Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	2–3	Tunisia	1–1	1–2
Egypt	1–2	Sudan	1–1	0–1
Ethiopia	0–3	Tanzania	0–0	0–3
Gambia	0–7	Guinea	0–1	0–6
Ghana	10–1	Liberia	6–0	4–1
Mali	7–0	Mauritania	6–0	1–0
Malawi	w/o	Madagascar	w/o	w/o
Morocco	3–1	Libya	2–1	1–0
Nigeria	w/o	Cameroon	w/o	w/o
Senegal	2–1	Togo	1–0	1–1
Zaire	6–2	Upper Volta	4–1	2–1
Zambia	9–0	Mauritius	5–0	4–0

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	3–6	Ghana	1–0	2–6
Malawi	2–5	Zambia	1–1	1–4
Nigeria	w/o	Zambia	w/o	w/o
Senegal	3–3 (5-4p)	Zaire	3–1	0–2
Tanzania	1–2	Sudan	1–0	0–2
Tunisia	0–2	Morocco	0–1	0–1

Third round

3 groups of 2 teams each. Winners qualify for the Final Tournament.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	3–2	Morocco	3–1	0–1
Senegal	1–2	Ghana	0–0	1–2
Zambia	2–2 (5-4p)	Sudan	2–2	0–0

Boycott

The three African participants withdrew a day before the start of the Games and were not replaced. They boycotted the Olympics protesting the participation of New Zealand, whose rugby team planned a summer tour of South Africa in spite of the Soweto uprising.^[1]

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