1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ethiopia |
Dates | 29 February – 14 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 54 (3 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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
[edit]The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Hosts | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970) | |
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Holders | 14 March 1974 | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974) |
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2nd round winners | 13 July 1975 | 1 (1972) |
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2nd round winners | 17 July 1975 | 2 (1970, 1974) |
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2nd round winners | 27 July 1975 | 1 (1963) |
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2nd round winners | 1 August 1975 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974) |
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2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972) |
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2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 3 (1962, 1968, 1974) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
[edit]Venues
[edit]Addis Ababa | |
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Addis Ababa Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
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Dire Dawa | |
Dire Dawa Stadium | |
Capacity: 18,000 | |
First round
[edit]Tiebreakers
[edit]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:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Ethiopia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Sheferahu ![]() |
N'Jo Léa ![]() Petit Sory ![]() |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Nigeria ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Mohammed ![]() Ojebode ![]() Usiyan ![]() |
Kabasu ![]() Ekofa ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Usiyan ![]() |
Morocco ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Zahraoui ![]() |
Final round
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 |
Morocco ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Faras ![]() Zahraoui ![]() |
Abou Rehab ![]() |
Guinea ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Souleymane ![]() |
Report | Baba ![]() |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Ahmed Abou Rehab
Hassan Shehata
Mahmoud El Khatib
Mohamed El-Seyagui
Osama Khalil
Mohamed Ali
Tesfaye Seyoum
Papa Camara
Chérif Souleymane
Petit Sory
Morciré Sylla
Ahmed Abouali
Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
Redouane Guezzar
Larbi Chebbak
Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh
Abdallah Tazi
Denis Obua
Jimmy Muguwa
Kabasu Babo
Mbungu Ekofa
Ndaye Mulamba
CAF Team of the tournament
[edit]Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards