Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

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1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Football African Qualifiers
Dates21 April 1967 – 30 June 1968
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The African Qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament began in April 1967 and ended in June 1968.[1]

Group 1[]

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  4–2  Niger 2–0 2–2
Gabon  1–6  Guinea 0–0 1–6
Libya 2–0 Niger
Niger 2–2 Libya

Libya advance.

Gabon 0–0 Guinea
Guinea 6–1 Gabon
Souleymane Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal
? Goal		 Goal

Guinea advance.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  w/o  United Arab Republic – –
Libya  2–3  Algeria 1–1 1–2
Guinea Cancelled United Arab Republic
United Arab Republic Cancelled Guinea

United Arab Republic withdrew. Guinea advance.

Libya 1–1 Algeria
Goal 40' Amirouche Goal 70'
Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy)
Algeria 2–1 Libya
Amirouche Goal 38' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Bensouidi Goal 65'
Referee: Ayele Tessema (Ethiopia)

Algeria advance.

Final[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guinea  5–4  Algeria 2–2 3–2
Guinea 2–2 Algeria
Kandia Goal 38'
Goal 58'		 Lalmas Goal 27', 42'
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Belagif (Morocco)
Algeria 2–3 Guinea
Lalmas Goal 5'
Goal 89'		 Souleymane Goal 7'
Goal 10' (pen.)
Maxime Goal 55'
Attendance: 10 000
Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukili (Morocco)

Guinea qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group 2[]

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  w/o  Uganda – –
Madagascar  6–2  Tanzania 4–2 2–0
Nigeria Cancelled Uganda
Uganda Cancelled Nigeria

Uganda withdrew; Nigeria advance.

Madagascar 4–2 Tanzania
Tanzania 0–2 Madagascar

Madagascar advance.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  2–2 (l)  Sudan 1–0 1–2
Madagascar  4–8  Ethiopia 1–0 3–8
Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Sudan 2–1 Nigeria

Nigeria advance by lot.

Madagascar 1–0 Ethiopia
Ethiopia 8–3 Madagascar

Ethiopia advance.

Final[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  3–2  Ethiopia 3–1 0–1
Nigeria 3–1 Ethiopia
Ethiopia 1–0 Nigeria

Nigeria qualified for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group 3[]

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  w/o  Mali – –
Cameroon Cancelled Mali
Mali Cancelled Cameroon

Mali withdrew; Cameroon advance.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  1–1 (l)  Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Cameroon  3–3 (l)  Ghana 1–0 2–3
Morocco 1–1 Tunisia
Goal 54' Chaïbi Goal 25'
Attendance: 20 000
Tunisia 0–0 Morocco
Attendance: 25 000

Morocco advance by lot.

Cameroon 1–0 Ghana
Ghana 3–2 Cameroon

Cameroon advance by lot but withdrew; Ghana advance.

Final[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  2–1  Ghana 1–1 1–2
Morocco 1–1 Ghana
Ghandi Goal 7' Attuquayefio Goal 86'
Ghana 1–2 Morocco
Goal Faras Goal
? Goal
Attendance: 40 000

Morocco qualified, but withdrew after refusing to play against Israel in the 1968 Summer Olympics final tournament in Group C. Ghana replaced Morocco.

References[]

  1. ^ "Games of the XIX. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".
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