1970 African Cup of Nations

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1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1970
Tournament details
Host country Sudan
Dates 6 - 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  United Arab Republic
Fourth place  Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
(8 goals)
Best player Ghana 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.

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

Contents

Qualified teams [edit]

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads [edit]

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues [edit]

Khartoum
Locations of the 1970 African Cup of Nations venues
 Wad Madani
Municipal Stadium Wad Madani Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 15,000
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Final tournament [edit]

Group Stage [edit]

Group A [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 9 4 +3 4
 Sudan 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
 Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 12 -9 0
6 February 1970
 Cameroon  3 – 2  Ivory Coast Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Koum Goal 57', 66'
N'Doga Goal 60'		 Goal 25', 45' Pokou
6 February 1970
 Sudan  3 – 0  Ethiopia Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Gagarin Goal 43'
Hasabu El-Sagheer Goal 47'
Jaxa Goal 85'
8 February 1970
 Cameroon  3 – 2  Ethiopia Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Tsébo Goal 21'
Manga-Onguéné Goal 43'
N'Doga Goal 70'		 Goal 12', 75' Mengistu
8 February 1970
 Ivory Coast  1 – 0  Sudan Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Tahi Goal 89'
10 February 1970
 Ivory Coast  6 – 1  Ethiopia Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Losseni Goal 16'
Pokou Goal 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		 Goal 33' Mengistu
10 February 1970
 Sudan  2 – 1  Cameroon Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Jaxa Goal 20'
Hasabu El-Sagheer Goal 60'		 Goal 34' Tsébo

Group B [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Rep. 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Guinea 3 0 2 1 4 7 -3 2
 Congo-Kinshasa 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
7 February 1970
 Ghana  2 – 0  Congo-Kinshasa Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Owusu Goal 29', 32'
7 February 1970
 United Arab Rep.  4 – 1  Guinea Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Abo Greisha Goal 5', 10'
El-Shazly Goal 73' (pen.)
Basri Goal 66'		 Goal 25' (pen.) Edenté
9 February 1970
 Congo-Kinshasa  2 – 2  Guinea Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Kalonzo Goal 70'
Mungamuni Goal 72'		 Goal 5' Petit Sory
Goal 55' (pen.) Edenté
9 February 1970
 United Arab Rep.  1 – 1  Ghana Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Bazooka Goal 70' Goal 60' Sunday
11 February 1970
 Guinea  1 – 1  Ghana Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Tolo Goal 10' Goal 50' Owusu
11 February 1970
 United Arab Rep.  1 – 0  Congo-Kinshasa Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Abo Greisha Goal 71'

Knockout stage [edit]

  Semi-finals Final
14 February – Khartoum
  Ivory Coast  1  
  Ghana (aet)  2  
 
16 February – Khartoum
      Sudan  1
    Ghana  0
Third place
14 February – Khartoum 16 February – Khartoum
  United Arab Rep.  1   United Arab Rep.  3
  Sudan (aet)  2     Ivory Coast  1

Semi finals [edit]

14 February 1970
 Ivory Coast  1 – 2
(aet)		  Ghana Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Losseni Goal 78' Goal 21' Sunday
Goal 100' Jabir
14 February 1970
 United Arab Rep.  1 – 2
(aet)		  Sudan Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
El-Shazly Goal 84' Goal 83', 102' El-Asyad

3rd places match [edit]

16 February 1970
 United Arab Rep.  3 – 1  Ivory Coast Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)
El-Shazly Goal 3', 14', 50' Pokou Goal 72'

Final [edit]

16 February 1970
 Sudan  1 – 0  Ghana Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
El-Asyad Goal 12'

Winners [edit]

 African Cup of Nations 1970 Champions 

Sudan
1st title

Scorers [edit]

8 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament [edit]

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links [edit]
Tournaments
Qualification
Finals
Squads
Statistics
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only.
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