1968 African Cup of Nations

The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Democratic Republic of Congo won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1-0.

Prior to this tournament, the African Cup of Nations were held once every three years, following 1968 they were held once every two years.

Teams eliminated in qualifying

Qualifying Tournament

• Liberia
• Guinea
• Mali
• Upper Volta
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Libya
• Kenya
• United Arab Republic
• Tunisia
• Cameroon
• Sudan
• Mauritius
• Tanzania

Qualifying Tournament

Ghana qualified as holders

Ethiopia qualified as hosts

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Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Senegal	5	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3
Guinea	5	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3
Liberia	2	4	0	2	2	4	10	-6

29 July 1967	Guinea	3 – 0	Senegal	Guinea

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2 August 1967	Senegal	4 – 1	Liberia	Senegal

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16 August 1967	Liberia	2 – 2	Guinea	Liberia

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11 October 1967	Senegal	4 – 1	Guinea	Senegal

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1 November 1967	Guinea	3 – 0	Liberia	Guinea

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15 November 1967	Liberia	1 – 1	Senegal	Liberia

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Playoff

22 November 1967	Senegal	2 – 1	Guinea	Senegal

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Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	8	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Mali	4	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
Upper Volta	0	4	0	0	4	2	10	-8

	Algeria	1 – 0	Mali	Algeria

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	Mali	4 – 0	Upper Volta	Mali

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	Upper Volta	1 – 2	Algeria	Upper Volta

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	Mali	0 – 3	Algeria	Mali

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	Upper Volta	0 – 1	Mali	Upper Volta

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	Algeria	3 – 1	Upper Volta	Algeria

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Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	7	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7
Nigeria	3	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1
Togo	2	4	1	0	3	3	9	-6

	Côte d'Ivoire	2 – 0	Nigeria	Cote d'Ivoire

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	Nigeria	4 – 2	Togo	Nigeria

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	Togo	0 – 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Togo

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	Nigeria	0 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Nigeria

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	Togo	1 – 0	Nigeria	Togo

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	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 0	Togo	Cote d'Ivoire

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Group 4

First round

	United Arab Republic	3 – 2	Libya	United Arab Republic

	Libya	2 – 2	United Arab Republic	Libya

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	Uganda	2 – 1	Kenya	Uganda

	Kenya	3 – 3	Uganda	Kenya

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Second round

	Uganda	0 – 1	United Arab Republic	Uganda

	United Arab Republic	o / w	Uganda	United Arab Republic

Uganda qualified, United Arab Republic withdrew

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Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Congo-Brazzaville	5	3	2	1	0	3	2	+1
Tunisia	3	4	1	1	2	5	3	+2
Cameroon	2	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3

5 February 1967	Tunisia	4 – 0	Cameroon	Tunisia

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19 February 1967	Tunisia	1 – 1	Congo-Brazzaville	Tunisia

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2 August 1967	Congo-Brazzaville	2 – 1	Cameroon	Congo-Brazzaville

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16 August 1967	Cameroon	2 – 0	Tunisia	Cameroon

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	Congo-Brazzaville	w / o	Tunisia	Congo-Brazzaville

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	Cameroon	n / p	Congo-Brazzaville	Cameroon

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Group 6

First round

	Congo-Kinshasa	3 – 2	Sudan	Congo-Kinshasa

	Sudan	1 – 0	Congo-Kinshasa	Sudan

Playoff

	Sudan	1 – 2	Congo-Kinshasa

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	Tanzania	1 – 0	Mauritius	Tanzania

	Mauritius	1 – 1	Tanzania	Mauritius

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Second round

	Congo-Kinshasa	w / o	Tanzania

Congo-Kinshasa qualified, Tanzania withdrew

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First round

Group A

All matches played in Addis Ababa

	Mat	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ethiopia	3	3	0	0	6	2	6
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	5	2	4
Algeria	3	1	0	2	5	6	2
Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	8	0

12 January

Ethiopia Girma Luciano Vassalo(pen)

2 - 1

Uganda Ouma

12 January

Côte d'Ivoire Bozon 15 Laurent Pokou 25, 65

3 - 0

Algeria

14 January

Ethiopia Bekouesion 86

1 - 0

Côte d'Ivoire

14 January

Algeria Hacène Lalmas 15, 25, 70 Mokhtar Khalem 60

4 - 0

Uganda

16 January

Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Pokou Mangle

2- 1

Uganda Obua

16 January

Ethiopia Mengistu Worku 16 Shewangezaw 19 Luciano Vassalo(pen) 27

3 - 1

Algeria Amirouche 68

Group B

All matches played in Asmara.

	Mat	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	4	5
Congo-Kinshasa	3	2	0	1	6	3	4
Senegal	3	1	1	1	5	5	3
Congo-Brazzaville	3	0	0	3	2	8	0

12 January

Ghana Osei Kofi 63 Wilberforce Mfum 87

2 - 2

Senegal Diongue 10 Y.Diop 65

12 January

Congo-Kinshasa Muwawa 19 Kabamba (pen) 27 Kabamba 51

3 - 0

Congo-Brazzaville

14 January

Senegal Diop 27 Diouck 86

2 - 1

Congo-Brazzaville Foutika 31

14 January

Ghana Osei Kofi (pen) 17 Wilberforce Mfum 84

2 - 1

Congo-Kinshasa Mohili 42

16 January

Congo-Kinshasa Kidumu Tshimanga

2 - 1

Senegal Y.Diouck

16 January

Ghana Osei Kofi Osei Kofi Wilberforce Mfum

3 - 1

Congo-Brazzaville Foutika

Semi-finals

Addis Ababa
19 January

Ethiopia Luciano Vassalo 25 Mengistu Worku 65

2 - 3 (aet)

Congo-Kinshasa Kidumu 3 Mungamuni 16 Mungamuni 100

Asmara
19 January

Ghana Wilberforce Mfum Wilberforce Mfum Ibrahim Sunday Odoi

4 - 3 (aet)

Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Pokou Laurent Pokou Konan Henri (pen)

3rd/4th places

21 January

Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Pokou 28

1 - 0

Ethiopia

Final

21 January

Congo-Kinshasa Kalala 66

1 - 0

Ghana

African Cup of Nations 1968 Champions
Congo DR 1st title

Top scorers

1.	Laurent Pokou	6
2.	Wilberforce Mfum	5
3.	Osei Kofi	4
4.	Hacène Lalmas	3

External links

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