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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS |
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Winners: |
Ghana |
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| Team | Notes | |||
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Ghana | Hosts | ||
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Morocco | Title holders | ||
| Preliminary round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 24/10/1976 | Lilongwe (MWI) | Malawi - Mauritius | 1-1 | |||
| Preliminary round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 28/01/1977 | Curepipe (MRI) | Mauritius - Malawi | 3-2 | Qual. Mauritius | ||
| 1st round | ||||||
| Mali - Niger | * | Qual. Mali | ||||
| Uganda - Tanzania | * | Qual. Uganda | ||||
| Zambia - Sudan | * | Qual. Zambia | ||||
| 1st round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 17/02/1977 | Algiers (ALG) | Algeria - Kenya | 4-1 | |||
| 17/02/1977 | Curepipe (MRI) | Mauritius - Ethiopia | 2-3 | |||
| 17/02/1977 | Freetown (SLE) | Sierra Leone - Nigeria | 1-1 | |||
| 13/03/1977 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Congo | 2-0 | |||
| 13/03/1977 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Tunisia | 2-2 | |||
| 13/03/1977 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Libya | 3-0 | |||
| 13/03/1977 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Togo | 2-1 | |||
| 20/03/1977 | Ouagadougou (UPV) | Upper Volta - Ivory Coast | 0-1 | |||
| 1st round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 13/03/1977 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Mauritius | 1-0 | Qual. Ethiopia | ||
| 13/03/1977 | Mombasa (KEN) | Kenya - Algeria | 2-1 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 13/03/1977 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Sierra Leone | 2-0 | Qual. Nigeria | ||
| 25/03/1977 | Benghazi (LBY) | Libya - Guinea | 0-2 | Qual. Guinea | ||
| 26/03/1977 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Senegal | 0-1 | Qual. Senegal | ||
| 27/03/1977 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Upper Volta | 4-1 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
| 27/04/1977 | Tunis (TUN) | Tunisia - Egypt | 3-2 | Qual. Tunisia | ||
| 05/06/1977 | Brazzaville (CGO) | Congo - Cameroon | 4-0 | Qual. Congo | ||
| 2nd round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 12/06/1977 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Uganda | 0-0 | |||
| 12/06/1977 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Nigeria | 3-1 | |||
| 19/06/1977 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Ivory Coast | 1-0 | |||
| 17/07/1977 | Brazzaville (CGO) | Congo - Gabon | 3-2 | |||
| 02/10/1977 | Tunis (TUN) | Tunisia - Guinea | 3-0 | |||
| 09/06/2007 | Algiers (ALG) | Algeria - Zambia | 2-0 | |||
| 2nd round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 26/06/1977 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Senegal | 3-0 | Qual. Nigeria | ||
| 26/06/1977 | Kampala (UGA) | Uganda - Ethiopia | 2-1 | Qual. Uganda | ||
| 26/06/1977 | Lusaka (ZAM) | Zambia - Algeria | 2-0 aet (6-5 pso) | Qual. Zambia | ||
| 17/07/1977 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Mali | 2-0 | Qual. Upper Volta ** | ||
| 31/07/1977 | Libreville (GAB) | Gabon - Congo | 3-3 | Qual. Congo | ||
| 16/10/1977 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Tunisia | 3-2 | |||
| * Niger, Tanzania and Sudan withdrew | ||||||
| ** Ivory Coast were disqualified having fielded an ineligible player in 2nd round, and Mali were disqualified because security forces | ||||||
| assaulted match officials at the end of 1st round. Upper Volta, losers to Ivory Coast in the 1st round, were qualified. | ||||||
| Team | Notes | |||
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Ghana | Winners | ||
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Uganda | Final | ||
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Nigeria | Semi-finals | ||
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Tunisia | Semi-finals | ||
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Zambia | Group stage | ||
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Morocco | Group stage | ||
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Congo | Group stage | ||
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Upper Volta | Group stage | ||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Upper Volta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 05/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Zambia | 2-1 | |||
| 05/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Nigeria - Upper Volta | 4-2 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 08/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Nigeria - Ghana | 1-1 | |||
| 08/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Zambia - Upper Volta | 2-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 10/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Upper Volta | 3-0 | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 10/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Zambia - Nigeria | 0-0 | Qual. Nigeria |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Uganda | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Congo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 06/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Morocco - Tunisia | 1-1 | |||
| 06/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Uganda - Congo | 3-1 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 09/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Morocco - Congo | 1-0 | |||
| 09/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Tunisia - Uganda | 3-1 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 11/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Congo - Tunisia | 0-0 | Qual. Tunisia | ||
| 11/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Uganda - Morocco | 3-0 | Qual. Uganda |
| Semi-finals | ||||||
| 14/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Tunisia | 1-0 | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 14/03/1978 | Kumasi (GHA) | Uganda - Nigeria | 2-1 | Qual. Uganda | ||
| Match for 3rd place | ||||||
| 16/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Nigeria - Tunisia | 2-0 - awarded * | Qual. Nigeria | ||
| Final | ||||||
| 16/03/1978 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Uganda | 2-0 | Winners: Ghana | ||
| * Tunisia withdrew after 42' (1-1) to protest against match official. Tunisia were banned from the next tournament | ||||||