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1976 African Cup of Nations

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1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8
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 played18
Goals scored54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco 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

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The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 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
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

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Venues

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First round

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Tiebreakers

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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:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda
Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83'
Egypt 1–1 Guinea
Basri 43' B. Sylla 44' (pen.)


Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Ali 46' Shehata 26'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 4–2 Zaire
Mohammed 28', 44'
Ojebode 37' (pen.)
Usiyan 90'
Kabasu 51'
Ekofa 58'
Morocco 2–2 Sudan
Chérif 1'
Abouali 58'
Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)


Morocco 3–1 Nigeria
Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81'
Ojebode 81'
Zaire 1–1 Sudan
Mulamba 41' Gagarin 14'

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: [citation needed]
Guinea 1–1 Nigeria
Camara 88' Lawal 55'
Morocco 2–1 Egypt
Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88'
Abou Rehab 34'

Guinea 4–2 Egypt
N'Jo Léa 24', 65'
Sultan 53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla 62'
Abdou 33'
El-Seyagui 86'

Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
Ilerika 35', 62'
Lawal 82'
El Khatib 7'
Khalil 86'
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Report Baba 86'

Goalscorers

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There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the tournament

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Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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