1974 African Cup of Nations

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1974 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates1–14 March
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Zaire (2nd title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored54 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
← 1972
1976 →

The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.

Just like in

Zaire won its second championship (their first win came as Congo-Kinshasa), tying Zambia 2−2 in the final and beating them 2−0 in the replay. Zaire went on to compete in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were 2 best teams in African qualification to 1974 World Cup
.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1974 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Egypt Hosts 5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970)
 Congo Holders 5 March 1972 2 (1968 1972)
 Guinea 2nd round winners 14 June 1973 1 (1970)
 Mauritius 2nd round winners 14 June 1973 0 (debut)
 Uganda 2nd round winners 14 June 1973 2 (1962, 1968)
 Zaire 2nd round winners 14 June 1973 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972)
 Zambia 2nd round winners 29 July 1973 0 (debut)
 Ivory Coast 2nd round winners 23 September 1973 3 (1965, 1968, 1970)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1974 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Cairo
Damanhour
 Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 95,000 Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
Damanhour
El Mahalla Stadium
 Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
Capacity: 29,000 Capacity: 8,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
 Uganda 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
 Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abo Greisha 6'
Khalil
52'		 Mubiru 28'
Zambia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Kaushi 2'
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
)
Egypt 3–1 Zambia
Abo Greisha
52'		 Chitalu 10'
Ivory Coast 2–2 Uganda
Kouman 37', 78' Mubiru 53', 60'
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
)
Egypt 2–0 Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 1'
Khalil 44'
Zambia 1–0 Uganda
Kapita 60'
El-Mahalla El-Kubra

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
 Zaire 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Mauritius 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Zaire 2–1 Guinea
Mulamba 18', 65'
B. Sylla
25'
Damanhour
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya
)
Congo 2–0 Mauritius
Lakou
47'
Guinea 2–1 Mauritius
M. Sylla 52', 64' Imbert 88'
Damanhour
)
Congo 2–1 Zaire
M'Bono 70'
Minga 81'		 Mayanga 25'
Congo 1–1 Guinea
Ndomba 65' Edenté 60' (pen.)
Zaire 4–1 Mauritius
Mulamba 15'
Mayanga 19', 76'
Etepé 38'		 Imbert 61'
Damanhour
Referee: Wallace Johnson (Sierra Leone
)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 9 March – Cairo
 
 
  Egypt 2
 
 12 & 14 March – Cairo
 
  Zaire 3
 
  Zaire (replay) 2 (2)
 
 9 March – Alexandria
 
  Zambia 2 (0)
 
  
a.e.t.
) 		4
 
Third place
 
 
 11 March – Cairo
 
 
  Egypt 4
 
 
  Congo 0

Semifinals

Egypt 2–3 Zaire
Abo Greisha
54'		 Mulamba 55', 72'
Mantantu 61'
a.e.t.)
 Zambia
M'Pelé 76'
Mbouta 81'		 Mapulanga 49'
Chanda 70', 97', 111'

Third place match

Congo 0–4 Egypt
Abo Greisha
62'

Final

Main article:
1974 African Cup of Nations Final
a.e.t.)
 Zambia
Mulamba 65', 117' Kaushi 40'
Sinyangwe 120'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Replay
Zaire 2–0 Zambia
Mulamba 30', 76'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

Scorers

9 goals
4 goals
  • Ali Abo Greisha
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Ilunga Mwepu
    (against Egypt)

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

  • Sayela Walubita, Moses (2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. pp. 2–3.
    ISBN 978-1-4502-7911-6
    .

External links
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