1970 African Cup of Nations

1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	6–16 February
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Third place	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic
Fourth place	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	146,858 (9,179 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou ; (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
	← 1968 1972 →

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan	Hosts		3 (1957, 1959, 1963)
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg Congo-Kinshasa	Holders	21 January 1968	2 (1965, 1968)
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia	2nd round winners	31 May 1969	6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968)
File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Cameroon	2nd round winners	3 August 1969	0 (debut)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2nd round winners	21 September 1969	3 (1963, 1965, 1968)
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic	2nd round winners	28 September 1969	4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963)
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	26 October 1969	2 (1965, 1968)
File:Flag of Guinea.svg 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.

Wad Madani
Khartoum	1970 African Cup of Nations is located in Sudan (2005-2011) Khartoum Khartoum Wad Madani Wad Madani
Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
File:Khartoum.jpg
Wad Madani Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
File:Wad Medani Blue Nile.jpg

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan (H)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Cameroon	3	2	1	7	6	+1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Tied on overall points. Overall goal difference: Ivory Coast +5, Sudan +3, Cameroon +1.

6 February 1970

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg	3–2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Koum File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 66' N'Doga File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'		Pokou File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 45'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 14,464

Referee: Mahmoud (Egypt)

6 February 1970

Sudan File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Gagarin File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Hasabu El-Sagheer File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Jaksa File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 14,464

Referee: Faber (Guinea)

8 February 1970

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg	3–2	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Tsébo File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Manga-Onguéné File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' N'Doga File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		Mengistu File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 75'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,864

Referee: Quarshie (Ghana)

8 February 1970

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan
Tahi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,864

Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)

10 February 1970

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Losseni File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Pokou File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		Mengistu File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: Boukili (Morocco)

10 February 1970

Sudan File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg	2–1	File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Cameroon
Jaksa File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Hasabu El-Sagheer File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'		Tsébo File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: Ngom (Senegal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Rep.	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 February 1970

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	2–0	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg Congo-Kinshasa
Owusu File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 32'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 7,525

Referee: Obeid (Sudan)

7 February 1970

United Arab Rep. File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Abo Greisha File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 10' El-Shazly File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' (pen.) Basry File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		Soumah File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 7,525

Referee: Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

9 February 1970

Congo-Kinshasa File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg	2–2	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Kalonzo File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Mungamuni File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		Petit Sory File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Soumah File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,342

Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast)

9 February 1970

United Arab Rep. File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Bazooka File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		Sunday File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,342

Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)

11 February 1970

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Thiam File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'		Owusu File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)

11 February 1970

United Arab Rep. File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg	1–0	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg Congo-Kinshasa
Abo Greisha File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: Simfukwe (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

14 February – Khartoum

File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	1
		16 February – Khartoum
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (a.e.t.)	2
		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	0
14 February – Khartoum
		File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan	1
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Rep.	1

File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan (a.e.t.)	2
		Third place

		16 February – Khartoum

		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	1

		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Rep.	3

Semifinals

14 February 1970

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	1–2 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Losseni File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		Sunday File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Jabir File:Soccerball shade.svg 100'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,350

14 February 1970

United Arab Rep. File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg	1–2 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan
El-Shazly File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		El-Asyad File:Soccerball shade.svg 83', 102'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,350

Third place match

16 February 1970

United Arab Rep. File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
El-Shazly File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 14', 50'		Pokou File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,187

Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)

Final

16 February 1970

Sudan File:Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Hasabu El-Sagheer File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,187

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

8 goals

Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou

5 goals

United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Team of the tournament

Source:^[1]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Ghana Robert Mensah	Sudan Samir Salih Ghana John Eshun Sudan Amin Zaki United Arab Republic Hany Mostafa	Ivory Coast Ernest Kallet Bialy Ghana Ibrahim Sunday Ivory Coast Bernard Gnahoré Guinea Maxime Camara	Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou United Arab Republic Ali Abo Gresha

References

↑ "African Nations Cup 1970 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

External links

[1] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

[table_hth_CIV0.24867591087179-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Tied on overall points. Overall goal difference: Ivory Coast +5, Sudan +3, Cameroon +1.

[3] "African Nations Cup 1970 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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1970 African Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

Team of the tournament

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