1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970
Tournament details
Host countrySudan
Dates6–16 February
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sudan (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place United Arab Republic
Fourth place Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou

The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa 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.

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]
 SudanHosts3 (1957, 1959, 1963)
 Congo-KinshasaHolders21 January 19682 (1965, 1968)
 Ethiopia2nd round winners31 May 19696 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968)
 Cameroon2nd round winners3 August 19690 (debut)
 Ghana2nd round winners21 September 19693 (1963, 1965, 1968)
 United Arab Republic2nd round winners28 September 19694 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963)
 Ivory Coast2nd round winners26 October 19692 (1965, 1968)
 Guinea2nd round winners26 October 19690 (debut)
Notes
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Khartoum and Wad Madani.

Khartoum Wad Madani
Municipal Stadium Wad Madani Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 4
 Sudan 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
 Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source:
Cameroon 3–2 Ivory Coast
Koum 57', 66'
N'Doga 60'		 Pokou 25', 45'
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Mahmoud (Egypt)
Sudan 3–0 Ethiopia
Gagarin 43'
Hasabu El-Sagheer 47'
Jaksa 85'
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Faber (Guinea)
Cameroon 3–2 Ethiopia
Tsébo 21'
Manga-Onguéné 43'
N'Doga 70'		 Mengistu 12', 75'
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Quarshie (Ghana)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Sudan
Tahi 89'
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ivory Coast 6–1 Ethiopia
Losseni 16'
Pokou 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		 Mengistu 33'
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Boukili (Morocco)
Sudan 2–1 Cameroon
Jaksa 20'
Hasabu El-Sagheer 60'		 Tsébo 34'
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Ngom (Senegal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Rep. 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Guinea 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 2
 Congo-Kinshasa 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Ghana 2–0 Congo-Kinshasa
Owusu 29', 32'
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Obeid (Sudan)
United Arab Rep. 4–1 Guinea
Abo Greisha 5', 10'
El-Shazly 73' (pen.)
Basry 66'		 Soumah 25' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Congo-Kinshasa 2–2 Guinea
Kalonzo 70'
Mungamuni 72'		 Petit Sory 5'
Soumah 55' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast)
United Arab Rep. 1–1 Ghana
Bazooka 70' Sunday 60'
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)
Guinea 1–1 Ghana
Thiam 10' Owusu 50'
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)
United Arab Rep. 1–0 Congo-Kinshasa
Abo Greisha 71'
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Simfukwe (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 14 February – Khartoum
 
 
  Ivory Coast 1
 
 16 February – Khartoum
 
  Ghana (a.e.t.) 2
 
  Ghana 0
 
 14 February – Khartoum
 
  Sudan 1
 
  United Arab Rep. 1
 
 
  Sudan (a.e.t.) 2
 
Third place
 
 
 16 February – Khartoum
 
 
  Ivory Coast 1
 
 
  United Arab Rep. 3

Semifinals

Ivory Coast 1–2 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Losseni 78' Sunday 21'
Jabir 100'
Attendance: 12,350
United Arab Rep. 1–2 (a.e.t.) Sudan
El-Shazly 84' El-Asyad 83', 102'
Attendance: 12,350

Third place match

United Arab Rep. 3–1 Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 3', 14', 50' Pokou 72'
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)

Final

Sudan 1–0 Ghana
Hasabu El-Sagheer 12'
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Goalscorers

8 goals
5 goals
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

  1. ↑ "African Nations Cup 1970 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.