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
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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 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. 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
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'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Youssouf Ndiaye (Senegal)
Zambia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Kaushi 2'
El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Egypt 3–1 Zambia
Abdel Azim 4'
Basri 18'
Abo Greisha 52'		 Chitalu 10'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)
Ivory Coast 2–2 Uganda
Kouman 37', 78' Mubiru 53', 60'
El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra
Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Egypt 2–0 Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 1'
Khalil 44'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Zambia 1–0 Uganda
Kapita 60'
El Mahalla Stadium, 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'
Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhour
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Congo 2–0 Mauritius
Moukila 46'
Lakou 47'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Guinea 2–1 Mauritius
M. Sylla 52', 64' Imbert 88'
Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhour
Referee: Ahmed Gindil (Sudan)
Congo 2–1 Zaire
M'Bono 70'
Minga 81'		 Mayanga 25'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Abdelkrim Benghezal (Algeria)
Congo 1–1 Guinea
Ndomba 65' Edenté 60' (pen.)
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Zaire 4–1 Mauritius
Mulamba 15'
Mayanga 19', 76'
Etepé 38'		 Imbert 61'
Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, 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)
 
  Congo 2
 
 
  Zambia (a.e.t.) 4
 
Third place
 
 
 11 March – Cairo
 
 
  Egypt 4
 
 
  Congo 0

Semifinals

Egypt 2–3 Zaire
Mwepu 41' (o.g.)
Abo Greisha 54'		 Mulamba 55', 72'
Mantantu 61'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Congo 2–4 (a.e.t.) Zambia
M'Pelé 76'
Mbouta 81'		 Mapulanga 49'
Chanda 70', 97', 111'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

Third place match

Congo 0–4 Egypt
Abdou 5'
Shehata 18', 80'
Abo Greisha 62'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Final

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

Scorers

9 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

External links

Africa Cup of Nations
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