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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS |
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Winners: |
Nigeria |
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| Team | Notes | |||
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Nigeria | Hosts | ||
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Ghana | Title holders | ||
| Preliminary round | ||||||
| Benin - Niger | * | Qual. Benin | ||||
| Preliminary round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 03/12/1978 | Antananarivo (MAD) | Madagascar - Malawi | 2-1 | |||
| 03/12/1978 | Port Louis (MRI) | Mauritius - Lesotho | 0-1 | |||
| Preliminary round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 17/12/1978 | Maseru (LES) | Lesotho - Mauritius | 1-2 | Qual. Mauritius | ||
| 17/12/1978 | Blantyre (MWI) | Malawi - Madagascar | 5-1 | Qual. Malawi | ||
| 1st round | ||||||
| Algeria - Burundi | * | Qual. Algeria | ||||
| Egypt - Somalia | * | Qual. Egypt | ||||
| Kenya - Tunisia | * | Qual. Kenya | ||||
| Sudan - Uganda | * | Qual. Sudan | ||||
| 1st round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 18/02/1979 | Nouakchott (MTN) | Mauritania - Morocco | 2-2 | |||
| 15/04/1979 | Cotonou (BEN) | Benin - Ivory Coast | 1-0 | |||
| 15/04/1979 | Brazzaville (CGO) | Congo - Zaire | 4-2 | |||
| 15/04/1979 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Cameroon | 3-0 | |||
| 15/04/1979 | Tripoli (LBY) (LBY) | Libya - Ethiopia | 2-1 | |||
| 15/04/1979 | Blantyre (MWI) | Malawi - Zambia | 0-2 | |||
| 16/04/1979 | Curepipe (MRI) | Mauritius - Tanzania | 3-2 | |||
| 16/04/1979 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Gambia | 2-0 | |||
| 1st round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 08/04/1979 | Casablanca (MAR) | Morocco - Mauritania | 4-1 | Qual. Morocco | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Guinea | 3-0 aet (5-6 pso) | Qual. Guinea | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Libya | 1-1 | Qual. Libya | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Banjul (GAM) | Gambia - Togo | 1-0 | Qual. Togo | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Benin | 4-1 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Dar es Salaam (TAN) | Tanzania - Mauritius | 4-0 | Qual. Tanzania | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Congo | 4-1 | Qual. Zaire | ||
| 29/04/1979 | Ndola (ZAM) | Zambia - Malawi | 2-0 | Qual. Zambia | ||
| 2nd round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 24/06/1979 | Algiers (ALG) | Algeria - Libya | 3-1 | |||
| 24/06/1979 | Mohammedia (MAR) | Morocco - Togo | 7-0 | |||
| 29/06/1979 | Khartoum (SUD) | Sudan - Ivory Coast | 2-0 | |||
| 30/06/1979 | Nairobi (KEN) | Kenya - Egypt | 3-1 | |||
| 05/08/1979 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Guinea | 3-2 | |||
| 11/08/1979 | Dar es Salaam (TAN) | Tanzania - Zambia | 1-0 | |||
| 2nd round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 06/07/1979 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Sudan | 4-0 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
| 06/07/1979 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Morocco | 2-1 | Qual. Morocco | ||
| 08/07/1979 | Tripoli (LBY) (LBY) | Libya - Algeria | 1-0 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 13/07/1979 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Kenya | 3-0 | Qual. Egypt | ||
| 19/08/1979 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Zaire | 3-1 | Qual. Guinea | ||
| 26/08/1979 | Ndola (ZAM) | Zambia - Tanzania | 1-1 | Qual. Tanzania | ||
| * Niger, Burundi, Somalia, Tunisia and Uganda withdrew | ||||||
| Team | Notes | |||
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Nigeria | Winners | ||
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Algeria | Final | ||
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Morocco | Semi-finals | ||
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Egypt | Semi-finals | ||
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Ghana | Group stage | ||
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Ivory Coast | Group stage | ||
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Guinea | Group stage | ||
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Tanzania | Group stage | ||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Nigeria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Tanzania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 08/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Egypt - Ivory Coast | 2-1 | |||
| 08/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Tanzania | 3-1 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 12/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Egypt - Tanzania | 2-1 | Qual. Egypt | ||
| 12/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Ivory Coast | 0-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 15/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Ivory Coast - Tanzania | 1-1 | |||
| 15/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Egypt | 1-0 | Qual. Nigeria |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Algeria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Morocco | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Guinea | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 09/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Ghana - Algeria | 0-0 | |||
| 09/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Morocco - Guinea | 1-1 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 13/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Algeria - Morocco | 1-0 | |||
| 13/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Ghana - Guinea | 1-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 16/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Algeria - Guinea | 3-2 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 16/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Morocco - Ghana | 1-0 | Qual. Morocco |
| Semi-finals | ||||||
| 19/03/1980 | Ibadan (NGA) | Algeria - Egypt | 2-2 aet (4-2 pso) | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 19/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Morocco | 1-0 | Qual. Nigeria | ||
| Match for 3rd place | ||||||
| 21/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Morocco - Egypt | 2-0 | 3rd placed: Morocco | ||
| Final | ||||||
| 22/03/1980 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Algeria | 3-0 | Winners: Nigeria | ||