The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer 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. Morocco won its first championship, by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

Final Round

Group A

Matches played in Addis Abeba.

29 February 1976

Ethiopia	2-0	Uganda
Egypt	1-1	Guinea

3 March 1976

Egypt	2-1	Uganda
Guinea	2-1	Ethiopia

5 March 1976

Guinea	2-1	Uganda
Ethiopia	1-1	Egypt

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	3	5
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	3	4
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	4	3	3
Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	6	0

Group B

Matches played in Dire-Dawa.

1 March 1976

Nigeria	4-2	Zaire
Morocco	2-2	Sudan

4 March 1976

Nigeria	1-0	Sudan
Morocco	1-0	Zaire

6 March 1976

Morocco	3-1	Nigeria
Zaire	1-1	Sudan

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	3	5
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	5	4
Sudan	3	0	2	1	3	4	2
Zaire	3	0	1	2	3	6	1

Finals

Matches played in Dire-Dawa.

9 March 1976

Guinea	1-1	Nigeria
Morocco	2-1	Egypt

11 March 1976

Morocco	2-1	Nigeria
Guinea	4-2	Egypt

14 March 1976

Nigeria	3-2	Egypt
Morocco	1-1	Guinea

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	5	3	5
Guinea	3	1	2	0	6	4	4
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	5	3
Egypt	3	0	0	3	5	9	0

Top Scorers

1.

N'jo Lea

4

External links

• Details at RSSSF

African Cup of Nations

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