1972 African Cup of Nations qualification

A total of 26 teams entered to participate in the African Cup of 1972 in Cameroon.

The qualification went through two knockout rounds. Upper Volta did not occur to the qualification. Cameroon hosts and defending champions Sudan were exempted from the qualifying matches.

Qualifiers

First round

Second Round

Automatically qualify:

• Sudan Sudan ( defending champion )
• Cameroon 1961 Cameroon ( host )

Sudan 1957 | United Arab Republic in 1959 | Ethiopia 1962 | Ghana 1963 | Tunisia 1965 | Ethiopia 1968 | Sudan 1970 | Cameroon 1972 | Egypt 1974 | Ethiopia 1976 | Ghana 1978 | Nigeria 1980 | Libya 1982 | Ivory Coast 1984 | Egypt 1986 | Morocco 1988 | Algeria 1990 | 1992 Senegal | Tunisia 1994 | South Africa 1996 | Burkina Faso 1998 | Ghana & Nigeria 2000 | Mali 2002 | Tunisia 2004 | Egypt 2006 | Ghana 2008 | Angola 2010 | Gabon & Equatorial Guinea 2012 | South Africa 2013 | Morocco 2015 | Libya 2017

• African Cup of Nations
• Football in 1972
• Football in 1971
• Football in 1970