| Elimination Playoffs - Winners qualify to finals CAN 1978 | | Ghana qualified as Host. |
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Group - Zambia | | Only not Region wise group. |
| dates | team 1 ____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 ____ | aggr. | | | Zambia | wo | Sudan | | | 17.02,13.03 | Algeria | 4-1 | 1-2 | Kenya | 5-3 | | 10.06,26.06 | Algeria | 2-0 | 0-25-6p | Zambia | 2-2 |
| dates | team 1 _____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 _____ | aggr. | | 17.02,13.03 | Cameroon | 2-0 | 0-4 | Congo | 2-4 | | 17.07,31.07 | Congo | 3-2 | 3-3 | Gabon | 5-4 |
| dates | team 1 _____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 _____ | aggr. | | | Mali | double wo | Niger | | | 20.03,27.03 | Upper Volta | 0-1 | 1-4 | Ivory Coast | 1-5 | | 19.06,17.07 | Mali | 1-0 | 0-2 | Ivory Coast | 1-2 | | Mali disqualified after atack of the security forces on the referees in Leg 1 ; Ivory Coast disqualified for using an ineligible player in Leg 2. | | Upper Volta qualified as only team left. |
| dates | team 1 _____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 _____ | aggr. | | 24.10,28.01 | Malawi | 1-1 | 2-3 | Mauritius | 3-4 | | | Uganda | wo | Tanzania | | | 17.02,13.03 | Mauritius | 2-3 | 0-1 | Ethiopia | 2-4 | | 12.06,26.06 | Ethiopia | 0-0 | 1-2 | Uganda | 1-2 |
| dates | team 1 _____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 _____ | aggr. | | 13.03,26.03 | Senegal | 2-1 | 1-0 | Togo | 3-1 | | 17.02,13.03 | Siera Leone | 1-1 | 0-2 | Nigeria | 1-3 | | 12.06,25.06 | Senegal | 3-1 | 0-3 | Nigeria | 3-4 |
| dates | team 1 _____ | leg 1 | leg 2 | team 2 _____ | aggr. | | 13.03,27.03 | Egypt | 2-2 | 2-3 | Tunisia | 4-5 | | 13.03,25.03 | Libya | 0-2 | 0-3 | Guinea | 0-5 | | 02.10,16.10 | Tunisia | 3-0 | 2-3 | Guinea | 5-3 |
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