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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 51 (3.19 per match) |
Attendance | 146,858 (9,179 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
← 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[a] |
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![]() | Hosts | 3 (1957, 1959, 1963) | |
![]() | Holders | 21 January 1968 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 31 May 1969 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 3 August 1969 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 21 September 1969 | 3 (1963, 1965, 1968) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 28 September 1969 | 4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 26 October 1969 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
![]() | 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 | |
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Municipal Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
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Wad Madani | |
Wad Madani Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,000 | |
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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 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4[a] | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ a b c Tied on overall points. Overall goal difference: Ivory Coast +5, Sudan +3, Cameroon +1.
Cameroon ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Koum ![]() N'Doga ![]() | Pokou ![]() |
Sudan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Gagarin ![]() Hasabu El-Sagheer ![]() Jaksa ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Tsébo ![]() Manga-Onguéné ![]() N'Doga ![]() | Mengistu ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Tahi ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Losseni ![]() Pokou ![]() | Mengistu ![]() |
Sudan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jaksa ![]() Hasabu El-Sagheer ![]() | Tsébo ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ghana ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Owusu ![]() |
United Arab Rep. ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Abo Greisha ![]() El-Shazly ![]() Basry ![]() | Soumah ![]() |
Congo-Kinshasa ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kalonzo ![]() Mungamuni ![]() | Petit Sory ![]() Soumah ![]() |
United Arab Rep. ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bazooka ![]() | Sunday ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 February – Khartoum | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
16 February – Khartoum | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
14 February – Khartoum | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
16 February – Khartoum | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 3 |
Semifinals
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Losseni ![]() | Sunday ![]() Jabir ![]() |
United Arab Rep. ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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El-Shazly ![]() | El-Asyad ![]() |
Third place match
United Arab Rep. ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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El-Shazly ![]() | Pokou ![]() |
Final
Sudan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hasabu El-Sagheer ![]() |
Goalscorers
There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.
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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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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