1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round

The CAF First Round of 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 24 CAF members.

Results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Algeria	1–0	Libya	1–0	0–0
Morocco	2–2 (2–4 p)	Tunisia	1–1	1–1
Togo	2–1	Senegal	1–0	1–1
Ghana	3–5	Guinea	2–1	1–2	0–2
Sierra Leone	2–6	Nigeria	0–0	2–6
Congo-Brazzaville	4–2	Cameroon	2–2	2–0
Upper Volta	1–3	Ivory Coast	1–1	0–2
Egypt	5–1	Ethiopia	3–0	2–1
Zambia	5–0	Malawi	4–0	1–0
Zaire	w/o	Central African Republic	—	—
Kenya	w/o	Sudan	—	—
Uganda	w/o	Tanzania	—	—

1 April 1976	Algeria	1 – 0	Libya	Algiers, Algeria
	Betrouni 83'			Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

16 April 1976	Libya	0 – 0 (0 – 1 agg.)	Algeria	Tripoli, Libya
				Referee: Guruceta Muro (Spain)

Algeria advanced to the Second Round.

12 December 1976	Morocco	1 – 1	Tunisia	Casablanca, Morocco
	Lakhal 35'		Dhiab 56'	Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)

9 January 1977	Tunisia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 2 agg.) (4 – 2 p)	Morocco	Tunis, Tunisia
	Labidi 35'		Arred 55'	Referee: Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

The aggregate score was tied 2–2, but Tunisia won 4–2 on penalties in the second leg to advance to the Second Round.

17 October 1976	Togo	1 – 0	Senegal	Lomé, Togo
	Rachidou 87'			Referee: Dwomoh (Ghana)

31 October 1976	Senegal	1 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Togo	Dakar, Senegal
	Ba 63'		Afanou 58'	Referee: Ali (Morocco)

Togo advanced to the Second Round.

10 October 1976	Ghana	2 – 1	Guinea	Accra, Ghana
	Kassum 57' Afriyle 83'		Camara 52'	Referee: Koudou (Côte d'Ivoire)

31 October 1976	Guinea	2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 3 agg.)	Ghana	Conakry, Guinea
	Camara 51' Keita 56'		Ansah 59'	Referee: Aouissi(Algeria)

The aggregate score was tied 3–3, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

16 January 1977	Guinea	2 – 0	Ghana	Lomé, Togo
	Camara 3' Sylla 31'			Referee: N'diaye(Senegal)

Guinea advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

16 October 1976	Sierra Leone	0 – 0	Nigeria	Freetown, Sierra Leone
				Referee: Turkson (Ghana)

30 October 1976	Nigeria	6 – 2 (6 – 2 agg.)	Sierra Leone	Lagos, Nigeria
	Odegbami 25' Atuegbu 31', 34' Usiyan 40' Emeteole 63' Awesu 77'		Dyfan 74' Sama 88' (p)	Referee: Matovu (Tanzania)

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

17 October 1976	Congo-Brazzaville	2 – 2	Cameroon	Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville
	Mounoudzi 66' (p) Wamba 76'		Milla 11' Onguene 35'	Referee: Gumboh (Zambia)

31 October 1976	Cameroon	0 – 2 Awarded^[1] (1 – 2 82') (2 – 4 agg.)	Congo-Brazzaville	Yaoundé, Cameroon
	Milla 7'		Ebomoa 19' N'Doumba 52'	Referee: N'Jai (Gambia)

Congo-Brazzaville advanced to the Second Round.

4 September 1976	Upper Volta	1 – 1	Ivory Coast	Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
				Referee: N'Diaye (Senegal)

26 September 1976	Ivory Coast	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Upper Volta	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
				Referee: Diagne (Guinea)

Côte d'Ivoire advanced to the Second Round.

29 October 1976	Egypt	3 – 0	Ethiopia	Cairo, Egypt
				Referee: Menegali (Italy)

14 November 1976	Ethiopia	1 – 2 (1 – 5 agg.)	Egypt	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
				Referee: Wurtz (France)

Egypt advanced to the Second Round.

9 May 1976	Zambia	4 – 0	Malawi	Lusaka, Zambia
				Referee: Muamba-Kabwe (Zaire)

30 May 1976	Malawi	0 – 1 (0 – 5 agg.)	Zambia	Blantyre, Malawi
				Referee: Randrianaly (Madagascar)

Zambia advanced to the Second Round.

	Zaire	w/o	Central African Republic
			Withdrew

Central African Republic withdrew, so Zaire advanced to the Second Round automatically.

	Kenya	w/o	Sudan
			Withdrew

Sudan withdrew, so Kenya advanced to the Second Round automatically.

	Uganda	w/o	Tanzania
			Withdrew

Tanzania withdrew, so Uganda advanced to the Second Round automatically.

↑ The second leg was abandoned in the 82nd minute due to riots, and subsequently FIFA awarded a 2–0 victory to Congo.

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