1970 African Cup of Nations

1970 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970
Tournament details
Host country	Sudan
Dates	6 – 16 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sudan (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	United Arab Republic
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurent Pokou (8 goals)
Best player	Laurent Pokou

The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.

The tournament marked 4 final appearances in a row for Ghana, then tagged as "The Brazil of Africa". This record is currently unequaled.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Jaxa was chosen as the # 1 African player in the tournament.

Squads

Venues

Khartoum	Khartoum Wad Madani Locations of the 1970 African Cup of Nations venues	Wad Madani
Municipal Stadium		Wad Madani Stadium
Capacity: 15,000		Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4
Sudan	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4
Cameroon	3	2	1	7	6	+1	4
Ethiopia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Cameroon v Ivory Coast

6 February 1970

Cameroon	3–2	Ivory Coast
Koum 57', 66' N'Doga 60'		Pokou 25', 45'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Mahmoud (Egypt)

Sudan v Ethiopia

6 February 1970

Sudan	3–0	Ethiopia
Gagarin 43' Hasabu El-Sagheer 47' Jaxa 85'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Faber (Guinea)

Cameroon v Ethiopia

8 February 1970

Cameroon	3–2	Ethiopia
Tsébo 21' Manga-Onguéné 43' N'Doga 70'		Mengistu 12', 75'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Quarshie (Ghana)

Ivory Coast v Sudan

8 February 1970

Ivory Coast	1–0	Sudan
Tahi 89'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ivory Coast v Ethiopia

10 February 1970

Ivory Coast	6–1	Ethiopia
Losseni 16' Pokou 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		Mengistu 33'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Boukili (Morocco)

Sudan v Cameroon

10 February 1970

Sudan	2–1	Cameroon
Jaxa 20' Hasabu El-Sagheer 60'		Tsébo 34'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Ngom (Senegal)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Rep.	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Ghana v Congo-Kinshasa

7 February 1970

Ghana	2–0	Congo-Kinshasa
Owusu 29', 32'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Obeid (Sudan)

United Arab Rep. v Guinea

7 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	4–1	Guinea
Abo Greisha 5', 10' El-Shazly 73' (pen.) Basry 66'		Soumah 25' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 7,525
Referee: Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Congo-Kinshasa v Guinea

9 February 1970

Congo-Kinshasa	2–2	Guinea
Kalonzo 70' Mungamuni 72'		Petit Sory 5' Soumah 55' (pen.)

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Koudou (Ivory Coast)

United Arab Rep. v Ghana

9 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–1	Ghana
Bazooka 70'		Sunday 60'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Kandem (Cameroon)

Guinea v Ghana

11 February 1970

Guinea	1–1	Ghana
Thiam 10'		Owusu 50'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)

United Arab Rep. v Congo-Kinshasa

11 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–0	Congo-Kinshasa
Abo Greisha 71'

Wad Madani Stadium, Wad Medani
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Simfukwe (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

14 February – Khartoum
Ivory Coast	1
Ghana (aet)	2

			16 February – Khartoum
			Ghana	0
			Sudan	1


			Third place
14 February – Khartoum		16 February – Khartoum
United Arab Rep.	1	Ivory Coast	1
Sudan (aet)	2		United Arab Rep.	3

Semifinals

Ivory Coast v Ghana

14 February 1970

Ivory Coast	1–2 (aet)	Ghana
Losseni 78'		Sunday 21' Jabir 100'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 12,350

United Arab Rep. v Sudan

14 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	1–2 (aet)	Sudan
El-Shazly 84'		El-Asyad 83', 102'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 12,350

Third place match

United Arab Rep. v Ivory Coast

16 February 1970

United Arab Rep.	3–1	Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 3', 14', 50'		Pokou 72'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Salih Mohamed Boukkili (Morocco)

Final

Sudan v Ghana

16 February 1970

Sudan	1–0	Ghana
Hasabu El-Sagheer 12'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 12,187
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Winners

African Cup of Nations 1970 Champions
Sudan 1st title

Goalscorers

8 goals

Laurent Pokou

5 goals

Hassan El-Shazly

3 goals

Hasabu El-Sagheer

Ali Abo Greisha

2 goals

Emmanuel Koum
Gaston Paul N'Doga
Jean-Marie Tsébo

Jaxa
Muhamad El-Basheer El-Asyad

1 goal

Thiam Ousmane Tolo
Ali Gagarin
André Kalonzo

Léon Mungamuni
Sayed Abdel Razek
Taha Basry

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Aziz

Defenders

Samir Saleh
John Eshun
Amin Zaki
Hany Moustafa

Midfielders

Ernest Kallet Bialy
Ibrahim Sunday
... Gnawri
Camara Mamadou Maxim

Forwards

External links

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
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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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