African Cup of Nations · finals

African Cup of Nations 1978

5 Mar 1978 – 16 Mar 1978 · Ghana · ← African Cup of Nations 1976 · African Cup of Nations 1980 →

Winner: —
Runner-up: —
Teams: 8
Matches: 15
Goals: 36
Per match: 2.4

Groups2

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Ghana	3	2	1	0	+4	5
2Nigeria	3	1	2	0	+2	4
3Zambia	3	1	1	1	+1	3
4Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	-7	0

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Uganda	3	2	0	1	+3	4
2Tunisia	3	1	2	0	+2	4
3Morocco	3	1	1	1	-2	3
4Congo	3	0	1	2	-3	1

Where everyone finished8


Ghana	Third place	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	A · 1
Uganda	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	B · 1
Nigeria	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	A · 2
Tunisia	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	B · 2
Zambia	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	A · 3
Morocco	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	B · 3
Congo	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	B · 4
Burkina Faso	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	A · 4

Scorers25

Own goals aside.


Opoku Afriyie	Ghana	3	0
Phillip Omondi	Uganda	3	0
Segun Odegbami	Nigeria	3	0
Abderraouf Ben Aziza	Tunisia	2	0
George Alhassan	Ghana	2	0
Godfrey Kisitu	Uganda	2	0
Hassan Amcharrat	Morocco	2	0
Karim Abdul Razak	Ghana	2	0
Abdulla Nasur	Uganda	1	0
Adokiye Amiesimaka	Nigeria	1	0
Ali Kaabi	Tunisia	1	0
Bizwell Phiri	Zambia	1	0
Christian Chukwu	Nigeria	1	0
Edward Semwanga	Uganda	1	0
Hubert Hien	Burkina Faso	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 4 · Goals in the match

Every match15


5 Mar 1978	Group stage	Nigeria	4–2	Burkina Faso
5 Mar 1978	Group stage	Ghana	2–1	Zambia
6 Mar 1978	Group stage	Congo	1–3	Uganda
6 Mar 1978	Group stage	Morocco	1–1	Tunisia
8 Mar 1978	Group stage	Ghana	1–1	Nigeria
8 Mar 1978	Group stage	Burkina Faso	0–2	Zambia
9 Mar 1978	Group stage	Tunisia	3–1	Uganda
9 Mar 1978	Group stage	Congo	0–1	Morocco
10 Mar 1978	Group stage	Nigeria	0–0	Zambia
10 Mar 1978	Group stage	Ghana	3–0	Burkina Faso
11 Mar 1978	Group stage	Morocco	0–3	Uganda
11 Mar 1978	Group stage	Congo	0–0	Tunisia
14 Mar 1978	Semi-final	Ghana	1–0	Tunisia
14 Mar 1978	Semi-final	Nigeria	1–2	Uganda
16 Mar 1978	Third-place play-off	Ghana	2–0	Uganda

Every African Cup of Nations36


African Cup of Nations 2026	—	—	—	Morocco	16
African Cup of Nations 2025	—	—	—	Morocco	24
African Cup of Nations 2024	Ivory Coast	2–1	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	24
African Cup of Nations 2022	Senegal	0–0 (pens)	Egypt	Cameroon	24
African Cup of Nations 2019	Algeria	0–1	Senegal	Egypt	24
African Cup of Nations 2017	Cameroon	1–2	Egypt	Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2015	Ivory Coast	0–0 (pens)	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea	16
African Cup of Nations 2013	Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso	South Africa	16
African Cup of Nations 2012	Zambia	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2010	Egypt	0–1	Ghana	Angola	15
African Cup of Nations 2008	Egypt	0–1	Cameroon	Ghana	16
African Cup of Nations 2006	Egypt	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Egypt	16