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The 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 3 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1968 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Mexico. Group 3 consisted of five teams: Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Tunisia. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Morocco qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Ghana 3–2 on aggregate in the final round, but withdrew after refusing to play against Israel in the final tournament in Group C.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First round
Cameroon	w/o	Mali	—	—
Second round
Morocco	1–1 (l)	Tunisia	1–1	0–0
Cameroon	3–3	Ghana	1–0	2–3
Second round play-off
Cameroon	w/o	Ghana
Final round
Morocco	3–2	Ghana	1–1	2–1

First round

Cameroon	Cancelled	Mali

Mali	Cancelled	Cameroon

Cameroon won on walkover and advanced to the second round.

Second round

Morocco	1–1	Tunisia
Hamidouch 54'		Chaïbi 25'

Tunisia	0–0	Morocco

Morocco won via a drawing of lots 1–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final round.

Cameroon	1–0	Ghana

Ghana	3–2	Cameroon

Cameroon and Ghana tied 3–3 on aggregate and advanced to a play-off.

Play-off

Cameroon	Cancelled	Ghana

Ghana won on walkover and advanced to the final round.

Final round

Morocco	1–1	Ghana
Ghandi 7'		Attuquayefio 86'

Ghana	1–2	Morocco
?'		Faras ?', ?'

Morocco won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Mexico City, Mexico, 1968): EUROPE". RSSSF. 21 October 2021.
2. "MOROCCO WILL NOT PLAY ISRAEL". Schenectady Gazette. 30 August 1968. p. 13.

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