19.11.1972	Morocco	0	-	0	Senegal
03.12.1972	Senegal	1	-	2	Morocco	[AG: 2 - 1 to Morocco]

02.03.1972	Algeria	1	-	0	Guinea
12.03.1972	Guinea	5	-	1	Algeria	[AG: 5 - 2 to Guinea]

08.12.1972	Egypt	2	-	1	Tunisia
17.12.1972	Tunisia	2	-	0	Egypt	[AG: 3 - 2 to Tunisia]

15.10.1972	Sierra Leone	0	-	1	Ivory Coast
29.10.1972	Ivory Coast	2	-	0	Sierra Leone	[AG: 3 - 0 to Ivory Coast]

16.07.1972	Kenya	2	-	0	Sudan
23.07.1972	Sudan	1	-	0	Kenya	[AG: 2 - 1 to Kenya]

25.11.1972	Tanzania	1	-	1	Ethiopia
03.12.1972	Ethiopia	0	-	0	Tanzania	[AG: 1 - 1 play-off required]
[Play-off - fixture played in Ethiopia:]
10.12.1972	Ethiopia	3	-	0	Tanzania

30.04.1972	Lesotho	0	-	0	Zambia
04.06.1972	Zambia	6	-	1	Lesotho	[AG: 6 - 1 to Zambia]

05.08.1972	Nigeria	2	-	1	Congo
15.08.1972	Congo	1	-	1	Nigeria	[AG: 3 - 2 to Nigeria]

18.06.1972	Dahomey	0	-	5	Ghana
02.07.1972	Ghana	5	-	1	Dahomey	[AG: 10 - 1 to Ghana]

06.06.1972	Togo	0	-	0	Zaire
20.06.1972	Zaire	4	-	0	Togo	[AG: 4 - 0 to Zaire]

	Mauritius	w/o			Madagascar (Withdrew)
	Cameroon	w/o			Gabon (Withdrew)

Second Round

11.02.1973	Guinea	1	-	1	Morocco
25.02.1973	Morocco	2	-	0	Guinea	[AG: 3 - 1 to Morocco]

11.02.1973	Tunisia	1	-	1	Ivory Coast
25.02.1973	Ivory Coast	2	-	0	Tunisia	[AG: 3 - 1 to Ivory Coast]

10.12.1972	Mauritius	2	-	2	Kenya
17.12.1972	Kenya	3	-	1	Mauritius	[AG: 5 - 3 to Kenya]

01.04.1973	Ethiopia	0	-	0	Zambia
15.04.1973	Zambia	4	-	2	Ethiopia	[AG: 4 - 2 to Zambia]

10.02.1973	Nigeria	abn			Ghana	[Abandoned at 2-3; Awarded 0-2 to Ghana]
25.02.1973	Ghana	1	-	1	Nigeria	[AG: 3 - 1 to Ghana]

04.02.1973	Cameroon	0	-	1	Zaire
25.02.1973	Zaire	0	-	1	Cameroon	[AG: 1 - 1 play-off required]
[Play-off - fixture played in Zaire:]
27.02.1973	Zaire	2	-	0	Cameroon

Third Round

21.10.1973	Zambia	4	-	0	Morocco
04.11.1973	Zambia	0	-	2	Zaire
18.11.1973	Zaire	2	-	1	Zambia
25.11.1973	Morocco	2	-	0	Zambia
09.12.1973	Zaire	3	-	0	Morocco
23.12.1973	Morocco	n/p			Zaire	[Morocco withdrew; awarded 2-0 to Zaire]