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1976 African Cup of Nations

10th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Nations
year	1976
other_titles	1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
image	1976 Afcon - logo.png
country	Ethiopia
dates	29 February – 14 March
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion	Morocco
count	1
second	Guinea
third	Nigeria
fourth	Egypt
fourth-flagvar	1972
matches	18
goals	54
top_scorer	GUI Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
player	MAR Ahmed Faras
prevseason	[1974](1974-africa-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[1978](1978-africa-cup-of-nations)

| fourth-flagvar = 1972 (4 goals)

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.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts		([1957](1957-african-cup-of-nations), [1959](1959-african-cup-of-nations), *[1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations))
	Holders		([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1957](1957-african-cup-of-nations), *[1959](1959-african-cup-of-nations), [1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations)*)
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1957](1957-african-cup-of-nations), [1959](1959-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), *[1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1976-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations))

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Addis Ababa	Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
[[File:Addis Ababa Stadium.jpg	150px]]
Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
[[File:ET-Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (13).JPG	150px]]

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:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Seyoum

Basri Petit Sory

Sylla

Group B

Ojebode
Usiyan Ekofa Abouali

Tazi
Chebbak

Final round

Zahraoui

Guezzar Sultan
M. Sylla El-Seyagui

Lawal Khalil Main article: Guinea v Morocco (1976 African Cup of Nations)

Goalscorers

Mamadou Aliou Keïta
Ahmed Faras
Baba Otu Mohammed
Ali Gagarin
Mustafa Abdou
Taha Basri
Solomon Sheferahu
Abdelâali Zahraoui
Haruna Ilerika
Muda Lawal
Sam Ojebode
Thompson Usiyan
Bengally Sylla
Ahmed Abou Rehab
Hassan Shehata
Mahmoud El Khatib
Mohamed El-Seyagui
Osama Khalil
Mohamed Ali
Tesfaye Seyoum
Papa Camara
Chérif Souleymane
Petit Sory
Morciré Sylla
Ahmed Abouali
Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
Redouane Guezzar
Larbi Chebbak
Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh
Abdallah Tazi
Denis Obua
Jimmy Muguwa
Kabasu Babo
Mbungu Ekofa
Ndaye Mulamba
Ghanem Sultan (against Guinea)

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Morocco Mohammed Al-Hazaz

Defenders

Morocco Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
Egypt Mustafa Younis
Guinea Chérif Souleymane
Guinea Djibril Diara

Midfielders

Ethiopia Tolde
Egypt Farouk Gaafar
Nigeria Haruna Ilerika
Nigeria Kunle Awesu

Forwards

Guinea Petit Sory
Morocco Ahmed Faras

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