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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS
ETHIOPIA 1968


Winners:

Congo-Kinshasa


 





Automatically qualified



Team   Notes
Ethiopia Hosts
Ghana Title holders




Qualification - Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Senegal 5 4 2 1 1 9 6   After tie-breaker
2 Guinea 5 4 2 1 1 9 6 After tie-breaker
3 Liberia 2 4 0 2 2 4 10
  Final tournament




       
26/01/1967 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Guinea 2-2
25/02/1967 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Senegal 3-0
19/03/1967 Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Guinea 4-1
02/04/1967 Conakry (GUI) Guinea - Liberia 3-0
09/04/1967 Monrovia (LBR) Liberia - Senegal 1-1
02/07/1967 Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Liberia 4-1
Tie-breaker      
22/11/1967 Dakar (SEN) Senegal - Guinea 2-1 Qual. Senegal




Qualification - Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Algeria 8 4 4 0 0 9 2    
2 Mali 4 4 2 0 2 5 4
3 Upper Volta 0 4 0 0 4 2 10
  Final tournament




       
05/02/1967 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Algeria 0-3
12/02/1967 Ouagadougou (UPV) Upper Volta - Algeria 1-2
12/03/1967 Oran (ALG) Algeria - Mali 1-0
09/04/1967 Algiers (ALG) Algeria - Upper Volta 3-1 Qual. Algeria
27/09/1967 Bamako (MLI) Mali - Upper Volta 4-0
15/11/1967 Ouagadougou (UPV) Upper Volta - Mali 0-1




Qualification - Group 3



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Ivory Coast 7 4 3 1 0 7 0    
2 Nigeria 3 4 1 1 2 4 5
3 Togo 2 4 1 0 3 3 9
  Final tournament



       
12/03/1967 Lagos (NGA) Nigeria - Ivory Coast 0-0
02/04/1967 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Nigeria 1-0
15/04/1967 Lagos (NGA) Nigeria - Togo 4-2
30/04/1967 Abidjan (CIV) Ivory Coast - Togo 3-0
07/05/1967 Abidjan (CIV) Ivory Coast - Nigeria 2-0 Qual. Ivory Coast
16/08/1967 Lomé (TOG) Togo - Ivory Coast 0-2




Qualification - Group 4



1st round - 1st leg      
09/12/1966 Tripoli (LBY) Libya - United Arab Republic 2-2
05/03/1967 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - Kenya 2-1
1st round - 2nd leg      
12/03/1967 Nairobi (KEN) Kenya - Uganda 3-3 Qual. Uganda
24/03/1967 Cairo (EGY) United Arab Republic - Libya 3-2 Qual. United Arab Republic
2nd round - 1st leg      
04/06/1967 Kampala (UGA) Uganda - United Arab Republic 0-1
2nd round - 2nd leg      
30/06/1967 Cairo (EGY) United Arab Republic - Uganda * Qual. Uganda
* United Arab Republic withdrew due to Six-Days War




Qualification - Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Congo-Brazzaville 6 4 2 2 0 6 3    
2 Tunisia 3 4 1 1 2 5 5
3 Cameroon 3 4 1 1 2 4 7
  Final tournament




       
05/02/1967 Tunis (TUN) Tunisia - Cameroon 4-0
19/02/1967 Tunis (TUN) Tunisia - Congo-Brazzaville 1-1
26/02/1967 Yaoundé (CMR) Cameroon - Congo-Brazzaville 1-1
21/05/1967 Brazzaville (COB) Congo-Brazzaville - Cameroon 2-1
16/08/1967 Yaoundé (CMR) Cameroon - Tunisia 2-0 - awarded *
  Brazzaville (COB) Congo-Brazzaville - Tunisia 2-0 - awarded * Qual. Congo-Brazzaville
* Tunisia withdrew




Qualification - Group 6



1st round - 1st leg      
18/03/1967 Kinshasa (CKN) Congo-Kinshasa - Sudan 3-2
02/08/1967 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Mauritius 1-0
1st round - 2nd leg      
02/04/1967 Khartoum (SUD) Sudan - Congo-Kinshasa 1-0
16/08/1967 Curepipe (MRI) Mauritius - Tanzania 1-1 Qual. Tanzania
1st round - Tie-breaker      
13/08/1967 Kampala (UGA) Congo-Kinshasa - Sudan 2-1 Qual. Congo-Kinshasa
2nd round - 1st leg      
17/09/1967 Kinshasa (CKN) Congo-Kinshasa - Tanzania 1-0
2nd round - 2nd leg      
10/10/1967 Dar es Salaam (TAN) Tanzania - Congo-Kinshasa 0-1 Qual. Congo-Kinshasa




Participants



Team   Notes
Congo-Kinshasa Winners
Ghana Final
Ivory Coast Semi-finals
Ethiopia Semi-finals
Senegal Group stage
Algeria Group stage
Congo-Brazzaville Group stage
Uganda Group stage




Group A



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Ethiopia 6 3 3 0 0 6 2    
2 Ivory Coast 4 3 2 0 1 5 2    
3 Algeria 2 3 1 0 2 5 6
4 Uganda 0 3 0 0 3 2 8
  Knockout stage




Matchday 1            
11/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Uganda 2-1  
11/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ivory Coast - Algeria 3-0  
Matchday 2            
14/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Algeria - Uganda 4-0  
14/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Ivory Coast 1-0  
Matchday 3            
16/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Algeria 3-1 Qual. Ethiopia
16/01/1968     Addis Abeba (ETH) Ivory Coast - Uganda 2-1 Qual. Ivory Coast




Group B



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Ghana 5 3 2 1 0 7 4    
2 Congo-Kinshasa 4 3 2 0 1 6 3    
3 Senegal 3 3 1 1 1 5 5
4 Congo-Brazzaville 0 3 0 0 3 2 8
  Knockout stage




Matchday 1            
12/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Congo-Kinshasa - Congo-Brazzaville 3-0  
12/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Ghana - Senegal 2-2  
Matchday 2            
14/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Ghana - Congo-Kinshasa 2-1  
14/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Senegal - Congo-Brazzaville 2-1  
Matchday 3            
16/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Congo-Kinshasa - Senegal 2-1 Qual. Congo-Kinshasa
16/01/1968     Asmara (ETH) Ghana - Congo-Brazzaville 3-1 Qual. Ghana




Knockout stage



Semi-finals            
19/01/1968 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ethiopia - Congo-Kinshasa 2-3 aet Qual. Congo-Kinshasa
19/01/1968 Asmara (ETH) Ghana - Ivory Coast 4-3 aet Qual. Ghana
Match for 3rd place          
21/01/1968 Addis Abeba (ETH) Ivory Coast - Ethiopia 1-0 3rd placed: Ivory Coast
Final            
21/01/1968 Addis Abeba (ETH) Congo-Kinshasa - Ghana 1-0 Winners: Congo-Kinshasa