1965 African Cup of Nations

1965 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1965
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	12 – 21 November
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	31 (3.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ben Acheampong Osei Kofi Eustache Manglé (3 goals each)
Best player	Osei Kofi

The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 1963, the field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Ghana retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3−2 a.e.t..

Qualified teams

Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Congo-Léopoldville	01 !1st	none	Debut
Ethiopia	05 !5th	1963	01 !Winners (1962)
Ghana	02 !2nd	1963	01 !Winners (1963)
Ivory Coast	01 !1st	none	Debut
Senegal	01 !1st	none	Debut
Tunisia (host)	03 !3rd	1963	03 !Third place (1962)

Squads

Venues

Tunis	Tunis Sfax Sousse Bizerte	Sfax
Stade Chedli Zouiten		Stade Taïeb Mhiri

Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 11,000
Sousse		Bizerte
Stade Bou Ali Lahouar		Stade Municipal de Bizerte

Capacity: 6,500		Capacity: 2,000

Group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
Senegal	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Tunisia v Ethiopia

12 November 1965

Tunisia	4–0	Ethiopia
Chaïbi 32' Jedidi 62' Delhoum 80' Lahmar 84'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

Senegal v Tunisia

14 November 1965

Senegal	0–0	Tunisia

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

Senegal v Ethiopia

19 November 1965

Senegal	5–1	Ethiopia
Camara 3', 52' Guèye 37' Niang 48', 53'		Vassalo 12' (pen.)

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

Tunisia progress on a toss of a coin

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	2	0	9	3	+6	4
Ivory Coast	2	1	1	4	4	0	2
Congo-Léopoldville	2	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Ghana v Congo-Léopoldville

12 November 1965

Ghana	5–2	Congo-Léopoldville
Kofi 13' Acheampong 18', 59' Attuquayefio 84', 89'		Kalala Mukendi 43', 45' (pen.)

Stade Bou Ali Lahouar, Sousse

Ivory Coast v Congo-Léopoldville

14 November 1965

Ivory Coast	3–0	Congo-Léopoldville
Manglé 14', 59', 80'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Ghana v Ivory Coast

19 November 1965

Ghana	4–1	Ivory Coast
Acheampong 20' Nti 43' Lutterodt 52' Kofi 70'		Bléziri 66'

Stade Municipal de Bizerte, Bizerte

Knockout stage

Third place match

Senegal v Ivory Coast

21 November 1965

Senegal	0–1	Ivory Coast
		Yoboué 35'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Mohamed Mezahi (Algeria)

Final

Ghana v Tunisia

21 November 1965

Ghana	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
Odoi 37', 96' Kofi 79'		Chetali 47' Chaïbi 67'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Abdelaziz Chekaïmi (Algeria)

Winners

African Cup of Nations 1965 Champions
Ghana 2nd title

Scorers

3 goals

Eustache Manglé

Ben Acheampong

Osei Kofi

2 goals

Matar Niang
Tahar Chaïbi

1 goal

Joseph Bléziri
Konan Yoboué
Luciano Vassalo
Paa Nii Lutterodt

Kwame Nti
El Hadji Oumar Guèye
Abdelmajid Chetali

Mongi Delhoum
Mohamed Salah Jedidi
Abdelwahab Lahmar

External links

Details at RSSSF

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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