Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gabon to ba ta taka leda ba har tsawon shekara guda, kafin ta shiga shiga gasar cin kofin Afirka a karon farko. Kokarinsu na cancanta a gasar 1972
gasar da aka gudanar a Kamaru ta fadi a farkon matsala duk da haka, kamar yadda aka zana su da Ivory Coast a zagaye na farko. Sun rasa wasan farko a gida 2<unk>1 a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1970, kuma an ci su 1<unk>0 bayan makonni biyu. Daga nan Gabon ta shiga shiga gasar cin kofin kwallon kafa ta 1972 da aka gudanar a Jamus ta Yamma. A zagaye na farko sun yi daidai da Kamaru. Bayan sun rasa wasan farko 3<unk>2 a Libreville a ranar 30 ga Mayu 1971, Gabon ta yi watsi da wasan saboda ba su yi tafiya zuwa Yaoundé don fafatawa a wasan dawowa ba. Bayan wannan fitowar ta wulakanci, Gabon ta shiga shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1974 da aka gudanar a Jamus ta Yamma, kuma za su buga da Kamaru a zagaye na farko a lokacin bazara na 1972, amma sun janye kafin a buga wasannin. Sakamakon wannan janyewar, ba su sake yin wasa ba har tsawon shekara guda har sai da suka shiga gasar kwallon kafa a gasar Kofin Afirka ta Tsakiya ta 1972 (wanda ya gabaci wasannin Afirka ta Tsakiya) da aka gudanar a Brazzaville, Congo. Gasar zagaye ta zagaye ta ƙungiyoyi 5 ta haɗa, tare da Gabon; Kamaru, Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya, Kwango, da Chadi. Sun buga wasansu na farko a ranar 16 ga Yuli a kan Kwango, sun yi rashin nasara da 3-0. Kwana biyu bayan haka Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya ta doke su 3<unk>1 kuma a ranar 20 ga Yuli Kamaru ta doke su da kyau, 4<unk>0. Koyaya sun sami ɗan girman kai ta hanyar doke Chadi 1<unk>0 a wasan karshe a ranar 22 ga Yuli don kauce wa matsayi na ƙarshe. Bugu da ƙari, wannan gasa ta ninka a matsayin rukunin cancanta don gasar kwallon kafa ta 1973 All-Africa Games, kuma yayin da Gabon ba ta lashe rukunin ba, sun kasa cancanta. Bayan shekara guda sai suka shiga shiga gasar cin kofin Afirka ta 1974 da aka gudanar a Masar, kuma ya kamata su buga Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya a lokacin rani na 1973, amma sun sake janyewa kafin a buga kwallon.