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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers
Tournament details
Dates27 September 1967 – 22 March 1968
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored69 (3.14 per match)
← 1964 1972 →
International football competition

The African section of the 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Mexico, for football teams from Africa. Three slots in the final tournament were available for African teams.

Format

Three groups of five to six teams compete in a home-and-away knockout stage. The winners of each group qualifies for the Summer Olympics football finals.

Groups

Group 1

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Libya  4–2  Niger 2–0 2–2
Gabon  1–6  Guinea 0–0 1–6
Second round
Guinea  w/o  United Arab Republic — —
Libya  2–3  Algeria 1–2 1–1
Final round
Guinea  5–4  Algeria 3–2 2–2

Group 2

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Nigeria  w/o  Uganda — —
Madagascar  6–2  Tanzania 4–2 2–0
Second round
Nigeria  2–2 (l)  Sudan 1–0 1–2
Madagascar  4–8  Ethiopia 1–0 3–8
Final round
Nigeria  3–2  Ethiopia 3–1 0–1

Group 3

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Cameroon  w/o  Mali — —
Second round
Morocco  1–1 (l)  Tunisia 1–1 0–0
Cameroon  3–3  Ghana 1–0 2–3
Second round play-off
Cameroon  w/o  Ghana
Final round
Morocco  3–2  Ghana 1–1 2–1

Qualified teams

The following three teams from Africa qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
 Nigeria Group 2 winners 4 May 1968 0 (debut)
 Guinea Group 1 winners 30 June 1968 0 (debut)
 Morocco Group 3 winners 30 June 1968 1 (1964)
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.).
Morocco withdrew due to refusing to play against Israel in the final tournament, and were replaced by Ghana.

References

  1. "Games of the XIX. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament".
African U-23 Championship and U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
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