1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Sudan |
Dates | 6–16 February |
Teams | 8 |
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) |
Attendance | 146,858 (9,179 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Laurent Pokou (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | Laurent Pokou |
← 1968 1972 → |
International football competition
The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football 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 the fourth final appearance in a row for Ghana.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Sudan | Hosts | 3 (1957, 1959, 1963) | |
Congo-Kinshasa | Holders | 21 January 1968 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
Ethiopia | 2nd round winners | 31 May 1969 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968) |
Cameroon | 2nd round winners | 3 August 1969 | 0 (debut) |
Ghana | 2nd round winners | 21 September 1969 | 3 (1963, 1965, 1968) |
United Arab Republic | 2nd round winners | 28 September 1969 | 4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963) |
Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 26 October 1969 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
Guinea | 2nd round winners | 26 October 1969 | 0 (debut) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Khartoum and Wad Madani.
Khartoum | Wad Madani | |
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Municipal Stadium | Wad Madani Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
Sudan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Cameroon | 3–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Koum 57', 66' N'Doga 60' | Pokou 25', 45' |
Sudan | 3–0 | Ethiopia |
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Gagarin 43' Hasabu El-Sagheer 47' Jaksa 85' |
Cameroon | 3–2 | Ethiopia |
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Tsébo 21' Manga-Onguéné 43' N'Doga 70' | Mengistu 12', 75' |
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Sudan |
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Tahi 89' |
Ivory Coast | 6–1 | Ethiopia |
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Losseni 16' Pokou 21', 60', 71', 80', 87' | Mengistu 33' |
Sudan | 2–1 | Cameroon |
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Jaksa 20' Hasabu El-Sagheer 60' | Tsébo 34' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana | 2–0 | Congo-Kinshasa |
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Owusu 29', 32' |
United Arab Rep. | 4–1 | Guinea |
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Abo Greisha 5', 10' El-Shazly 73' (pen.) Basry 66' | Soumah 25' (pen.) |
Congo-Kinshasa | 2–2 | Guinea |
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Kalonzo 70' Mungamuni 72' | Petit Sory 5' Soumah 55' (pen.) |
United Arab Rep. | 1–1 | Ghana |
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Bazooka 70' | Sunday 60' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 February – Khartoum | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||
16 February – Khartoum | ||||||
Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
Ghana | 0 | |||||
14 February – Khartoum | ||||||
Sudan | 1 | |||||
United Arab Rep. | 1 | |||||
Sudan (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 February – Khartoum | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||
United Arab Rep. | 3 |
Semifinals
Ivory Coast | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
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Losseni 78' | Sunday 21' Jabir 100' |
Attendance: 12,350
United Arab Rep. | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Sudan |
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El-Shazly 84' | El-Asyad 83', 102' |
Attendance: 12,350
Third place match
United Arab Rep. | 3–1 | Ivory Coast |
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El-Shazly 3', 14', 50' | Pokou 72' |
Final
Sudan | 1–0 | Ghana |
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Hasabu El-Sagheer 12' |
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Emmanuel Koum
- Gaston Paul N'Doga
- Jean-Marie Tsébo
- Diomandé Losseni
- Ibrahim Sunday
- Soriba Soumah
- Jaksa
- Muhamad El-Basheer El-Asyad
- 1 goal
- Jean Manga-Onguéné
- François Tahi
- Malik Jabir
- Petit Sory
- Thiam Ousmane Tolo
- Ali Gagarin
- André Kalonzo
- Léon Mungamuni
- Sayed Abdel Razek
- Taha Basry
Team of the tournament
Source:[1]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Robert Mensah | Samir Salih Amin Zaki Hany Mostafa | Ernest Kallet Bialy Bernard Gnahoré | Laurent Pokou |
References
- ^ "African Nations Cup 1970 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
External links
- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com
- footballmundial.tripod.com
- www.world-results.net
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- 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
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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