1972 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

Qualifying tournament

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tanzania   2–6   Zambia 1–1 1–5
Nigeria   1–2   Congo-Brazzaville 0–0 1–2
Gabon   1–3   Ivory Coast 1–2 0–1
Uganda   1–5   Congo-Kinshasa 1–4 0–1
Togo   2–1   Dahomey 2–1 0–0
Madagascar   3–5   Mauritius 2–1 1–4
Kenya   3–0   Ethiopia 2–0 1–0
Algeria   3–4   Morocco 3–1 0–3
Niger   1–4   Mali 0–1 1–3
Libya   1–3   United Arab Republic 0–1 1–2
Guinea   1–0   Senegal 1–0 0–0
Ghana   w/o   Upper Volta
Tanzania  1–1  Zambia
Zambia  5–1  Tanzania
Chitalu  
Chama  
M'hango  
Stephenson  
?  

Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate.


Nigeria  0–0  Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate.


Gabon  1–2  Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate.


Uganda  1–4  Congo-Kinshasa
Congo-Kinshasa  1–0  Uganda

Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate.


Togo  2–1  Dahomey
Dahomey  0–0  Togo

Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.


Madagascar  2–1  Mauritius
Mauritius  4–1  Madagascar
Desvaux  
 
 
 

Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate.


Kenya  2–0  Ethiopia
Ouma  
Nyawanga  
Ethiopia  0–1  Kenya
Niva   60' (pen.)

Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.


Algeria  3–1  Morocco
Kalem   46', 60', 80' Bendayan   6'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mahmoud Mostafa Kamel (United Arab Republic)
Morocco  3–0  Algeria
Bamous   30'
Choukri   38'
Benkhrif   90+4'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom (Senegal)

Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.


Niger  0–1  Mali
Kanté  
Mali  3–1  Niger
Cissé    
Diallo  
 

Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.


Libya  0–1  United Arab Republic
Helail  
Referee: ... Benkhedir (Algeria)
United Arab Republic  2–1  Libya
Helail    Dames Al-Sagheer  
Referee: Babiker isa (Sudan)

Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate.


Guinea  1–0  Senegal
Senegal  0–0  Guinea

Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate.


Ghana  Cancelled  Upper Volta
Withdrew

Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco   5–3   United Arab Republic 3–0 2–3
Zambia   2–4   Zaire 2–1 0–3
Togo   1–0   Ghana 0–0 1–0
Guinea   1–3   Mali 0–0 1–3
Ivory Coast   3–4   Congo-Brazzaville 3–2 0–2
Kenya   2–1   Mauritius 2–1 0–0
Morocco  3–0  United Arab Republic
El Filali  
Choukri  
Bamous  
Attendance: 35,000
United Arab Republic  3–2  Morocco
El-Shazly   40', 43'
Basry   52'
Bamous   50'
Aherdane   74'

Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate.


Zambia  2–1  Zaire
Stephenson   15'
M'hango   45+1'
Etepé   16'
Zaire  3–0  Zambia

Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate.


Togo  0–0  Ghana
Ghana  0–1  Togo

Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.


Guinea  0–0  Mali
Mali  3–1  Guinea
Traoré   4'
S. Keïta   6'
Sangaré   66' (pen.)
Thiam   48'

Mali won 3–1 on aggregate.


Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.


Kenya  2–1  Mauritius
Niva   37' (pen.)
Farah   88'
 
Mauritius  0–0  Kenya

Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

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The 8 qualified teams are:

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