1970 African Cup of Nations

1970 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1970
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	6 February - 16 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sudan (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Côte d'Ivoire
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurent Pokou (8 goals)
Best player	Ibrahim Sunday
← 1968 1972 →

The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1-0.

Teams eliminated in qualifying

First Round

• Morocco
• Somalia
• Togo
• Kenya
• Upper Volta
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Uganda

Second Round

• Algeria
• Tanzania
• Niger
• Mali
• Senegal
• Zambia

Qualifying Tournament

Congo-Kinshasa qualified as holders

Sudan qualified as hosts

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First round

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17 November 1968	Zambia	2 – 2	Mauritius	Zambia

8 December 1968	Mauritius	2 – 3	Zambia	Mauritius

Zambia won 5–4 on aggregate.

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16 february 1969	Kenya	0 – 1	Tanzania	Kenya

1 March 1969	Tanzania	1 – 1	Kenya	Tanzania

Tanzania won 2–1 on aggregate.

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9 March 1969	Algeria	2 – 0	Morocco	Algeria

22 March 1969	Morocco	1 – 0	Algeria	Morocco

Algeria won 2–1 on aggregate.

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10 August 1969	Guinea	4 – 0	Togo	Guinea

24 August 1969	Togo	1 – 1	Guinea	Togo

Guinea won 5–1 on aggregate.

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10 August 1969	Uganda	1 – 1	Cameroon	Uganda

24 August 1969	Cameroon	2 – 0	Uganda	Cameroon

Cameroon won 3–1 on aggregate.

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	United Arab Republic	w / o	Somalia

United Arab Republic progress, Somalia withdrew.

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	Mali	w / o	Upper Volta

Mali progress, Upper Volta withdrew.

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	Niger	w / o	Nigeria

Niger progress, Nigeria withdrew.

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	Senegal	w / o	Sierra Leone

Senegal progress, Sierra Leone withdrew.

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Second round

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17 August 1969	Ghana	6 – 0	Niger	Ghana

21 September 1969	Niger	1 – 9	Ghana	Niger

Ghana won 15–1 on aggregate.

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19 September 1969	United Arab Republic	1 – 0	Algeria	United Arab Republic

28 September 1969	Algeria	1 – 1	United Arab Republic	Algeria

United Arab Republic won 2–1 on aggregate.

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8 October 1969	Ethiopia	7 – 0	Tanzania	Ethiopia

22 October 1969	Tanzania	1 – 2	Ethiopia	Tanzania

Ethiopia won 9–1 on aggregate.

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8 October 1969	Mali	0 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Mali

22 October 1969	Côte d'Ivoire	4 – 0	Mali	Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire won 4–0 on aggregate.

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8 October 1969	Senegal	1 – 1	Guinea	Senegal

22 October 1969	Guinea	4 – 3	Senegal	Guinea

Guinea won 5–4 on aggregate.

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8 October 1969	Zambia	2 – 2	Cameroon	Zambia

22 October 1969	Cameroon	2 – 1	Zambia	Cameroon

Cameroon won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Final tournament

Group A

Matches played in Khartoum.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	9	4	4
Sudan	3	2	0	1	5	2	4
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	7	6	4
Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	12	0

6 February

Cameroon Koum  57',  66' Ndoga  60'

3 - 2

Côte d'Ivoire Pokou  25',  45'

6 February

Sudan Gagarine  43' Hasabu  47' Djaksa  85'

3 - 0

Ethiopia

8 February

Cameroon Tsebo  21' Manga  43' Ndoga  70'

3 - 2

Ethiopia Mengistu  12',  75'

8 February

Côte d'Ivoire Tahi  89'

1 - 0

Sudan

10 February

Côte d'Ivoire Losseni  16' Pokou  21',  60',  71',  80',  87'

6- 1

Ethiopia Mengistu  33'

10 February

Sudan Djaksa  20' Hasabu  60'

2 - 1

Cameroon Tsebo  34'

Group B

Matches played in Wad Medani.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
United Arab Republic	3	2	1	0	6	2	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	4
Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	2
Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

7 February

Ghana Owusu  29',  32'

2 - 0

Congo-Kinshasa

7 February

United Arab Republic Abo Greisha  5',  10' El-Shazly  73' (pen.) Taha Basri  66'

4 - 1

Guinea Edenté  25' (pen.)

9 February

Congo-Kinshasa Kalonzo  70' Mungamuni  72',  55'

2 - 2

Guinea Petit Sory  5' Edenté  55' (pen.)

9 February

United Arab Republic Bazooka  70'

1 - 1

Ghana Ibrahim Sunday  60'

11 February

Guinea Tolo  10'

1- 1

Ghana Owusu  50'

11 February

United Arab Republic Abo Greisha  71'

1 - 0

Congo-Kinshasa

Semi finals

14 February 1970	Côte d'Ivoire	1-2	Ghana	Khartoum
	Losseni  78'	(a.p)	Ibrahim Sunday  21' Malik Jabir  100'

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14 February 1970	United Arab Republic	1-2	Sudan	Khartoum
	El-Shazly  84'	(a.p)	El-Issed  83',  102'

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3rd/4th places

16 February 1970	United Arab Republic	3-1	Côte d'Ivoire	Khartoum
	El-Shazly  3',  14',  50'		Pokou  72'

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Final

16 February 1970	Sudan	1-0	Ghana	Khartoum
	El-Issed  12'

African Cup of Nations 1970 Champions
Sudan 1st title

The tournament marked 4 final appearances in a row for Ghana, then tagged as "The Brazil of Africa". This record is currently unequaled.

Scorers

8 goals

Laurent Pokou

5 goals

Hassan El-Shazly

3 goals

Aly Abo Greisha Mengistu Worku	Owusu El-Issed

2 goals

Koum N'Doga Tsebo Ibrahim Sunday	Soriba Soumah Losseni Djaksa Hasabu

1 goal

Manga Sayed Abdel Razek Taha Basri Malik Petit Sory	Tolo Tahi Gagarine Kalonzo Mungamuni

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Robert Mensah

Defenders

• Samir
• John Eshun
• A Zaki
• Hany Moustafa

Midfielders

• B Kallet
• Ibrahim Sunday
• Gnawri
• Maxim

Forwards

• Laurent Pokou
• Aly Abo Greisha

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Details at www.angelfire.com
• footballmundial.tripod.com
• www.world-results.net