1970 African Cup of Nations

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.

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 →

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[a]
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

1. 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.

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

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sudan (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4[a]
3	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4[a]
4	Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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

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

6 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 14,464

Referee: Mahmoud (Egypt)

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

6 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 14,464

Referee: Faber (Guinea)

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

8 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,864

Referee: Quarshie (Ghana)

Ivory Coast	1–0	Sudan
Tahi 89'

8 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,864

Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

10 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: Boukili (Morocco)

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

10 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: 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
3	Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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

7 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 7,525

Referee: Obeid (Sudan)

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

7 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 7,525

Referee: Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

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

9 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,342

Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast)

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

9 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,342

Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)

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Guinea	1–1	Ghana
Thiam 10'		Owusu 50'

11 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)

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

11 February 1970

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: 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

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

14 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,350

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

14 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,350

Third place match

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

16 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,187

Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)

Final

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Nations final

Sudan	1–0	Ghana
Hasabu El-Sagheer 12'

16 February 1970

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 12,187

Referee: 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

• Mengistu Worku
• Kwasi Owusu
• Hasabu El-Sagheer
• Ali Abo Greisha

2 goals

• Emmanuel Koum
• Gaston Paul N'Doga
• Jean-Marie Tsébo
• Diomandé Losseni
• Ibrahim Sunday
• Soriba Soumah
• Jaksa
• Muhamad El-Basheer El-Asyad

1 goal

• Jean Manga-Onguéné
• François Tahi
• Malik Jabir
• Petit Sory
• Thiam Ousmane Tolo
• Ali Gagarin
• André Kalonzo
• Léon Mungamuni
• Sayed Abdel Razek
• Taha Basry

Team of the tournament

Source:^[1]

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