1972 African Cup of Nations qualification

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

Qualifying tournament

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tanzania	2–6	Zambia	1–1	1–5
Nigeria	1–2	Congo-Brazzaville	0–0	1–2
Gabon	1–3	Ivory Coast	1–2	0–1
Uganda	1–5	Congo-Kinshasa	1–4	0–1
Togo	2–1	Dahomey	2–1	0–0
Madagascar	3–5	Mauritius	2–1	1–4
Kenya	3–0	Ethiopia	2–0	1–0
Algeria	3–4	Morocco	3–1	0–3
Niger	1–4	Mali	0–1	1–3
Libya	1–3	United Arab Republic	0–1	1–2
Guinea	1–0	Senegal	1–0	0–0
Ghana	w/o	Upper Volta	—	—

Zambia won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Congo-Brazzaville won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ivory Coast won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Congo-Kinshasa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Togo won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Mauritius won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Kenya won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Morocco won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Mali won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Egypt won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Guinea won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Ghana progress, Upper Volta withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	5–3	United Arab Republic	3–0	2–3
Zambia	2–4	Zaire	2–1	0–3
Togo	1–0	Ghana	0–0	1–0
Guinea	1–3	Mali	0–0	1–3
Ivory Coast	3–4	Congo-Brazzaville	3–2	0–2
Kenya	2–1	Mauritius	2–1	0–0

Morocco won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Zaire won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Togo won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Mali won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Congo-Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Kenya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

External links

• CAN 1972 details - rsssf.com