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Football at the 1978 All Africa Games

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Host country
  
Algeria

Dates
  
13–28 July 1978

Champions
  
Algeria (1st title)

City
  
Algiers

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games was held in Algiers, Algeria.

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Qualification

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

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)

  • 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

    • References

    Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games Wikipedia
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