1976_African_Nations_Cup

1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	29 February – 14 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	Guinea
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mamadou Aliou Keïta; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Ahmed Faras
	← 1974 1978 →

1976 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

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[1] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Ethiopia	Hosts		7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
Zaire	Holders	14 March 1974	5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
Morocco	2nd round winners	13 July 1975	1 (1972)
Guinea	2nd round winners	17 July 1975	2 (1970, 1974)
Nigeria	2nd round winners	27 July 1975	1 (1963)
Egypt	2nd round winners	1 August 1975	6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
Sudan	2nd round winners	15 August 1975	5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
Uganda	2nd round winners	15 August 1975	3 (1962, 1968, 1974)

Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Dire Dawa	Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium		Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 18,000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Sudan	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Zaire	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
Guinea	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Egypt	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

1976_African_Nations_Cup

1976 African Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

First round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Scorers

CAF Team of the tournament

External links

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