All-African Games 1978: Results, Top Scorers & Final

Tournament summary

The All-African Games 1978 was played in Algeria from 13 July 1978 to 28 July 1978. 8 teams took part, playing 16 matches with 37 goals (2.31 per match).

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Participants

Shading by points won; the champion is highlighted in gold.

Team statistics

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7
Nigeria	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2
Ghana	5	2	2	1	4	4	0
Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Libya	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
Mali	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2
Malawi	5	0	0	5	4	13	-9

Aggregated over all matches of the tournament (group stage and knock-outs).

All results

Thursday 13 July 1978

Algeria 1–1 EgyptAlgiers

Friday 14 July 1978

Libya 2–1 MalawiAlgiers
Nigeria 3–1 MaliAlgiers
Ghana 2–1 CameroonAlgiers

Monday 17 July 1978

Nigeria 0–0 CameroonAlgiers
Ghana 1–1 MaliAlgiers

Tuesday 18 July 1978

Algeria 2–1 LibyaAlgiers
Egypt 4–1 MalawiAlgiers

Friday 21 July 1978

Nigeria 0–0 GhanaAlgiers
Cameroon 1–1 MaliAlgiers

Saturday 22 July 1978

Algeria 3–0 MalawiAlgiers
Egypt 1–0 LibyaAlgiers

Tuesday 25 July 1978

Algeria 2–0 GhanaAlgiers
Nigeria 3–2 MalawiAlgiers

Friday 28 July 1978

Ghana 1–0 MalawiAlgiers
Algeria 1–0 NigeriaAlgiers