1963 African Cup of Nations

1963 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Ghana
Dates	24 November – 1 December
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Sudan
Third place	United Arab Republic
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan El-Shazly ; (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Hassan El-Shazly
	← 1962 1965 →

The 1963 African Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format was changed to two groups of 3 teams each, with the group winners playing the final, and the runners-up playing the third place playoff. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts beating Sudan 3–0 to win the title.^[1]

This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average.

Qualified teams edit

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Ghana	Hosts		0 (debut)
Ethiopia	Holders	21 January 1962	3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
United Arab Republic	1st round winners	25 January 1963	3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
Sudan	1st round winners	30 June 1963	2 (1957, 1959)
Tunisia	1st round winners	2 July 1963	1 (1962)
Nigeria	1st round winners	6 October 1963	0 (debut)

Notes

^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads edit

Venues edit

The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.

Accra	Accra Kumasi	Kumasi
Accra Sports Stadium		Kumasi Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 40,500

Group stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Top placed teams advanced to the final
2nd placed teams advanced to the 3rd Place Match

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana (H)	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
Ethiopia	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

24 November 1963

Ghana	1–1	Tunisia
Mfum 9'		Jedidi 36'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (United Arab Republic)

26 November 1963

Ghana	2–0	Ethiopia
Acquah

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

28 November 1963

Ethiopia	4–2	Tunisia
Worku Tekle Tesfaye		Chetali 15' Jedidi 67'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Group B edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sudan	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	3
United Arab Republic	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	3
Nigeria	2	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 November 1963

United Arab Republic	6–3	Nigeria
Riza 30', 32', 82' El-Shazly 42', 44', 81'		Ekpe 78' Bassey 82' Onyeawuna 89'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

26 November 1963

United Arab Republic	2–2	Sudan
El-Shazly 5' Riza 7'		Jaksa 60', 75'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

28 November 1963

Sudan	4–0	Nigeria
Jaksa El-Kawarty Adam

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Knockout stage edit

Third place match edit

30 November 1963

United Arab Republic	3–0	Ethiopia
El-Shazly 6', 9' Yaqoub 56'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Final edit

1 December 1963

Ghana	3–0	Sudan
Aggrey-Fynn 62' (pen.) Acquah 72', 82'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (Tunisia)

Scorers edit

References edit

^ "Roll of Honour". The Guardian. 16 January 2006. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links edit

Details at RSSSF

[2] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

[1] "Roll of Honour". The Guardian. 16 January 2006. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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