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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS |
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Winners: |
Zaire |
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Team | Notes | |||
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Egypt | Hosts | ||
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Congo | Title holders |
Preliminary round | ||||||
Central African Republic - Gabon | * | Qual. Central African Republic | ||||
Sierra Leone - Dahomey | * | Qual. Sierra Leone | ||||
Preliminary round - 1st leg | ||||||
10/03/1973 | Mogadishu (SOM) | Somalia - Uganda | 2-0 | |||
Preliminary round - 2nd leg | ||||||
24/03/1973 | Kampala (UGA) | Uganda - Somalia | 5-0 | Qual. Uganda | ||
1st round | ||||||
Algeria - Libya | * | Qual. Algeria | ||||
Cameroon - Niger | * | Qual. Cameroon | ||||
Guinea - Togo | * | Qual. Guinea | ||||
1st round - 1st leg | ||||||
31/03/1973 | Freetown (SLE) | Sierra Leone - Mali | 1-1 | |||
08/04/1973 | Bangui (CTA) | Central African Republic - Ivory Coast | 4-2 | |||
08/04/1973 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Tanzania | 2-1 | |||
08/04/1973 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Senegal | 3-2 | |||
08/04/1973 | Maseru (LES) | Lesotho - Mauritius | 0-0 | |||
13/04/1973 | Khartoum (SUD) | Sudan - Nigeria | 1-1 | |||
15/04/1973 | Kampala (UGA) | Uganda - Kenya | 1-0 | |||
15/04/1973 | Ouagadougou (UPV) | Upper Volta - Zaire | 0-5 | |||
22/04/1973 | Ndola (ZAM) | Zambia - Madagascar | 3-1 | |||
1st round - 2nd leg | ||||||
21/04/1973 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Sudan | 2-1 | Qual. Nigeria | ||
21/04/1973 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Ghana | 1-0 aet (3-5 pso) | Qual. Ghana | ||
22/04/1973 | Port Louis (MRI) | Mauritius - Lesotho | 5-1 | Qual. Mauritius | ||
22/04/1973 | Dar es Salaam (TAN) | Tanzania - Ethiopia | 3-0 | Qual. Tanzania | ||
22/04/1973 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Upper Volta | 4-1 | Qual. Zaire | ||
28/04/1973 | Nairobi (KEN) | Kenya - Uganda | 1-2 | Qual. Uganda | ||
28/04/1973 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Sierra Leone | 4-2 | Qual. Mali | ||
05/06/1973 | Antananarivo (MAD) | Madagascar - Zambia | 2-1 | Qual. Zambia | ||
29/07/1973 | Lagos (NGA) | Ivory Coast - Central African Republic | 5-1 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
2nd round - 1st leg | ||||||
27/05/1973 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Zaire | 2-1 | |||
27/05/1973 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Guinea | 2-2 | |||
27/05/1973 | Dar es Salaam (TAN) | Tanzania - Mauritius | 1-1 | |||
27/05/1973 | Kampala (UGA) | Uganda - Algeria | 2-1 | |||
15/07/1973 | Lusaka (ZAM) | Zambia - Nigeria | 5-1 | |||
09/09/1973 | Kumasi (GHA) | Ghana - Ivory Coast | 0-3 | |||
2nd round - 2nd leg | ||||||
14/06/1973 | Algiers (ALG) | Algeria - Uganda | 1-1 | Qual. Uganda | ||
14/06/1973 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Mali | 1-1 (7-6 pso) | Qual. Guinea | ||
14/06/1973 | Port Louis (MRI) | Mauritius - Tanzania | 0-0 (4-3 pso) | Qual. Mauritius | ||
14/06/1973 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Cameroon | 2-0 | Qual. Zaire | ||
29/07/1973 | Lagos (NGA) | Nigeria - Zambia | 3-2 | Qual. Zambia | ||
23/09/1973 | Abidjan (CIV) | Ivory Coast - Ghana | 1-0 | Qual. Ivory Coast | ||
* Gabon, Dahomey, Libya, Niger and Togo withdrew |
Team | Notes | |||
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Zaire | Winners | ||
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Zambia | Final | ||
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Egypt | Semi-finals | ||
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Congo | Semi-finals | ||
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Guinea | Group stage | ||
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Uganda | Group stage | ||
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Ivory Coast | Group stage | ||
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Mauritius | Group stage |
Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1 | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
2 | Zambia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
3 | Uganda | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
4 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
Knockout stage |
Matchday 1 | ||||||
01/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Uganda | 2-1 | |||
01/03/1974 | El-Mahalla El-Kubra (EGY) | Zambia - Ivory Coast | 1-0 | |||
Matchday 2 | ||||||
04/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Zambia | 3-1 | Qual. Egypt | ||
04/03/1974 | El-Mahalla El-Kubra (EGY) | Ivory Coast - Uganda | 2-2 | |||
Matchday 3 | ||||||
06/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Ivory Coast | 2-0 | |||
06/03/1974 | El-Mahalla El-Kubra (EGY) | Zambia - Uganda | 1-0 | Qual. Zambia |
Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1 | Congo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
2 | Zaire | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
3 | Guinea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
4 | Mauritius | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
Knockout stage |
Matchday 1 | ||||||
03/03/1974 | Alexandria (EGY) | Congo - Mauritius | 2-0 | |||
03/03/1974 | Damanhour (EGY) | Zaire - Guinea | 2-1 | |||
Matchday 2 | ||||||
05/03/1974 | Alexandria (EGY) | Congo - Zaire | 2-1 | |||
05/03/1974 | Damanhour (EGY) | Guinea - Mauritius | 2-1 | |||
Matchday 3 | ||||||
07/03/1974 | Alexandria (EGY) | Guinea - Congo | 1-1 | Qual. Congo | ||
07/03/1974 | Damanhour (EGY) | Zaire - Mauritius | 4-1 | Qual. Zaire |
Semi-finals | ||||||
09/03/1974 | Alexandria (EGY) | Congo - Zambia | 2-4 aet | Qual. Zambia | ||
09/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Zaire | 2-3 | Qual. Zaire | ||
Match for 3rd place | ||||||
11/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Congo | 4-0 | 3rd placed: Egypt | ||
Final | ||||||
12/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Zaire - Zambia | 2-2 aet | |||
14/03/1974 | Cairo (EGY) | Zaire - Zambia | 2-0 | Winners: Zaire |