Algeria beats Guinea to advance to AFCON semifinals

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Posted on 16 March 1980

IBADAN, Mar. 16, 1980 (AMP) — Nigeria 1980 : Algeria defeated Guinea by a score of 3-2 (halftime: 2-0), in a AFCON group stage game on Sunday. Algeria advance to the Semifinals. Guinea is eliminated.

Fixtures and Results : Group B

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Overview

Algeria at the AFCON

2 appearance (1968)
7 participations in the qualifications (first in 1968)

Guinea at the AFCON

4 appearances (first in 1970)
9 participations in the qualifications (first in 1963)
Statistics: Runners-up (1976)

Algeria

3:2

Guinea

3:2 (2:0)

16 March 1980
Ibadan

AFCON 1980
Group B

Group B

Team	Pts
Algeria	7
Morocco	4
Ghana	4
Guinea	1

Matches

Ghana 0-0 Algeria (9 Mar. 1980)
Morocco 1-1 Guinea (9 Mar. 1980)
Algeria 1-0 Morocco (13 Mar. 1980)
Ghana 1-0 Guinea (13 Mar. 1980)
Algeria 3-2 Guinea (16 Mar. 1980)
Morocco 1-0 Ghana (16 Mar. 1980)

AFCON History

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