1962 African Cup of Nations
1962 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ethiopia |
Dates | 14–21 January |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 18 (4.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
← 1959 1963 → |
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The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time, defeating UAR 4–2, after extra time in the final.[1]
This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Qualified teams
This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations.
Nine nations initially entered the competition, with Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as hosts and title holders respectively. Sudan withdrew before the draw, and Morocco withdrew before play began, thus leaving five teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This was the first time Sudan did not compete in the tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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![]() | Hosts | 2 (1957, 1959) | |
![]() | Holders | 29 May 1959 | 2 (1957, 1959) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 29 October 1961 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 10 December 1961 | 0 (debut) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
Addis Ababa | |
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Hailé Sélassié Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
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Final tournament
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
21 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
18 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
20 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 0 |
Semifinals
Ethiopia ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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L. Vassallo ![]() Zeleke ![]() Worku ![]() | Merrichkou ![]() Chérif ![]() |
United Arab Republic ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Badawi ![]() Selim ![]() | Bunyenyezi ![]() |
Third place match
Final
Ethiopia ![]() | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Kidane ![]() L. Vassallo ![]() I. Vassallo ![]() Worku ![]() | Badawi ![]() |
Scorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Tekle Kidane
Italo Vassallo
Girma Zeleke
Moncef Chérif
Mohamed Salah Jedidi
Chedly Laaouini
Rached Meddab
Ammar Merrichkou
John Bunyenyezi
Saleh Selim
Notes
- ^ a b c Mengistu Worku was initially credited with scoring twice in the final, but later, one of his goals in the 84th minute was attributed to Luciano Vassallo.[2]
References
External links
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- Details at RSSSF
- Details at Soccerbot
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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
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