Participating teams
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *First round
Group 1
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---- 1 Gabon failed to appear for the match; Cameroon were awarded a 2–0 victory and advanced. ---- ----Group 3
---- ----Second round
Group 1
----Group 2
---- ---- ---- ---- ----Group 3
---- 1 The match was abandoned after Magalasy immigration officials refused the Sudanese team entry into the country following mass protests; Sudan were awarded the match 2–0.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's African Qualifiers Football qualification for the 1972 Summer Olympics Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers