The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups, in the form of a semi-final and a final, This is the same approach that was followed in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

Until Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda won a joint bid to host the 2027 edition of the tournament, it was the last one to be held in East Africa.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams were:

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! Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! Previous appearances in tournament

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| || Hosts || || (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)

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| || Holders || || (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1972)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1970, 1974)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1963)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1962, 1968, 1974)

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Squads

Venues

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! Addis Ababa

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| Addis Ababa Stadium

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| Capacity: 30,000

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!Dire Dawa

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|Dire Dawa Stadium

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|Capacity: 18,000

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First round

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

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Goalscorers

Awards

CAF Team of the tournament

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!Goalkeeper

!Defenders

!Midfielders

!Forwards

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| Mohammed Al-Hazaz

| Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui <br /> Mustafa Younis <br /> Chérif Souleymane <br /> Djibril Diara

| Tolde <br /> Farouk Gaafar <br/> Haruna Ilerika <br /> Kunle Awesu

| Petit Sory <br /> Ahmed Faras

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Final Ranking

[[File:Results AFCON 1976.svg|thumb|Results of countries participating in AFCON 1976

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Team shown in italics represent the host nation. The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.

References

  • Guinea vs Morocco Final 11v11.com
  • Details at RSSSF
  • Details at www.angelfire.com
  • footballmundial.tripod.com