1968 African Cup of Nations
1968 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ethiopia |
Dates | 12–21 January |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Congo-Kinshasa (1st title) |
Runners-up | Ghana |
Third place | Ivory Coast |
Fourth place | Ethiopia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
Attendance | 209,000 (13,063 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Laurent Pokou (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Kazadi Mwamba |
← 1965 1970 → |
The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Congo-Kinshasa won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.
Prior to this tournament, the African Cup of Nations were held once every three years, following 1968 they were held once every two years.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Ethiopia | Hosts | 5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965) | |
Ghana | Holders | 21 November 1965 | 2 (1963, 1965) |
Algeria | Group 2 winners | 9 April 1967 | 0 (debut) |
Ivory Coast | Group 3 winners | 7 May 1967 | 1 (1965) |
Uganda | Group 4 winners | 30 June 1967 | 1 (1962) |
Congo-Brazzaville | Group 5 winners | 17 September 1967 | 0 (debut) |
Congo-Kinshasa | Group 6 winners | 10 October 1967 | 1 (1965) |
Senegal | Group 1 winners | 22 November 1967 | 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 | |
Asmara | |
Cicero Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | |
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 | Ethiopia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ivory Coast | 3–0 | Algeria |
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Bozon 15' Pokou 25', 65' |
Ethiopia | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Bekuretsion 86' |
Ivory Coast | 2–1 | Uganda |
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Pokou Manglé | Obua |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Congo-Kinshasa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Congo-Brazzaville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Congo-Kinshasa | 3–0 | Congo-Brazzaville |
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Muwawa 19' Kabamba 27' (pen.), 51' |
Senegal | 2–1 | Congo-Brazzaville |
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Diop 27' Diouck 86' | Foutika 31' |
Ghana | 2–1 | Congo-Kinshasa |
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Kofi 17' (pen.) Mfum 84' | Mokili 42' |
Congo-Kinshasa | 2–1 | Senegal |
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Kidumu Tshimanga (pen.) | Diouck |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
Ethiopia | 2 | |||||
21 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
Congo-Kinshasa (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Congo-Kinshasa | 1 | |||||
19 January – Asmara | ||||||
Ghana | 0 | |||||
Ghana (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
21 January – Addis Ababa | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||
Ethiopia | 0 |
Semi-finals
Ethiopia | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Congo-Kinshasa |
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Vassalo 25' Worku 65' | Kidumu 3' Mungamuni 16', 100' |
Third place match
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Ethiopia |
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Pokou 28' |
Final
Congo-Kinshasa | 1–0 | Ghana |
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Kalala 66' |
Goalscorers
There were 52 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Jean "Jeannot" Foutika
- Nicodème Kabamba
- Kidumu Mantantu
- Léon Mungamuni
- Yatma Diop
- Yatma Diouck
- Mengistu Worku
1 goal
- Boualem Amirouche
- Mokhtar Kalem
- Ignace Muwawa
- Saio Ernest Mokili
- Pierre Kalala Mukendi
- Elias Tshimanga
- Jean-Louis Bozon
- Henri Konan
- Eustache Manglé
- Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot
- Shewangizaw Agonafer
- Girma Tekle
- Frank Odoi
- Ibrahim Sunday
- Doudou Diongue
- Denis Obua
- Polly Ouma
Team of the Tournament
Source:[5]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Kazadi Mwamba | Henri Konan Yérim Diagne Djibril Gueye | Luciano Vassallo Joseph Bléziri | Laurent Pokou Doudou Diongue |
References
- ^ a b RSSSF - African Nations Cup 1968 [1]
- ^ El Watan - L’Algérie et la CAN: une longue histoire
- ^ Wiwsport - CAN Éthiopie 1968 : Une équipe du Sénégal séduisante, mais au goût d’inachevé [2]
- ^ Different goal scorers and goal sequence reported in [3].
- ^ "African Nations Cup 1968 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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.
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