1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ethiopia |
Dates | 29 February – 14 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco (1st title) |
Runners-up | Guinea |
Third place | Nigeria |
Fourth place | Egypt |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 54 (3 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mamadou Aliou Keïta (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Ahmed Faras |
← 1974 1978 → |
The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Ethiopia | Hosts | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970) | |
Zaire | Holders | 14 March 1974 | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974) |
Morocco | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1975 | 1 (1972) |
Guinea | 2nd round winners | 17 July 1975 | 2 (1970, 1974) |
Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 27 July 1975 | 1 (1963) |
Egypt | 2nd round winners | 1 August 1975 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974) |
Sudan | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972) |
Uganda | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 3 (1962, 1968, 1974) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
Addis Ababa | |
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Addis Ababa Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
Dire Dawa | |
Dire Dawa Stadium | |
Capacity: 18,000 | |
First round
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
2 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Ethiopia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia | 1–2 | Guinea |
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Sheferahu 40' | N'Jo Léa 15' Petit Sory 85' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Zaire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria | 4–2 | Zaire |
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Mohammed 28', 44' Ojebode 37' (pen.) Usiyan 90' | Kabasu 51' Ekofa 58' |
Morocco | 1–0 | Zaire |
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Zahraoui 80' |
Final round
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Champions |
2 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 |
Guinea | 1–1 | Morocco |
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Souleymane 33' | Report | Baba 86' |
Goalscorers
There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
- Ahmed Faras
- Baba Otu Mohammed
- Ali Gagarin
2 goals
1 goal
- Ahmed Abou Rehab
- Hassan Shehata
- Mahmoud El Khatib
- Mohamed El-Seyagui
- Osama Khalil
- Mohamed Ali
- Tesfaye Seyoum
- Papa Camara
- Chérif Souleymane
- Petit Sory
- Morciré Sylla
- Ahmed Abouali
- Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
- Redouane Guezzar
- Larbi Chebbak
- Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh
- Abdallah Tazi
- Denis Obua
- Jimmy Muguwa
- Kabasu Babo
- Mbungu Ekofa
- Ndaye Mulamba
CAF Team of the tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
- Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
- Mustafa Younis
- Chérif Souleymane
- Djibril Diara
Midfielders
- Tolde
- Farouk Gaafar
- Haruna Ilerika
- Kunle Awesu
Forwards
External links
- Guinea vs Morocco Final 11v11.com
- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com
- footballmundial.tripod.com