Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

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.

1978 All-Africa Games
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
CityAlgiers
Dates13–28 July 1978
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)...
(... goals)
Best player(s) Ali Bencheikh

Qualification

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament

ZoneTeam
Hosts Algeria
Zone I Libya
Zone II Mali
Zone III Ghana
Zone IV Nigeria
Zone V Cameroon
Zone VI Egypt
Zone VII Malawi

Squads

Venues

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

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
 Egypt (W) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
 Libya (D) 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 2
 Malawi 3 0 0 3 2 9 7 0
Source:
(D) Disqualified; (W) Withdrew.
Egypt 1 – 1 Algeria
El Khatib  11' Assad  17' (pen)
Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)
Libya 2 – 1 Malawi

Algeria 2 – 1 Libya
Belkedrouci  10'
Bencheikh  73'
Egypt 4 – 1 Malawi
Hamama
Nouh

Algeria 3 – 0 Malawi
Betrouni  51'
Aouis  54'
Kouici  59'
Egypt 1 – 0 1 Libya
El Khawaga

1 The match was abandoned due to a mass brawl involving both teams, their officials, and fans. Libya were ejected from the competition, while Egypt withdrew after a number of their players were injured and to protest the brutality of the Algerian police and stadium security.

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
Source:
Nigeria 3 – 1 Mali
Ghana 2 – 1 Cameroon

Nigeria 0 – 0 Cameroon
Ghana 1 – 1 Mali

Nigeria 0 – 0 Ghana
Cameroon 1 – 1 Mali

Knockout Stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
25 July – Algiers
 
 
 Algeria2
 
28 July – Algiers
 
 Ghana0
 
 Algeria1
 
25 July – Algiers
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Nigeria1
 
 
 Malawi0
 
Third place
 
 
28 July – Algiers
 
 
 Ghana1
 
 
 Malawi0

Semifinals

Algeria 2 – 0 Ghana
Ighili  57'
Belkedrouci  62'

Nigeria 1 – 0 Malawi

Bronze Medal match

Ghana 1 – 0 Malawi

Gold Medal match

Algeria 1 – 0 Nigeria
Bencheikh  33' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Hafedh Hadj Hamida (Tunisia)

Final ranking

Algeria vs Nigeria in the final match
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Algeria (H) 541092+79
2  Nigeria 522142+26
3  Ghana 52214406
4  Malawi 5005211−90
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Cameroon 302123−12
6  Mali 302135−22
Withdrew after the group stage
7  Egypt 321062+45
Ejected from the competition
DSQ  Libya 310234−12
Total 321110113333032
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