1957 African Cup of Nations

1957 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1957
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	10 – 16 February
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Ethiopia
Third place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	7 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ad-Diba (5 goals)
Best player	Ad-Diba

Participating nations

The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan, and three teams participated: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. The tournament has the fewest goals to be scored, as well as the fewest games to be played, at any African cup of nations tournaments.

Overview

South Africa were due to play Ethiopia in the semi-finals, but were disqualified due to apartheid.^[1] Ethiopia therefore had a bye to the final, whilst in the other semi-final at Municipal Stadium in Khartoum, the Egyptians beat the host nation 2−1.^[2]

In the final Egypt beat Ethiopia 4−0, with all four goals scored by Ad-Diba, who finished the tournament as top scorer with five of the tournament's seven goals. Only two games were played in this first edition. ^[1]

Squads

Final tournament

Semifinals

Sudan v Egypt

10 February 1957

Sudan	1–2	Egypt
Al-Bashir 58'	Report	Ateya 21' (pen.) Ad-Diba 72'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gebeyehu Doube (Ethiopia)

Ethiopia v South Africa

10 February 1957

Ethiopia	w/o	South Africa

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Final

Egypt v Ethiopia

16 February 1957

Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia
Ad-Diba 2', 7', 68', 89'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)

Goalscorers

5 goals

Ad-Diba

1 goal

References

1 2 Results and line-ups - RSSSF
↑ New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification - BBC Sport

External links

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1957 African Cup of Nations
Stages	Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads Statistics
Venues	Municipal Stadium

Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Cameroon 2019 Ivory Coast 2021 Guinea 2023
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017
Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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