Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

1978 All-Africa Games
football tournament

Algeria vs Nigeria in the final match
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
City	Algiers
Dates	13–28 July 1978
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	... (... goals)
Best player	Ali Bencheikh

The 1978 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 3rd edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria between 13–28 July 1978 as part of the 1978 All-Africa Games.

Qualification

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Venues

Algiers	Algiers	Algiers
Stade 5 Juillet 1962		Stade 20 Août 1955
Capacity: 85,000		Capacity: 20,000

Final tournament

The eight teams were divided into two groups of three teams. The two top teams from each group played the semifinals before the final match.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Libya	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Malawi	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0

Egypt  v  Algeria

13 July 1978

Egypt	1 – 1	Algeria
El Khatib  11'		Assad  17' (pen)

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

Libya  v  Malawi

14 July 1978

Libya	2 – 1	Malawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Algeria  v  Libya

18 July 1978

Algeria	2 – 1	Libya
Belkedrouci  10' Bencheikh  73'		–

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Egypt  v  Malawi

18 July 1978

Egypt	4 – 1	Malawi
Hamama Nouh		–

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Algeria  v  Malawi

22 July 1978

Algeria	3 – 0	Malawi
Betrouni  51' Aouis  54' Kouici  59'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Egypt  v  Libya

22 July 1978

Egypt	1 – 0 abandoned	Libya
El Khawaga

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

• Libya disqualified from the tournament due to their attack on the Egyptian team during the match . The match were abandoned
• Egypt withdraw from the tournament due to the attack of the Libyan players on the Egyptian team and in protest of the bad intervention of the Algerian security against the Egyptian team

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
Mali	3	0	2	1	3	5	–2	2

Nigeria  v  Mali

14 July 1978

Nigeria	3 – 1	Mali

Ghana  v  Cameroon

14 July 1978

Ghana	2 – 1	Cameroon

Nigeria  v  Cameroon

17 July 1978

Nigeria	0 – 0	Cameroon

Ghana  v  Mali

17 July 1978

Ghana	1 – 1	Mali

Nigeria  v  Ghana

21 July 1978

Nigeria	0 – 0	Ghana

Cameroon  v  Mali

21 July 1978

Cameroon	1 – 1	Mali

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 July
	Algeria	2
	Ghana	0
					28 July
					Algeria	1
					Nigeria	0
					Third place
	25 July			28 July
	Nigeria	1		Ghana	1
	Malawi	0			Malawi	0

Semifinals

Algeria  v  Ghana

25 July 1978

Algeria	2 – 0	Ghana
Ighili  57' Belkedrouci  62'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Nigeria  v  Malawi

25 July 1978

Nigeria	1 – 0	Malawi

Bronze Medal match

Ghana  v  Malawi

28 July 1978

Ghana	1 – 0	Malawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Gold Medal match

Algeria  v  Nigeria

28 July 1978

Algeria	1 – 0	Nigeria
Bencheikh  33'	report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 60,000

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Algeria	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Nigeria	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Ghana	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	6
4	Malawi	5	0	0	5	2	11	−9	0
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	Mali	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
7	Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
8	Libya	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
Total		32	11	10	11	33	33	0	32

External links

• All-African Games 1978 - rsssf.com