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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS |
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Winners: |
Congo |
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Team | Notes | |||
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Cameroon | Hosts | ||
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Sudan | Title holders |
1st round | ||||||
Ghana - Upper Volta | * | Qual. Ghana | ||||
1st round - 1st leg | ||||||
17/10/1970 | Dar es Salaam (TAN) | Tanzania - Zambia | 1-1 | |||
08/11/1970 | Libreville (GAB) | Gabon - Ivory Coast | 1-2 | |||
08/11/1970 | Ibadan (NGA) | Nigeria - Congo | 0-0 | |||
08/11/1970 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Dahomey | 2-1 | |||
08/11/1970 | Kampala (UGA) | Uganda - Zaire | 1-4 | |||
15/11/1970 | Antananarivo (MAD) | Madagascar - Mauritius | 2-1 | |||
22/11/1970 | Nairobi (KEN) | Kenya - Ethiopia | 2-0 | |||
10/12/1970 | Algiers (ALG) | Algeria - Morocco | 3-1 | |||
12/12/1970 | Niamey (NIG) | Niger - Mali | 0-1 | |||
27/12/1970 | Tripoli (LBY) | Libya - Egypt | 0-1 | |||
18/08/1971 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Senegal | 1-0 | |||
1st round - 2nd leg | ||||||
01/11/1970 | Lusaka (ZAM) | Zambia - Tanzania | 5-1 | Qual. Zambia | ||
22/11/1970 | Brazzaville (COB) | Congo - Nigeria | 2-1 | Qual. Congo | ||
22/11/1970 | Porto-Novo (DAH) | Dahomey - Togo | 0-0 | Qual. Togo | ||
22/11/1970 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Gabon | 1-0 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
24/11/1970 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Uganda | 1-0 | Qual. Zaire | ||
29/11/1970 | Port Louis (MRI) | Mauritius - Madagascar | 4-1 | Qual. Madagascar | ||
15/12/1970 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Kenya | 0-1 | Qual. Kenya | ||
27/12/1970 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Niger | 3-1 | Qual. Mali | ||
27/12/1970 | Casablanca (MAR) | Morocco - Algeria | 3-0 | Qual. Morocco | ||
03/01/1971 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Libya | 2-1 | Qual. Egypt | ||
01/09/1971 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Guinea | 0-0 | Qual. Guinea | ||
2nd round - 1st leg | ||||||
14/03/1971 | Casablanca (MAR) | Morocco - Egypt | 3-0 | |||
13/06/1971 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Mali | 0-0 | |||
13/06/1971 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Ghana | 0-0 | |||
04/07/1971 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Congo | 3-2 | |||
04/07/1971 | Nairobi (KEN) | Kenya - Mauritius | 2-1 | |||
13/10/1971 | Ndola (ZAM) | Zambia - Zaire | 2-1 | |||
2nd round - 2nd leg | ||||||
16/04/1971 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Morocco | 3-2 | Qual. Morocco | ||
20/06/1971 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Togo | 0-1 | Qual. Togo | ||
27/06/1971 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Guinea | 3-1 | Qual. Mali | ||
18/07/1971 | Brazzaville (COB) | Congo - Ivory Coast | 2-0 | Qual. Congo | ||
18/07/1971 | Port Louis (MRI) | Mauritius - Kenya | 0-0 | Qual. Kenya | ||
27/10/1971 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Zambia | 3-0 | Qual. Zaire | ||
* Upper Volta withdrew |
Team | Notes | |||
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Congo | Winners | ||
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Mali | Final | ||
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Cameroon | Semi-finals | ||
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Zaire | Semi-finals | ||
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Morocco | Group stage | ||
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Kenya | Group stage | ||
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Sudan | Group stage | ||
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Togo | Group stage |
Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1 | Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
2 | Mali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
3 | Kenya | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
4 | Togo | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
Knockout stage |
Matchday 1 | ||||||
23/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Kenya | 2-1 | |||
24/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Mali - Togo | 3-3 | |||
Matchday 2 | ||||||
26/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Togo | 2-0 | Qual. Cameroon | ||
26/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Mali - Kenya | 1-1 | |||
Matchday 3 | ||||||
28/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Mali | 1-1 | Qual. Mali | ||
28/02/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Togo - Kenya | 1-1 |
Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1 | Zaire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
2 | Congo | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
3 | Morocco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
4 | Sudan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
Knockout stage |
Matchday 1 | ||||||
25/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Congo - Morocco | 1-1 | |||
25/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Zaire - Sudan | 1-1 | |||
Matchday 2 | ||||||
27/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Morocco - Sudan | 1-1 | |||
27/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Zaire - Congo | 2-0 | |||
Matchday 3 | ||||||
29/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Congo - Sudan | 4-2 | Qual. Congo | ||
29/02/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Morocco - Zaire | 1-1 | Qual. Zaire |
Semi-finals | ||||||
02/03/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Congo | 0-1 | Qual. Congo | ||
02/03/1972 | Douala (CMR) | Zaire - Mali | 3-4 aet | Qual. Mali | ||
Match for 3rd place | ||||||
04/03/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Zaire | 5-2 | 3rd placed: Cameroon | ||
Final | ||||||
05/03/1972 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Congo - Mali | 3-2 | Winners: Congo |