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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1963 African Cup of Nations. 10 African nations initially entered the competition. Ghana and Ethiopia both automatically qualified as the host country and title holders respectively. Uganda would withdraw before play began, thus leaving only 7 teams vying for the remaining four spots in the finals.

Qualified teams

The 6 qualified teams are:

•  United Arab Republic
•  Ethiopia (holders)
•  Ghana (hosts)
•  Nigeria
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia

Summary

The 8 nations were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 4 winners would then qualify for the finals. Qualifying took place between 1 June 1963 and 6 October 1963.

Qualification matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tunisia	6–5	Morocco	4–1	2–4
United Arab Republic	w/o	Uganda	—	—
Kenya	0–6	Sudan	0–1	0–5
Nigeria	2–3	Guinea	2–2	0–1

Tunisia	4–1	Morocco
Henia 22', 57' Aleya 85' Jedidi 88'		Mokhtatif 75'

Morocco	4–2	Tunisia
Khalfi 10' Ben Dayan 46' Bettache 59' (pen.) Akesbi 78'		Henia 84' Jedidi 62'

Tunisia qualified by an aggregate score of 6–5.

United Arab Republic	w/o	Uganda

Uganda	w/o	United Arab Republic

Uganda withdrew; United Arab Republic qualified.

Kenya	0–1	Sudan
		Weza

Sudan	5–0	Kenya
Osman Eltoum Jaksa

Sudan qualified by an aggregate score of 6–0.

Nigeria	2–2	Guinea
Olatunji

Guinea	1–0	Nigeria
Kandia

Guinea were disqualified for not providing neutral officials for the second leg; Nigeria qualified.

Notes

1. Guinea was later disqualified for not providing neutral officials for the second leg: Nigeria qualified.

External links

• African Nations Cup 1963 - rsssf.com

• Africa Cup of Nations qualification
• 1963 African Cup of Nations