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NIGERIA

CAF

CAF			preliminary round	first round	second round	third round	final round
×		Nigeria	[bye]	defeated SLE agg: 06-02	advanced [ZAI withdrew]	defeated CIV agg: 06-02	3rd in final round

FIRST ROUND

SERIES 6
×		Sierra Leone	00	02
»		Nigeria	00	06

Series 6

SAT 16 OCT 1976

Freetown

00–00

at Sierra Leone

SAT 30 OCT 1976

Lagos

06–02

v Sierra Leone

SECOND ROUND

SERIES 3
»		Nigeria
×		Zaire	[WD]

THIRD ROUND

SERIES 2
»		Nigeria	04	02
×		Ivory Coast	00	02

Series 2

SUN 10 JUL 1977

Lagos

04–00

v Ivory Coast

MON 25 JUL 1977

Bouaké

02–02

at Ivory Coast

FINAL ROUND

FINAL ROUND		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
¤	Tunisia	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
HOME		2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
AWAY		2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
×	Egypt	4	2	0	2	7	11	-4	4
HOME		2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	4
AWAY		2	0	0	2	1	8	-7	0
×	Nigeria	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	3
HOME		2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	2
AWAY		2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1

Final round

SUN 25 SEP 1977

Tunis

00–00

at Tunisia

SAT 08 OCT 1977

Lagos

04–00

v Egypt

FRI 21 OCT 1977

Cairo

01–03

at Egypt

SAT 12 NOV 1977

Lagos

00–01

v Tunisia

MEN’S WORLD CUP HISTORY

×	2026	[did not qualify]
×	2022	[did not qualify]
	2018	Group phase
	2014	Round of 16
	2010	Group phase
×	2006	[did not qualify]
	2002	Group phase
	1998	Round of 16
	1994	Round of 16
×	1990	[did not qualify]
×	1986	[did not qualify]
×	1982	[did not qualify]
×	1978	[did not qualify]
×	1974	[did not qualify]
×	1970	[did not qualify]
×	1966	[withdrew]
×	1962	[did not qualify]

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