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International football competition
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:
Squads
Venues
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
Libya disqualified from the tournament due to their attack on the Egyptian team during the match . The match were abandonedEgypt 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
Knockout Stage
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Final ranking
Rank
Team
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
General Tournaments
Qualifications
Squads
Algeria (1st title)
Nigeria
Ghana
Malawi
Egypt
Libya
10'
Cameroon
Mali
Egypt
Libya
