1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

A total of 28 teams entered to participate in the African Cup of 1980 in Nigeria.

The qualification went through three knockout rounds. Four teams were not for the qualification. Hosts and holders were exempt from the qualifying matches.

Qualifiers

Trials

First Main Round

Second Main Round

Automatically qualify:

  • Ghana Ghana ( defending champion )
  • Nigeria Nigeria ( 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 1980
  • Football in 1979
  • Football in 1978
356512
de