1962 African Cup of Nations

1962 African Cup of Nations1962 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ

Tournament details
Host country| Ethiopia
Dates| 14–21 January
Teams| 4
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Ethiopia (1st title)
Runners-up|  United Arab Republic
Third place|  Tunisia
Fourth place|  Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 4
Goals scored| 18 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Badawi Abdel Fattah
Luciano Vassallo
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Mengistu Worku

← 1959

1963 →

International football competition

Participating nations

The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the  final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time, defeating  UAR 4–2, after extra time in the final.[1]

This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

## Qualified teams

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Main article: 1962 African Cup of Nations qualification

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations.

Nine nations initially entered the competition, with Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as hosts and title holders respectively. Sudan withdrew before the draw, and Morocco withdrew before play began, thus leaving five teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This was the first time Sudan did not compete in the tournament.

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in tournament[a]

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Ethiopia | Hosts |  | 2 (1957, 1959)
United Arab Republic | Holders | 29 May 1959 | 2 (1957, 1959)
Uganda | 2nd round winners | 29 October 1961 | 0 (debut)
Tunisia | 2nd round winners | 10 December 1961 | 0 (debut)

Notes

1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

## Squads

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Main article: 1962 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues

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Addis Ababa |

Addis Ababa

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Hailé Sélassié Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

## Final tournament

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

|  14 January – Addis Ababa | |

|   Ethiopia |  4

|  21 January – Addis Ababa

|   Tunisia |  2 |

|   Ethiopia (a.e.t.) |  4

|  18 January – Addis Ababa

| |   United Arab Rep. |  2

|   United Arab Rep. |  2

|   Uganda |  1 |

| Third place

|  20 January – Addis Ababa

|   Tunisia |  3

|   Uganda |  0

### Semifinals

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14 January 1962

Ethiopia | 4–2|  Tunisia

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L. Vassallo 32' (pen.), 75'
Zeleke 36'
Worku 69' |  | Merrichkou 13'
Chérif 29'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

* * *

18 January 1962

United Arab Republic | 2–1|  Uganda

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Badawi 50'
Selim 57' |  | Bunyenyezi 16'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

### Third place match

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20 January 1962

Tunisia | 3–0|  Uganda

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Jedidi 3'
Laaouini 53'
Meddab 85' |  |

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: M. Lorenzo (Kenya)

### Final

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Main article: 1962 African Cup of Nations Final

21 January 1962

Ethiopia | 4–2 (a.e.t.)|  United Arab Republic

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Kidane 74'
L. Vassallo 84'[a]
I. Vassallo 101'
Worku 118' |  | Badawi 35', 75'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilson Brooks (Uganda)

## Scorers

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3 goals

* Badawi Abdel Fattah

* Luciano Vassallo[a]

2 goals

* Mengistu Worku[a]

1 goal

* Tekle Kidane
* Italo Vassallo
* Girma Zeleke
* Moncef Chérif
* Mohamed Salah Jedidi
* Chedly Laaouini
* Rachid Meddeb
* Ammar Merrichkou
* John Bunyenyezi
* Saleh Selim

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Mengistu Worku was initially credited with scoring twice in the final, but later, one of his goals in the 84th minute was attributed to Luciano Vassallo.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Thomas, Durosimi (2012-10-20). "New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
2. ^ "African Nations Cup 1962". RSSSF. 30 March 2021.

## External links

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Africa Cup of Nations

Editions|

* 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
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* Angola 2010
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Miscellaneous|

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Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.

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