|GAM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|TOG}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Box Bar Stadium, Banjul

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|CGO|1970}}

|score=4–2

|team2={{fb|ZAI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=4–1

|team2={{fb|CGO|1970}}

|goals1=Ngeleme {{goal|}}{{goal|44}}
Mukendi {{goal|}}
Babo {{goal|}}

|goals2=Bahamboula {{goal|14}}

|stadium=Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Zaire won 6–5 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=16 April 1979

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

|score=3–2

|team2={{fb|TAN}}

|goals1=Maurel {{goal}}
L'Enflé {{goal}}
Ramrekha {{goal}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade George V, Curepipe

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=29 April 1979

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

|score=4–0

|team2={{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Tanzania won 6–3 on aggregate.

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|date=

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

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|BDI|1967}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Withdrew

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Algeria advanced after Burundi withdrew.

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|date=

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

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|SOM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Withdrew

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Egypt advanced after Somalia withdrew.

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|date=

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

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|TUN|1959}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Disqualified

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Kenya advanced: Tunisia were disqualified after they were banned from CAF competitions for two years for walking off the pitch to protest the officating during the third-place match of the 1978 African Cup of Nations.

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|date=

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

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{fb|UGA}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Withdrew

|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Sudan advanced after Uganda withdrew.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ALG}}||3–2|{{fb|LBY|1977}}||3–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|MAR}}||8–2|{{fb|TOG}}||7–0|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|SUD}}||2–4|{{fb|CIV}}||2–0|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|KEN}}||3–4|{{fb|EGY|1972}}||3–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|ZAI}}||4–5|{{fb|GUI}}||3–2|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|{{fb-rt|TAN}}||2–1|{{fb|ZAM|1964}}||1–0|1–1}}

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{{football box

|date=24 June 1979

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

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|LBY|1977}}

|goals1=Belloumi {{goal|20}}
Douadi {{goal|33||50}}

|goals2=Al-Issawi {{goal}}

|stadium=Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers{{cite web |title=Algeria in 1980 African Cup of Nations|url=http://dzfootball.free.fr/EN/Competitions/coupe-d-afrique-des-nations-1980.html |language=fr |publisher=dzfootball |accessdate=1 April 2014}}

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=8 July 1979

|team1={{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|ALG}}

|goals1=Lagha {{goal|85|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=11 June Stadium, Tripoli

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=24 June 1979

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

|score=7–0

|team2={{fb|TOG}}

|goals1=Faras {{goal|9}}
Acila {{goal|16}}
Dolmy {{goal|44}}
Jebrane {{goal|54||70||86}}
Labied {{goal|80}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=6 July 1979

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

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|MAR}}

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

|goals2=Beggar {{goal|}}

|stadium=Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Morocco won 8–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=29 June 1979

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

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|CIV}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=6 July 1979

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

|score=4–0

|team2={{fb|SUD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Ivory Coast won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=30 June 1979

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

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|EGY|1972}}

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

|goals2=Khalil {{goal|60}}

|stadium=Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=13 July 1979

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

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=Khalil {{goal|27}}
Mokhtar {{goal|45}}
Kamel {{goal|47}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Cairo

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Egypt won 4–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=5 August 1979

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

|score=3–2

|team2={{fb|GUI}}

|goals1=Ayel {{goal|18||81}}
Kiyika {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Bangoura {{goal|42||64}}

|stadium=Stade du 20-Mai, Kinshasa

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=19 August 1979

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

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|ZAI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=11 August 1979

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

|score=1–0

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

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

{{football box

|date=26 August 1979

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

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|TAN}}

|goals1=Chola {{goal|43}}

|goals2=Tino {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Ndola

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Tanzania won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80a.html CAN 1980 details – rsssf.com]

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