08.05.1980	Libya	2	-	1	Gambia
06.07.1980	Gambia	0	-	0	Libya	[AG: 2 - 1 to Libya]

18.05.1980	Ethiopia	0	-	0	Zambia
01.06.1980	Zambia	4	-	0	Ethiopia	[AG: 4 - 0 to Zambia]

31.05.1980	Sierra Leone	2	-	2	Algeria
13.06.1980	Algeria	3	-	1	Sierra Leone	[AG: 5 - 3 to Algeria]

22.06.1980	Senegal	0	-	1	Morocco
06.07.1980	Morocco	0	-	0	Senegal	[AG: 1 - 0 to Morocco]

22.06.1980	Guinea	3	-	1	Lesotho
06.07.1980	Lesotho	1	-	1	Guinea	[AG: 4 - 2 to Guinea]

29.06.1980	Cameroon	3	-	0	Malawi
20.07.1980	Malawi	1	-	1	Cameroon	[AG: 4 - 1 to Cameroon]

29.06.1980	Tunisia	2	-	0	Nigeria
12.07.1980	Nigeria	2	aet	0	Tunisia	[FT: 2 - 0; AG: 2 - 2 Nigeria won 4-3 on penalties]

05.07.1980	Kenya	3	-	1	Tanzania
19.07.1980	Tanzania	5	-	0	Kenya	[AG: 6 - 3 to Tanzania]

13.07.1980	Zaire	5	-	2	Mozambique
27.07.1980	Mozambique	1	-	2	Zaire	[AG: 7 - 3 to Zaire]

16.07.1980	Niger	0	-	0	Somalia
27.07.1980	Somalia	1	-	1	Niger	[AG: 1 - 1 Niger progress on away goals]

	Egypt	w/o			Ghana (Withdrew)
	Madagascar	w/o			Uganda (Withdrew)

	Zimbabwe	bye
	Sudan	bye
	Liberia	bye
	Togo	bye

Second Round

12.10.1980	Cameroon	2	-	0	Zimbabwe
16.11.1980	Zimbabwe	1	-	0	Cameroon	[AG: 2 - 1 to Cameroon]

16.11.1980	Morocco	2	-	0	Zambia
30.11.1980	Zambia	2	aet	0	Morocco	[FT: 2 - 0; AG: 2 - 2 Morocco won 5-4 on penalties]

16.11.1980	Madagascar	1	-	1	Zaire
21.12.1980	Zaire	3	-	2	Madagascar	[AG: 4 - 3 to Zaire]

06.12.1980	Nigeria	1	-	1	Tanzania
20.12.1980	Tanzania	0	-	2	Nigeria	[AG: 3 - 1 to Nigeria]

07.12.1980	Liberia	0	-	0	Guinea
21.12.1980	Guinea	1	-	0	Liberia	[AG: 1 - 0 to Guinea]

12.12.1980	Algeria	2	-	0	Sudan
28.12.1980	Sudan	1	-	1	Algeria	[AG: 3 - 1 to Algeria]

14.12.1980	Niger	0	-	1	Togo
28.12.1980	Togo	1	-	2	Niger	[AG: 2 - 2 Niger progress on away goals]

	Egypt	w/o			Libya (Withdrew)

Third Round