1962 African Cup of Nations final

1962 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	1962 African Cup of Nations
Ethiopia United Arab Republic 4 2
After extra time
Date	21 January 1962
Venue	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee	Wilson Brooks (Uganda)
Attendance	30,000
← 1959 1963 →

The 1962 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 21 January 1962 at the Hailé Sélassié Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to determine the winner of the 1962 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Ethiopia beat United Arab Republic 4−2 after extra time, winning their first title.^{[1] [2]}

Road to the final

Ethiopia		Round	United Arab Rep.
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Tunisia	4–2	Semifinals	Uganda	2–1

Match

Details

21 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic
Tekle 74' Worku 84', 118' Vassalo 101'		Badawi 35', 75'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilson Brooks ( Uganda)

Ethiopia

United Arab Republic

GK   Gila-Michael Tekle-Mariam RB   Asmelash Berhe CB   Awade Mohammed CB   Kiflom Araya LB   Berhe Goitom RM   Tesfaye Gebremedhin CM   Girma Tekle  ?' CM   Italo Vassalo LM   Luciano Vassalo CF   Mengistu Worku CF   Getachew Wolde Substitutions:   Tekle Kidane  ?' Manager: Ydnekatchew Tessema Slavko Milošević

GK   Adel Hekal RB   Ahmed Moustafa CB   Raafat Ateya CB   Tarek Selim LB   Rifaat El-Fanagily RM   Mohammed Badawi CM   Mohammed Seddiq 'Shehta' CM   Badawi Abdel Fattah LM   Saleh Selim CF   Taha Ismail CF   Mimi El-Sherbini Manager: Mohamed El-Guindy Hanafy Bastan

References

• v
• t
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Africa Cup of Nations

Editions

• Sudan 1957
• United Arab Republic 1959
• Ethiopia 1962
• Ghana 1963
• Tunisia 1965
• Ethiopia 1968
• Sudan 1970
• Cameroon 1972
• Egypt 1974
• Ethiopia 1976
• Ghana 1978
• Nigeria 1980
• Libya 1982
• Ivory Coast 1984
• Egypt 1986
• Morocco 1988
• Algeria 1990
• Senegal 1992
• Tunisia 1994
• South Africa 1996
• Burkina Faso 1998
• Ghana/Nigeria 2000
• Mali 2002
• Tunisia 2004
• Egypt 2006
• Ghana 2008
• Angola 2010
• Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
• South Africa 2013
• Equatorial Guinea 2015
• Gabon 2017
• Egypt 2019
• Cameroon 2021
• Ivory Coast 2023
• Morocco 2025
• Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
• TBD 2029

Qualification

• 1957
• 1959
• 1962
• 1963
• 1965
• 1968
• 1970
• 1972
• 1974
• 1976
• 1978
• 1980
• 1982
• 1984
• 1986
• 1988
• 1990
• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2013
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2021
• 2023
• 2025

Finals

• 1957
• 1959
• 1962
• 1963
• 1965
• 1968
• 1970
• 1972
• 1974
• 1976
• 1978
• 1980
• 1982
• 1984
• 1986
• 1988
• 1990
• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2013
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2021
• 2023

Bids

• 2027

Squads

• 1957
• 1959
• 1962
• 1963
• 1965
• 1968
• 1970
• 1972
• 1974
• 1976
• 1978
• 1980
• 1982
• 1984
• 1986
• 1988
• 1990
• 1992
• 1994
• 1996
• 1998
• 2000
• 2002
• 2004
• 2006
• 2008
• 2010
• 2012
• 2013
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2021
• 2023

Statistics

• Finals
• Appearances
• Awards
• Records and statistics
• Hat-tricks

Miscellaneous

• Balls
• Mascots
• Music

Notes: The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. • There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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