1963 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Ghana |
Dates | 24 November – 1 December |
Teams | 6 |
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 played | 8 |
Goals scored | 33 (4.13 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Hassan El-Shazly (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Hassan El-Shazly |
← 1962 1965 → |
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] |
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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
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.
Accra | |
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Accra Sports Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,000 | |
Kumasi | |
Kumasi Sports Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,500 | |
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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ghana (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance to final |
2 | Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Advance to third place play-off |
3 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ghana | 1–1 | Tunisia |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sudan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | Advance to final |
2 | United Arab Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | Advance to third place play-off |
3 | Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United Arab Republic | 2–2 | Sudan |
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Knockout stage
Third place match
United Arab Republic | 3–0 | Ethiopia |
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Final
Ghana | 3–0 | Sudan |
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Goalscorers
There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Edward Aggrey-Fynn
- Wilberforce Mfum
- Ibrahim Yahia El-Kawarty
- Abdelaziz Ibrahim Adam
- Ezz El-Din Yaqoub
- Gebremedhin Tesfaye
- Girma Zeleke
- Abdelmajid Chetali
- Joseph Bassey
- Asuquo Ekpe
- Albert Onyeawuna
Notes
- ^ a b The sources differ in recording the scorers in that match. Other alternatives were that Ethiopian scorers were Worku, Getachew Wolde, and a brace by Luciano Vassalo, or Italo Vassalo, L. Vassalo and a brace by Worku. Meanwhile, Tunisian scorers were also given as Jedidi and Raouf Ben Amor, or Chetali and Hammadi Henia, or a brace for Henia.[2]
References
External links
- Details at RSSSF
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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.
- Football in Africa portal