The men's qualification for
football
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tournament at the
1973 All-Africa Games
The 2nd All-Africa Games – Lagos 1973 were played from January 7, 1973, to January 18, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria.
After the success of the first African Games, the organizing bodies awarded the second games to Bamako, Mali to be held in 1969. A ...
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Qualification
Zone I (North Africa)
Algeria qualified by default. Libya, Morocco and Tunisia withdrew.
Zone II (West Africa 1)
The tournament was held in
Dakar,
Senegal. The tournament was also the second edition of the
Tournoi de la Zone II.
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''Guinea qualified.''
Zone III (West Africa 2)
The tournament was held in
Ghana.
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''Ghana qualified.''
Zone IV (West Africa 3)
The tournament was held in an away/home format. Togo withdrew.
'' Match played at
Lomé, Niger declined to host due to security fears.''
''Upper Volta qualified. Nigeria qualified automatically as host.''
Zone V (Central Africa)
The tournament was held in
Congo
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. It was also a football tournament, a part of the
1972 Central African Cup, an omnisport event.
Chad's matches were not counted in the football ranking because it did not enter the other sports. Zaire withdrew the games.
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''Congo qualified.''
Zone VI (East Africa)
The tournament was held in
Cairo,
Egypt from 24 November to 1 December 1972. Ethiopia and Sudan withdrew.
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''Egypt qualified.''
Zone VII (Southern Africa)
The tournament was held in
Dar El Salam
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The city used to be two separate villages – ''Naga el Daba'' () and ''El Galaila'' ().
About
The city of Dar ...
,
Tanzania. The teams Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.
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''Tanzania qualified.''
Qualified teams
The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:
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