1970 African Cup of Nations

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The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer 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.

Contents 1 Teams eliminated in qualifying 2 Final Phase 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Semi Finals 2.4 3rd/4th places 2.5 Final 3 Top Scorers 4 External links

[edit] Teams eliminated in qualifying

First Round

•  Morocco
•  Somalia
•  Togo
•  Kenya
•  Upper Volta
•  Mauritius
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•  Uganda

Second Round

•  Algeria
•  Tanzania
•  Niger
•  Mali
•  Senegal
•  Zambia

[edit] Final Phase

[edit] Group A

Matches played in Khartoum.
6 February

Cameroon Koum 57, 66 Ndoga 60

3 - 2

Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Pokou 25, 45

6 February

Sudan Gagarine 43 Hasabu 47 Djaksa 85

3 - 0

Ethiopia

8 February

Cameroon Tsebo 21 Manga 43 Ndoga 70

3 - 2

Ethiopia Mengistou 12, 75

8 February

Côte d'Ivoire Tahi 89

1 - 0

Sudan

10 February

Côte d'Ivoire Losseni 16 Laurent Pokou 21, 60, 71, 80, 87

6- 1

Ethiopia Mengistou 33

10 February

Sudan Djaksa 20 Hasabu 60

2 - 1

Cameroon Tsebo 34

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	9	4	4
Sudan	3	2	0	1	5	2	4
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	7	6	4
Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	12	0

[edit] Group B

Matches played in Wad Medani. 7 February

Ghana Owusu 29, 32

2 - 0

Congo-Kinshasa

7 February

United Arab Republic Ali Abugreisha 5, 10 Hassan El-Chazly (pen) 73 Taha Basri 66

4 - 1

Guinea Edenté (pen) 25

9 February

Congo-Kinshasa Kalonzo 70 Mungamuni 72 55

2 - 2

Guinea Petit Sory 5 Edenté (pen)

9 February

United Arab Republic Bazooka 70

1 - 1

Ghana Ibrahim Sunday 60

11 February

Guinea Tolo 10

1- 1

Ghana Owusu 50

11 February

United Arab Republic Ali Abugreisha 71

1 - 0

Congo-Kinshasa

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
United Arab Republic	3	2	1	0	6	2	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	4
Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	2
Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

[edit] Semi Finals

14 February 1970	Côte d'Ivoire	1-2	Ghana	Khartoum
	Losseni 78'	(a.p)	Ibrahim Sunday 21' Malik Jabir 100'

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14 February 1970	United Arab Republic	1-2	Sudan	Khartoum
	Hassan El-Chazli 84'	(a.p)	El-Issed 83' 102'

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[edit] 3rd/4th places

16 February 1970	United Arab Republic	3-1	Côte d'Ivoire	Khartoum
	Hassan El-Chazli 3' 14' 50'		Laurent Pokou 72'

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[edit] Final

16 February 1970	Sudan	1-0	Ghana	Khartoum
	El-Issed 12'

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The tournament marked 4 final appearances in a row for Ghana, then tagged as "The Brazil of Africa". This record is currently unequaled.

[edit] Top Scorers

1.

Laurent Pokou

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[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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