| 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 | |||||
| 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) | ||||
| 01.05.1981 | Algeria | 4 | - | 0 | Niger | |
| 31.05.1981 | Niger | 1 | - | 0 | Algeria | [AG: 4 - 1 to Algeria] |
| 12.04.1981 | Guinea | 1 | - | 1 | Nigeria | |
| 25.04.1981 | Nigeria | 1 | - | 0 | Guinea | [AG: 2 - 1 to Nigeria] |
| 26.04.1981 | Morocco | 1 | - | 0 | Egypt | |
| 08.05.1981 | Egypt | 0 | - | 0 | Morocco | [AG: 1 - 0 to Morocco] |
| 12.04.1981 | Zaire | 1 | - | 0 | Cameroon | |
| 26.04.1981 | Cameroon | 6 | - | 1 | Zaire | [AG: 6 - 2 to Cameroon] |
| 10.10.1981 | Nigeria | 0 | - | 2 | Algeria | |
| 30.10.1981 | ALGERIA | 2 | - | 1 | Nigeria | [AG: 4 - 1 to ALGERIA] |
| 15.11.1981 | Morocco | 0 | - | 2 | Cameroon | |
| 29.11.1981 | CAMEROON | 2 | - | 1 | Morocco | [AG: 4 - 1 to CAMEROON] |