1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina ™ Preliminaries
Results, African Zone
Pre-Preliminary Round
| 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 |
1st Stage Play-off
| 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 |
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 |
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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