The Men's African Qualifiers for the 1960 Summer Olympics tournament began in November 1959 and ended in April 1960.^[1]

Round 1

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
Morocco	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5
Malta	4	0	2	2	3	6	–3	2

1 November 1959

Malta	0–0	Tunisia

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 10,937

Referee: Peter Kröner (Romania)

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8 November 1959

Malta	2–2	Morocco
Dalli 15' Mackay 55'		Benchekroun 57' Benabadenahan 73'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 11,748

Referee: Peter Kröner (Romania)

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15 November 1959

Tunisia	2–0	Morocco
Henia 20', 32'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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6 December 1959

Tunisia	2–0	Malta
Henia 51' Braiek 88'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

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13 December 1959

Morocco	2–1	Malta
Machiche 13' Mourchid 42'		Dalli 30'

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Casablanca

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vicente Antonio Caballero (Spain)

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27 December 1959

Morocco	3–1	Tunisia
Benchekroun 4', 73' Mokhtatif 48'		Néji 27'

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Casablanca

Attendance: 15,000

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Ghana	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	4
Nigeria	4	1	0	3	6	14	–8	2

10 October 1959

Nigeria	3–1	Ghana
Onyeali Ohiri		Salisu

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

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25 October 1959

Ghana	4–1	Nigeria
Acquah ? ?		Onyeali

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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13 November 1959

United Arab Republic	2–1	Ghana
Ateya 47', 60'		Aggrey-Fynn

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 40,000

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6 December 1959

Ghana	2–0	United Arab Republic
Acquah 85', 87'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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13 December 1959

Nigeria	2–6	United Arab Republic
Onyeali 3', 51'		Nnado 1' (o.g.) Selim 46', 51' Ismail 53' Ateya 65' Abdel Fattah 78'

Onikan Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

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1 January 1960

United Arab Republic	3–0	Nigeria
Ismail 9' Abdel Fattah 17' Mimi ?'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sudan	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Ethiopia	4	1	2	1	5	6	–1	4
Uganda	4	0	1	3	2	5	–3	1

14 November 1959

Uganda	1–2	Ethiopia

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

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23 November 1959

Sudan	3–1	Ethiopia
Al-Kabeer Nasir Elzubeir

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

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9 December 1959

Sudan	1–0	Uganda
Elzubeir

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

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13 December 1959

Ethiopia	1–1	Uganda

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

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20 December 1959

Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan
		Nasir

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

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3 January 1960

Uganda	0–1	Sudan
		Elzubeir

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Round 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Republic	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	3
Sudan	4	1	0	3	1	6	–5	2

United Arab Republic and Tunisia qualify.

14 February 1960

Sudan	1–0	Tunisia
Eltoum

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

19 February 1960

United Arab Republic	3–1	Tunisia
Redha 50' Abdel Fattah 71', 89'		Karmous 60'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

26 February 1960

Sudan	0–1	United Arab Republic
		El-Hamouly 77' (pen.)

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

3 April 1960

Tunisia	0–0	United Arab Republic

Stade Géo André, Tunis

17 April 1960

Tunisia	2–0	Sudan
Diwa 10' Karmous 79'

Stade Géo André, Tunis

22 April 1960

United Arab Republic	3–0	Sudan
Abdel Fattah 22' El-Fanagily 48' Redha 65'

Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo

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