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: matches Mali in Oct 1972
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
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
Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic, Pieter Veroeveren and Barrie Courtney for additional information
Source: [Bak 96].
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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 2 Aug 2007
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