1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina ™ Preliminaries
Results, African Zone
round43
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 07 March 76 |  | Sierra Leone | 5:1 (1:1) | Niger |  |
| 13 March 76 |  | Burkina Faso | 1:1 (1:0) | Mauritania |  |
| 21 March 76 | | Niger | 2:1 (1:1) | Sierra Leone | |
| 28 March 76 | | Mauritania | 0:2 (0:1) | Burkina Faso | |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Niger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
First stage
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 01 April 76 |  | Algeria | 1:0 (0:0) | Libya |  |
| 16 April 76 | | Libya | 0:0 | Algeria | |
| 09 May 76 |  | Zambia | 4:0 (2:0) | Malawi |  |
| 30 May 76 | | Malawi | 0:1 (0:0) | Zambia | |
| 04 September 76 | | Burkina Faso | 1:1 (0:1) | Côte d'Ivoire |  |
| 26 September 76 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 2:0 (2:0) | Burkina Faso | |
| 10 October 76 |  | Ghana | 2:1 (0:0) | Guinea |  |
| 16 October 76 | | Sierra Leone | 0:0 | Nigeria |  |
| 17 October 76 |  | Congo | 2:2 (0:2) | Cameroon |  |
| 17 October 76 |  | Togo | 1:0 (0:0) | Senegal |  |
| 29 October 76 |  | Egypt | 3:0 (2:0) | Ethiopia |  |
| 30 October 76 | | Nigeria | 6:2 (4:0) | Sierra Leone | |
| 31 October 76 | | Guinea | 2:1 (0:0) | Ghana | |
| 31 October 76 | | Cameroon | 1:2 (1:1) | Congo | |
| 31 October 76 | | Senegal | 1:1 (0:0) | Togo | |
| 14 November 76 | | Ethiopia | 1:2 (1:1) | Egypt | |
| 12 December 76 |  | Morocco | 1:1 (1:0) | Tunisia |  |
| 09 January 77 | | Tunisia | 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 1:0) 4:2 PSO | Morocco | |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
| Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Togo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Libya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Malawi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
round44
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 16 January 77 | | Guinea | 2:0 (2:0) | Ghana | |
Second stage
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 06 February 77 |  | Kenya | 0:0 | Egypt | |
| 06 February 77 | | Tunisia | 2:0 (0:0) | Algeria | |
| 13 February 77 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 3:2 (2:1) | Congo | |
| 13 February 77 | | Togo | 0:2 (0:1) | Guinea | |
| 13 February 77 |  | Uganda | 1:0 (0:0) | Zambia | |
| 27 February 77 | | Zambia | 4:2 a.e.t. (3:2, 2:1) | Uganda | |
| 27 February 77 | | Guinea | 2:1 (2:0) | Togo | |
| 27 February 77 | | Congo | 1:3 (1:2) | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 27 February 77 | | Egypt | 1:0 (1:0) | Kenya | |
| 28 February 77 | | Algeria | 1:1 (1:0) | Tunisia | |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Togo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Third stage
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 05 June 77 | | Guinea | 1:0 (0:0) | Tunisia | |
| 19 June 77 | | Tunisia | 3:1 (1:1) | Guinea | |
| 10 July 77 | | Nigeria | 4:0 (3:0) | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 15 July 77 | | Egypt | 2:0 (1:0) | Zambia | |
| 25 July 77 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 2:2 (1:0) | Nigeria | |
| 31 July 77 | | Zambia | 0:0 | Egypt | |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Zambia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Fourth stage
| Date | Home Team | Results | Away Team | ||
| 25 September 77 | | Tunisia | 0:0 | Nigeria | |
| 08 October 77 | | Nigeria | 4:0 (1:0) | Egypt | |
| 21 October 77 | | Egypt | 3:1 (2:0) | Nigeria | |
| 12 November 77 | | Nigeria | 0:1 (0:0) | Tunisia | |
| 25 November 77 | | Egypt | 3:2 (1:0) | Tunisia | |
| 11 December 77 | | Tunisia | 4:1 (2:0) | Egypt | |
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Points | |
| Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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