1970 African Cup of Nations

1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	6–16 February
Teams	8
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 played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	146,858 (9,179 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurent Pokou (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Laurent Pokou
← 1968 1972 →

International football competition

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

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Sudan	Hosts		3 (1957, 1959, 1963)
Congo-Kinshasa	Holders	21 January 1968	2 (1965, 1968)
Ethiopia	2nd round winners	31 May 1969	6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968)
Cameroon	2nd round winners	3 August 1969	0 (debut)
Ghana	2nd round winners	21 September 1969	3 (1963, 1965, 1968)
United Arab Republic	2nd round winners	28 September 1969	4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	26 October 1969	2 (1965, 1968)
Guinea	2nd round winners	26 October 1969	0 (debut)

Notes

Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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

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

Wad Madani Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sudan (H)	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cameroon	3	2	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Ethiopia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Tied on overall points. Overall goal difference: Ivory Coast +5, Sudan +3, Cameroon +1.

6 February 1970

Cameroon	3–2	Ivory Coast
Koum 57', 66' N'Doga 60'		Pokou 25', 45'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 14,464Referee: Mahmoud (Egypt) 6 February 1970

Sudan	3–0	Ethiopia
Gagarin 43' Hasabu El-Sagheer 47' Jaksa 85'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 14,464Referee: Faber (Guinea)

8 February 1970

Cameroon	3–2	Ethiopia
Tsébo 21' Manga-Onguéné 43' N'Doga 70'		Mengistu 12', 75'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 9,864Referee: Quarshie (Ghana) 8 February 1970

Ivory Coast	1–0	Sudan
Tahi 89'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 9,864Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)

10 February 1970

Ivory Coast	6–1	Ethiopia
Losseni 16' Pokou 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		Mengistu 33'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 9,770Referee: Boukili (Morocco) 10 February 1970

Sudan	2–1	Cameroon
Jaksa 20' Hasabu El-Sagheer 60'		Tsébo 34'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 9,770Referee: Ngom (Senegal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Rep.	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 7 February 1970

Ghana	2–0	Congo-Kinshasa
Owusu 29', 32'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 7,525Referee: Obeid (Sudan) 7 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	4–1	Guinea
Abo Greisha 5', 10' El-Shazly 73' (pen.) Basry 66'		Soumah 25' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 7,525Referee: Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

9 February 1970

Congo-Kinshasa	2–2	Guinea
Kalonzo 70' Mungamuni 72'		Petit Sory 5' Soumah 55' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 3,342Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast) 9 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–1	Ghana
Bazooka 70'		Sunday 60'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 3,342Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)

11 February 1970

Guinea	1–1	Ghana
Thiam 10'		Owusu 50'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 3,927Referee: Khelifi (Algeria) 11 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–0	Congo-Kinshasa
Abo Greisha 71'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad MedaniAttendance: 3,927Referee: Simfukwe (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

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

14 February 1970

Ivory Coast	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Losseni 78'		Sunday 21' Jabir 100'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 12,350

14 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sudan
El-Shazly 84'		El-Asyad 83', 102'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 12,350

Third place match

16 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	3–1	Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 3', 14', 50'		Pokou 72'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 12,187Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)

Final

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations Final 16 February 1970

Sudan	1–0	Ghana
Hasabu El-Sagheer 12'

Municipal Stadium, KhartoumAttendance: 12,187Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.

8 goals

Laurent Pokou

5 goals

Hassan El-Shazly

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Team of the tournament

Source:

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Robert Mensah	Samir Salih John Eshun Amin Zaki Hany Mostafa	Ernest Kallet Bialy Ibrahim Sunday Bernard Gnahoré Maxime Camara	Laurent Pokou Ali Abo Gresha

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Robert Mensah

Samir Salih

John Eshun

Amin Zaki

Hany Mostafa

Ernest Kallet Bialy

Bernard Gnahoré

References

"African Nations Cup 1970 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

External links

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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. Football in Africa portal

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