1968 African Cup of Nations
1968 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates12–21 January
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Congo-Kinshasa (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance209,000 (13,063 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Mwamba
← 1965
1970 →

The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Congo-Kinshasa won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.

Prior to this tournament, the African Cup of Nations were held once every three years, following 1968 they were held once every two years.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1968 African Cup of Nations qualification
Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Ethiopia Hosts 5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965)
 Ghana Holders 21 November 1965 2 (1963, 1965)
 Algeria Group 2 winners 9 April 1967 0 (debut)
 Ivory Coast Group 3 winners 7 May 1967 1 (1965)
 Uganda Group 4 winners 30 June 1967 1 (1962)
 Congo-Brazzaville Group 5 winners 17 September 1967 0 (debut)
 Congo-Kinshasa Group 6 winners 10 October 1967 1 (1965)
 Senegal Group 1 winners 22 November 1967 0 (debut)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1968 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Addis Ababa Asmara
Hailé Sélassié Stadium Cicero Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ethiopia (H) 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 6
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
 Algeria 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 2
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [1][2]
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia 2–1 Uganda
Asmerom
Vassalo (pen.)		 Ouma
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kandil (Egypt)
Ivory Coast 3–0 Algeria
Bozon 15'
Pokou 25', 65'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Guèye (Senegal)
Ethiopia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Bekuretsion 86'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Saleh (Sudan)
Algeria 4–0 Uganda
Lalmas 15', 25', 70'
Kalem 60'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mahombé (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ivory Coast 2–1 Uganda
Pokou
Manglé 		Obua
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lamptey (Ghana)
Ethiopia 3–1 Algeria
Worku 16'
Shewangizaw 19'
Vassalo 27' (pen.)		 Amirouche 68'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Angaud (Congo-Brazzaville)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 5
 Congo-Kinshasa 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
 Senegal 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
 Congo-Brazzaville 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [1][3]
Ghana 2–2 Senegal
Kofi 63'
Mfum 87'		 Diongue 10'
Diop 65'
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: El-Attar (Egypt)
Congo-Kinshasa 3–0 Congo-Brazzaville
Muwawa 19'
Kabamba 27' (pen.), 51'
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)
Senegal 2–1 Congo-Brazzaville
Diop 27'
Diouck 86'		 Foutika 31'
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rajab (Uganda)
Ghana 2–1 Congo-Kinshasa
Kofi 17' (pen.)
Mfum 84'		 Mokili 42'
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Boua (Ivory Coast)
Congo-Kinshasa 2–1 Senegal
Kidumu
Tshimanga (pen.)		 Diouck
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Ghana 3–1 Congo-Brazzaville
Kofi
Mfum 		M'Bono
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Awanda (Kenya)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 January – Addis Ababa
 
 
  Ethiopia 2
 
 21 January – Addis Ababa
 
  Congo-Kinshasa (a.e.t.) 3
 
  Congo-Kinshasa 1
 
 19 January – Asmara
 
  Ghana 0
 
  Ghana (a.e.t.) 4
 
 
  Ivory Coast 3
 
Third place
 
 
 21 January – Addis Ababa
 
 
  Ivory Coast 1
 
 
  Ethiopia 0

Semi-finals

Ethiopia 2–3 (a.e.t.) Congo-Kinshasa
Vassalo 25'
Worku 65'		 Kidumu 3'
Mungamuni 16', 100'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kandil (Egypt)
Ghana 4–3 [4] Ivory Coast
Mfum
Sunday
Odoi 		Report Pokou
Konan (pen.)
Cicero Stadium, Asmara
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: El Attar (Egypt)

Third place match

Ivory Coast 1–0 Ethiopia
Pokou 28'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)

Final

Main article: 1968 African Cup of Nations Final
Congo-Kinshasa 1–0 Ghana
Kalala 66'
Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: El-Attar (Egypt)

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Team of the Tournament

Source:[5]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Mwamba Ivory Coast Henri Konan

Ghana Charles Addo Odametey

Senegal Yérim Diagne

Senegal Djibril Gueye

Ethiopia Luciano Vassallo

Ethiopia Mengistu Worku

Algeria Hacène Lalmas

Ivory Coast Joseph Bléziri

Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou

Senegal Doudou Diongue

References

  1. ^ a b RSSSF - African Nations Cup 1968 [1]
  2. ^ El Watan - L’Algérie et la CAN: une longue histoire
  3. ^ Wiwsport - CAN Éthiopie 1968 : Une équipe du Sénégal séduisante, mais au goût d’inachevé [2]
  4. ^ Different goal scorers and goal sequence reported in [3].
  5. ^ "African Nations Cup 1968 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

External links

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