The tournament was also the second edition of the Tournoi de la Zone II.
^1 Match played at Lomé, Niger declined to host due to security fears.
It was also a football tournament, a part of the 1972 Central African Cup, an omnisport event.
Chad's matches were not counted in the football ranking because it did not enter the other sports.
The teams Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia withdrew.