1962 African Cup of Nations

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1962 African Cup of Nations
1962 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates14–21 January
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ethiopia (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Republic
Third place Tunisia
Fourth place Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored18 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Badawi Abdel Fattah
Ethiopia Mengistu Worku[1]
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Ethiopia Mengistu Worku
1959
1963
Participating nations

The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the

extra time in the final.[2]

This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Qualified teams

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations.

Nine nations initially entered the competition, with Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as hosts and title holders respectively. Sudan withdrew before the draw, and Morocco withdrew before play began, thus leaving five teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This was the first time Sudan did not compete in the tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Ethiopia Hosts 2 (1957, 1959)
 United Arab Republic Holders 29 May 1959 2 (1957, 1959)
 Uganda 2nd round winners 29 October 1961 0 (debut)
 Tunisia 2nd round winners 10 December 1961 0 (debut)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

Final tournament

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 January – Addis Ababa
 
 
 Ethiopia 4
 
21 January – Addis Ababa
 
 Tunisia 2
 
 
a.e.t.)
4
 
18 January – Addis Ababa
 
 United Arab Rep. 2
 
 United Arab Rep. 2
 
 
 Uganda 1
 
Third place
 
 
20 January – Addis Ababa
 
 
 Tunisia 3
 
 
 Uganda 0

Semifinals

Ethiopia 4–2 Tunisia
L. Vassalo 32' (pen.), 75'
Tekle 36'
Worku
69'
Chérif
29'

Third place match

Tunisia 3–0 Uganda
Jedidi 3'
Laaouini 53'
Meddab 85'
Kenya
)

Final

a.e.t.)
 United Arab Republic
I. Vassalo
101'
Badawi 35', 75'

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Luciano Vassalo".
  2. ^ Thomas, Durosimi (2012-10-20). "New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

External links

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