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Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2

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The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 2 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico.[1] Group 2 consisted of six teams: Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sudan Tanzania and Uganda. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Nigeria qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Ethiopia 3–2 on aggregate in the final round.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Nigeria  w/o  Uganda
Madagascar  6–2  Tanzania 4–2 2–0
Second round
Nigeria  2–2 (l)  Sudan 1–0 1–2
Madagascar  4–8  Ethiopia 1–0 3–8
Final round
Nigeria  3–2  Ethiopia 3–1 0–1

First round

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Nigeria Cancelled Uganda
Uganda Cancelled Nigeria

Nigeria won on walkover and advanced to the second round.


Madagascar won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Sudan 2–1 Nigeria

Nigeria won via a drawing of lots 2–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.


Ethiopia won 8–4 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Final round

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Nigeria 3–1 Ethiopia

Nigeria won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.