| Final | | date | team 1 ________ | score | team 2 ________ | HT | att. | | Thu 16.03.78 | Ghana | 2-0 | Uganda | 1-0 | 40,000 | | 1-0 Opoku Afriye 38' 2-0 Opoku Afriye 64' Accra Sports Stadium. Referee: Youssef El | | 3rd place Play-off | | Thu 16.03.78 | Nigeria | 2-0 | Tunisia | 1-1 | | | 0-1 Mohamed Akid 42' 1-1 Baba Mohamed 42' Kumasi Sports Stadium. Referee: Theophille Lawson-Hetcheli, Togo. | | Tunisia walked off after Nigeria's goal and was banned by CAF for 2 years. |
| date | team 1 ________ | score | team 2 ________ | HT | att. | | Tue 14.03.78 | Ghana | 1-0 | Tunisia | 0-0 | 10,000 | | 1-0 Karim Abdul Razak 57' Accra Sports Stadium. Referee: Youssef El Ghoul, Libya. | | Tue 14.03.78 | Uganda | 2-1 | Nigeria | 1-0 | 10,000 | | 1-0 Abdulla Nasir 11' 1-1 Martins Eyo 54' 2-1 Phillip Omondi 58' Kumasi Sports Stadium. Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi. Algeria. |
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| Final Ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Ghana | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9: | 2 | +7 | | 2. Uganda | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9: | 7 | +2 | | 3. Nigeria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8: | 5 | +3 | | 4. Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4: | 5 | -1 | | eliminated in Groups Round | | 5. Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: | 2 | +1 | | 6. Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: | 4 | -2 | | 7. Congo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: | 4 | -3 | | 8. Upper Volta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2: | 9 | -7 |
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| Goalscorers | | 1. Opoku Afriyie (Ghana) | 3 goals | | 1. Segun Odegbami (Nigeria) | 3 goals | | 1. Phillip Omondi (Uganda) | 3 goals |
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| | | First 2 advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Ghana | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6: | 2 | +4 | | 2. Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5: | 3 | +2 | | 3. Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3: | 2 | +1 | | 4. Upper Volta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2: | 9 | -7 |
| Team | Ghan | Nige | Zamb | UpVo | | Ghana | --- | 1:1 | 2:1 | 3:0 | | Nigeria | | --- | 0:0 | 4:2 | | Zambia | | | --- | 2:0 | | Upper Volta | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 ________ | score | team 2 ________ | HT | att. | | matches played at Accra Sports Stadium. | | Sun 05.03.78 | Ghana | 2-1 | Zambia | 1-1 | 50,000 | | 0-1 Obby Kapita 8' 1-1 Opoku Afriye 21' 2-1 Karim Abdul Razak 55' Referee: Suleman El Nam, Sudan. | | Sun 05.03.78 | Nigeria | 4-2 | Upper Volta | 3-0 | 50,000 | | 1-0 Christian Chukwu 17' 2-0 Adokiye Amiesimaka 31' 3-0 Patrick Odegami 44' 3-1 Hubert Hien 50' 3-2 Mamadou Koita 52' 4-2 Patrick Odegami 82' Referee: Sylla | | Wed 08.03.78 | Zambia | 2-0 | Upper Volta | 1-0 | 60,000 | | 1-0 Patrick Phiri 20' 2-0 Bizwell Phiri 88' Referee: C. Monty | | Wed 08.03.78 | Ghana | 1-1 | Nigeria | 0-1 | 60,000 | | 0-1 Patrick Odegbami 33' 1-1 Willie Klutse 76' Referee: | | Fri 10.03.78 | Nigeria | 0-0 | Zambia | 0-0 | 25,000 | | Referee: | | Fri 10.03.78 | Ghana | 3-0 | Upper Volta | 1-0 | 25,000 | | 1-0 Geroge Alhassan 3' 2-0 Mohammed Polo 52' 3-0 Geroge Alhassan 59' Referee: Pierre Mutombo, Congo. |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Uganda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7: | 4 | +3 | | 2. Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: | 2 | +2 | | 3. Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: | 4 | -2 | | 4. Congo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: | 4 | -3 |
| Team | Ugan | Tuni | Moro | Cong | | Uganda | --- | | 3:0 | 3:1 | | Tunisia | 3:1 | --- | 1:1 | 0:0 | | Morocco | | | --- | 1:0 | | Congo | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 ________ | score | team 2 ________ | HT | att. | | matches played at Kumasi Sports Stadium. | | Mon 06.03.78 | Tunisia | 1-1 | Morocco | 0-1 | 5,000 | | 0-1 Hassan Acila 29' 1-1 Ali Kaabi 63' Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye, Ethiopia. | | Mon 06.03.78 | Uganda | 3-1 | Congo | 2-0 | 5,000 | | 1-0 Phillip Omondi 1' 2-0 Edward Semwanga 31' 2-1 Jacques Mamounoubala 80' 3-1 Godfrey Kisitu 81' Referee: Hussein Fahmy, Egypt. | | Thu 09.03.78 | Tunisia | 3-1 | Uganda | 2-0 | | | 1-0 Mohden Labidi 36' 2-0 Abderraouf Aziza 38' 2-1 Samuel Musenze 3-1 Abderraouf Aziza 83' Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi, Algeria. | | Thu 09.03.78 | Morocco | 1-0 | Congo | 1-0 | | | 1-0 Hassan Acila 28' Referee: Youssou N'Diaye, Senegal. | | Sat 11.03.78 | Tunisia | 0-0 | Congo | 0-0 | | | Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal, Libya. | | Sat 11.03.78 | Uganda | 3-0 | Morocco | 3-0 | | | 1-0 Godfrey Kisitu 13' 2-0 Moses Msereko 32' 3-0 Philip Omondi 36' Referee: Theophille Lawson-Hetcheli, Togo. |
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