1976 African Cup of Nations explained

Tourney Name:	African Cup of Nations
Year:	1976
Other Titles:	1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Country:	Ethiopia
Dates:	29 February – 14 March
Num Teams:	8
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champion:	Morocco
Count:	1
Second:	Guinea
Third:	Nigeria
Fourth:	Egypt
Fourth-Flagvar:	1972
Matches:	18
Goals:	54
Top Scorer:	Mamadou Aliou Keïta (4 goals)
Player:	Ahmed Faras
Prevseason:	1974
Nextseason:	1978

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

Qualified teams

See main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification.

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts		(1957, 1959, *1962, 1963, 1965, 1968*, 1970)
	Holders		(1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
	2nd round winners		(1972)
	2nd round winners		(1970, 1974)
	2nd round winners		(1963)
	2nd round winners		(1957, *1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974*)
	2nd round winners		(1957, 1959, 1963, *1970*, 1972)
	2nd round winners		(1962, 1968, 1974)

Notes

Squads

See main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads.

Venues

Addis Ababa		Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium		Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 18,000

First round

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking: