Africa Cup of Nations 1976 / qualification
A total of 32 teams registered to participate in the 1976 Africa Cup in Ethiopia.
The qualification went over three knockout rounds. Four teams failed to qualify. The hosts and the defending champions were exempt from qualifying matches.
Qualifying matches
Preliminary round
date | total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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August 10/24, 1974 | Morocco | 6-0 | Gambia | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Mali | Lesotho | Lesotho withdrawn | |||
August 10/24, 1974 | Somalia | 1: 2 | Burundi | 0: 2 | 1-0 |
August 10/24, 1974 | Togo | 3-0 | Liberia | 1-0 | 2-0 |
Niger | Benin | Benin withdrawn | |||
November 10/22, 1974 | Tunisia | 1: 1 (?:? I. E.) |
Libya |
First main round
09/14/1975 | People's Republic of the Congo | - | Ivory Coast | 1-0 | |
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09/28/1975 | Ivory Coast | - | People's Republic of the Congo * | 2: 1 | |
Nigeria * | - | Central African Republic | Central Africa withdrawn | ||
09/14/1975 | Morocco | - | Senegal | 4-0 | |
09/28/1975 | Senegal | - | Morocco * | 2: 1 | |
09/14/1975 | Mali | - | Ghana | 3: 1 | |
09/28/1975 | Ghana * | - | Mali | 4-0 | |
09/14/1975 | Burundi | - | Egypt | 0: 3 | |
09/28/1975 | Egypt * | - | Burundi | 2-0 | |
Tanzania * | - | Madagascar | Madagascar withdrawn | ||
09/14/1975 | Cameroon | - | Togo | 3-0 | |
09/28/1975 | Togo * | - | Cameroon | 4-0 | |
09/14/1975 | Niger | - | Guinea | 2: 4 | |
09/28/1975 | Guinea * | - | Niger | 3-0 | |
09/14/1975 | Tunisia | - | Algeria | 1: 1 | |
09/28/1975 | Algeria | - | Tunisia * | 1: 2 | |
09/14/1975 | Sudan | - | Kenya | 1-0 | |
09/28/1975 | Kenya | - | Sudan * | 0: 2 | |
09/14/1975 | Uganda | - | Mauritius | 4-0 | |
09/28/1975 | Mauritius | - | Uganda * | 1: 1 | |
09/14/1975 | Zambia | - | Malawi | 3: 3 | |
09/28/1975 | Malawi | - | Zambia * | 1: 6 |
Second main round
10/26/1975 | People's Republic of the Congo | - | Nigeria | 0: 1 | |
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11/9/1975 | Nigeria * | - | People's Republic of the Congo | 2: 1 | Nigeria qualified |
10/26/1975 | Ghana | - | Morocco | 2-0 | |
11/9/1975 | Morocco * | - | Ghana | 2-0 | Morocco qualified on penalties |
10/26/1975 | Tanzania | - | Egypt | 1: 1 | |
11/9/1975 | Egypt * | - | Tanzania | 5: 2 | Egypt qualified |
11/26/1975 | Togo | - | Guinea | 2: 2 | |
11/9/1975 | Guinea * | - | Togo | 2-0 | Guinea qualified |
10/26/1975 | Tunisia | - | Sudan | 3: 2 | |
11/9/1975 | Sudan * | - | Tunisia | 2: 1 | Sudan qualified |
10/26/1975 | Zambia | - | Uganda | 2: 1 | |
11/9/1975 | Uganda * | - | Zambia | 3-0 | Uganda qualified |
automatically qualified: