Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

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The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1973 All-Africa Games.

Qualification[]

Zone I (North Africa)[]

Algeria qualified by default. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.

Zone II (West Africa 1)[]

The tournament was held in Dakar, Senegal. The tournament was also the second edition of the Tournoi de la Zone II.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 4 4 0 0 29 5 +24 8
 Senegal 4 2 1 1 20 6 +14 5
 Gambia 4 2 0 2 6 16 –10 4
 Mali 4 1 1 2 16 8 +8 3
 Mauritania 4 0 0 4 1 37 –36 0

Guinea qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)[]

The tournament was held in Ghana.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
 Sierra Leone 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1 2
 Liberia 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2

Ghana qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)[]

The tournament was held in an away/home format. Togo withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Upper Volta 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 6
 Dahomey 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 5
 Niger 4 0 1 3 3 7 –4 1
 Togo (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Upper Volta qualified. Nigeria qualified automatically as host.

Zone V (Central Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Congo. Zaire withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 4 3 1 0 13 2 +11 7
 Cameroon 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 5
 Central African Republic 4 2 0 2 8 8 0 4
 Gabon 4 1 0 3 2 10 –8 2
 Chad 4 1 0 3 4 13 –9 2
 Zaire (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Congo qualified.

Zone VI (East Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt. Ethiopia and Sudan withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 5
 Uganda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
 Somalia 3 1 1 1 5 6 –1 3
 Kenya 3 0 1 2 2 4 –2 1
 Ethiopia (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sudan (withdrew) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Egypt qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. The teams Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tanzania 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 4
 Mauritius 2 1 0 1 5 7 –2 2
 Lesotho 2 0 0 2 4 8 –4 0

Tanzania qualified.

Qualified teams[]

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone Team
Hosts  Nigeria
Zone I  Algeria
Zone II  Guinea
Zone III  Ghana
Zone IV  Upper Volta
Zone V  Congo
Zone VI  Egypt
Zone VII  Tanzania

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