1963 African Cup of Nations

1963 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates24 November – 1 December
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Sudan
Third place United Arab Republic
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly
(6 goals)
Best player(s)United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly
← 1962
1965 →
International football competition

The 1963 African Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format was changed to two groups of 3 teams each, with the group winners playing the final, and the runners-up playing the third place playoff. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts beating Sudan 3–0 to win the title.[1]

This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Ghana Hosts 0 (debut)
 Ethiopia Holders 21 January 1962 3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
 United Arab Republic 1st round winners 25 January 1963 3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
 Sudan 1st round winners 30 June 1963 2 (1957, 1959)
 Tunisia 1st round winners 2 July 1963 1 (1962)
 Nigeria 1st round winners 6 October 1963 0 (debut)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top placed teams advanced to the final
2nd placed teams advanced to the 3rd Place Match

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana (H) 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 3
 Ethiopia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2
 Tunisia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Ghana 1–1 Tunisia
Mfum 9' Jedidi 36'
Referee: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (United Arab Republic)
Ghana 2–0 Ethiopia
Acquah
Ethiopia 4–2 Tunisia
Worku
Tekle
Tesfaye 		Chetali 15'
Jedidi 67'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3
 United Arab Republic 2 1 1 0 8 5 +3 3
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
United Arab Republic 6–3 Nigeria
Riza 30', 32', 82'
El-Shazly 42', 44', 81'		 Ekpe 78'
Bassey 82'
Onyeawuna 89'
United Arab Republic 2–2 Sudan
El-Shazly 5'
Riza 7'		 Jaksa 60', 75'
Sudan 4–0 Nigeria
Jaksa
El-Kawarty
Adam

Knockout stage

Third place match

United Arab Republic 3–0 Ethiopia
El-Shazly 6', 9'
Yaqoub 56'

Final

Ghana 3–0 Sudan
Aggrey-Fynn 62' (pen.)
Acquah 72', 82'
Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (Tunisia)

Scorers

6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Roll of Honour". The Guardian. 16 January 2006. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links

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