African Games 1973

QUALIFYING STAGE

Only the following results (all matches played 1972) are known:

         Ghana         1-0 Ivory Coast
         Ghana         1-0 Liberia
         Ghana         1-1 Sierra Leone

         Tanzania      4-1 Mauritius
         Tanzania      4-1 Lesotho

         Guinea        8-0 Gambia
         Guinea        3-2 Senegal
         Guinea        4-3 Mali
         Guinea       14-0 Mauritania
         Mali         11-0 Mauritania
         Mali          1-3 Gambia
         Mali          1-1 Senegal 
         NB: all matches in Dakar in Oct 1972; Guinea qualified

         Upper Volta   2-0 Niger
         Niger         0-2 Upper Volta
         Benin         3-2 Upper Volta
         Upper Volta   3-1 Benin
         Niger         2-2 Benin
         Benin         2-1 Niger

Central African Games 1972 (in Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville)

NB: dates are unconfirmed, structure appears to be a "round robin".

16- 7-72 Central Afr.  4-1 Chad
 ?- 7-72 Cameroon      bt  Gabon
18- 7-72 Cameroon      4-1 Chad
18- 7-72 Central Afr.  3-1 Gabon
20- 7-72 Congo Brazz.  7-0 Chad
22- 7-72 Cameroon      3-4 Central African Republic
22- 7-72 Gabon         1-0 Chad
24- 7-72 Congo Brazz.  3-0 Gabon
26- 7-72 Congo Brazz.  2-0 Central African Republic
28- 7-72 Congo Brazz.  1-1 Cameroon
           [Jonas Mbemba 87; ? 0-1]

Table (based on known results):

 1.CONGO BRAZZAVILLE        4  3  1  0  13- 1  7
 2.Central African Republic 4  3  0  1  11- 7  6
 3.Cameroon                 4  2  1  1   8- 6  5  [*]
 4.Gabon                    4  1  0  3   2- 6  2  [*]
 5.Chad                     4  0  0  4   2-16  0
[*] missing goals match Cameroon vs Gabon

FINAL TOURNAMENT (Nigeria, January 8-16)

FIRST ROUND

Group 1 (Lagos)
 8- 1-73 Nigeria       4-2 Ghana             1.NIGERIA      3  2  1  0  8- 5  5
         Algeria       4-2 Tanzania          2.GHANA        3  2  0  1  5- 4  4
10- 1-73 Nigeria       2-2 Algeria           3.Algeria      3  1  1  1  6- 6  3
         Ghana         1-0 Tanzania          4.Tanzania     3  0  0  3  3- 7  0
12- 1-73 Nigeria       2-1 Tanzania 
         Ghana         2-0 Algeria     

Group 2 (Ibadan)
 8- 1-73 Congo         3-0 Upper Volta       1.GUINEA       3  3  0  0 12- 4  6
         Guinea        4-1 Egypt             2.EGYPT        3  2  0  1  8- 7  4
10- 1-73 Egypt         3-1 Congo             3.Congo        3  1  0  1  5- 8  2
         Guinea        3-2 Upper Volta       4.Upper Volta  3  0  0  3  4-10  0
12- 1-73 Guinea        5-1 Congo
         Egypt         4-2 Upper Volta   

SEMIFINALS

14- 1-73 Nigeria       4-2 Egypt   
         Guinea        2-1 Ghana

THIRD PLACE MATCH

16- 1-73 Egypt         2-1 Ghana

FINAL

16- 1-73 Nigeria       2-0 Guinea

Overview File

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About this document

Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic, Pieter Veroeveren and Barrie Courtney for additional information

Source: [Bak 96].

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 4 Mar 2011