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Qualification for championships ( CAF)
FIFA World Cup
Africa Cup of Nations

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1968 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Senegal 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 5
  Guinea 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 5
  Liberia 4 0 2 2 4 10 −6 2
Source: [ citation needed]

Note: different fixture dates depending on the sources.

Liberia 2–2  Guinea
Guinea 3–0  Senegal
Kandia
Souleymane
?
Senegal 4–1  Guinea
Kandia
Guinea 3–0  Liberia
Kandia
?
?
Liberia 1–1  Senegal
Senegal 4–1  Liberia
Gomis
Petit Guèye
Thioye
Paye ( pen.)
Playoff
Senegal 2–1  Guinea
Souleymane

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Algeria 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 8
  Mali 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
  Upper Volta 4 0 0 4 2 10 −8 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Mali 0–3  Algeria
Achour 23'
Lalmas 36'
Kalem 87'
Referee: Jean-Louis Faber ( Guinea)
Upper Volta 1–2  Algeria
Ouattara 34' Seridi 40'
Lalmas 76'
Referee: ... ( Ivory Coast)
Algeria 1–0  Mali
Hachouf 31'
Algeria 3–1  Upper Volta
Bouyahi 35'
Abdi 48'
Bourouba 73'		 Ouédraogo 68'
Referee: Moustapha N'Gom ( Senegal)
Mali 4–0  Upper Volta
Mara 38', 45'
Sinaté 48'
S. Keïta
Upper Volta 0–1  Mali
Diallo

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ivory Coast 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 7
  Nigeria 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
  Togo 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6 2
Source: [ citation needed]
Nigeria 0–0  Ivory Coast
Togo 1–0  Nigeria
Nigeria 4–2  Togo
Bassey 15'
Shittu 30'
Olowo-Oshodi 43'
Bankole 70'
Ivory Coast 3–0  Togo
Ivory Coast 2–0  Nigeria
Togo 0–2  Ivory Coast

Group 4

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya  4–5   United Arab Republic 2–2 2–3
Uganda  5–4   Kenya 2–1 3–3
Libya 2–2  United Arab Republic
Ben Soed 61' ( pen.), ?' Reyadh 14'
Emam 66'
Referee: Ahmed Kandil ( Sudan)
United Arab Republic 3–2  Libya
Bakr 63'
Reyadh 68'
El-Fanagily 74'		 Ben Soed 14', ?'
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn ( Ethiopia)
Uganda 2–1  Kenya
Oketch 6'
Dibya 13'		 Yongo 21'
Kenya 3–3  Uganda
Nyawanga 20'
Madegwa 28', 82'		 Ouma 11'
Oundo 22' ( pen.)
Obua 61'

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uganda  w/o   United Arab Republic 0–1 —
Uganda 0–1  United Arab Republic
Bakr 19'
United Arab Republic Cancelled  Uganda
Withdrew

United Arab Republic withdrew due to the Six-Day War with Israel, which began on 5 June 1967. Uganda qualified.

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Congo-Brazzaville 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 6
  Tunisia 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 3
  Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3
Source: [ citation needed]
Tunisia 4–0  Cameroon
Machouche 35'
Chaïbi 36'
Akid 38', 51'
Tunisia 1–1  Congo-Brazzaville
Habacha 80' Dzabana 1'
Cameroon 1–1  Congo-Brazzaville
Batoukéba
Congo-Brazzaville 2–1  Cameroon
Foundoux
Ongagna 		Mbappé 70'
Cameroon 2–0
(Awarded)		  Tunisia
Withdrew
Congo-Brazzaville 2–0
(Awarded)		  Tunisia
Withdrew

Group 6

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Congo-Kinshasa  5–4   Sudan 3–2 0–1 2–1
Tanzania  2–1   Mauritius 1–0 1–1
Congo-Kinshasa 3–2  Sudan
Sudan 1–0  Congo-Kinshasa
Playoff
Congo-Kinshasa 2–1  Sudan
Tanzania 1–0  Mauritius
Mauritius 1–1  Tanzania

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Congo-Kinshasa  2–0   Tanzania 1–0 1–0
Congo-Kinshasa 1–0  Tanzania
Tanzania 0–1  Congo-Kinshasa

References

External links

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