1963 African Cup of Nations

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1963 African Cup of NationsTournament details

Host country| Ghana
Dates| 24 November – 1 December
Teams| 6
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up|  Sudan
Third place|  United Arab Republic
Fourth place|  Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 8
Goals scored| 33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Hassan El-Shazly
(6 goals)
Best player(s)|  Hassan El-Shazly

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1965 →

International football competition

The 1963 African Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format was changed to two groups of 3 teams each, with the group winners playing the final, and the runners-up playing the third place playoff. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts beating Sudan 3–0 to win the title.[1]

This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average.

## Qualified teams

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Main article: 1963 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

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Ghana | Hosts |  | 0 (debut)
Ethiopia | Holders | 21 January 1962 | 3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
United Arab Republic | 1st round winners | 25 January 1963 | 3 (1957, 1959, 1962)
Sudan | 1st round winners | 30 June 1963 | 2 (1957, 1959)
Tunisia | 1st round winners | 2 July 1963 | 1 (1962)
Nigeria | 1st round winners | 6 October 1963 | 0 (debut)

Notes

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

## Squads

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Main article: 1963 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues

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The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.

Accra |

Accra

Kumasi

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Accra Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
Kumasi
Kumasi Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,500

## Group stage

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### Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Goal average in all group matches
2. Drawing of lots

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Ghana (H) | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 3.000  | 3  | Advance to final
2  |  Ethiopia | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 1.000  | 2  | Advance to third place play-off
3  |  Tunisia | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 0.600  | 1  |

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 November 1963 (1963-11-24)

Ghana | 1–1|  Tunisia

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* Mfum 9'

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* Jedidi 36'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (United Arab Republic)

* * *

26 November 1963 (1963-11-26)

Ghana | 2–0|  Ethiopia

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Acquah |  |

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

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28 November 1963 (1963-11-28)

Ethiopia | 4–2|  Tunisia

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* Worku
* Zeleke
* Tesfaye [a]

|  | Chetali 15'
Jedidi 67'[a]

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Sudan | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 2  | 3.000  | 3[b] | Advance to final
2  |  United Arab Republic | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 5  | 1.600  | 3[b] | Advance to third place play-off
3  |  Nigeria | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 10  | 0.300  | 0  |

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. ^ a b The sources differ in recording the scorers in that match. Other alternatives were that Ethiopian scorers were Worku, Getachew Wolde, and a brace by Luciano Vassalo, or Italo Vassalo, L. Vassalo and a brace by Worku. Meanwhile, Tunisian scorers were also given as Jedidi and Raouf Ben Amor, or Chetali and Hammadi Henia, or a brace for Henia.[2]
2. ^ a b Sudan progress on goal average.

24 November 1963 (1963-11-24)

United Arab Republic | 6–3|  Nigeria

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* Riza 30', 32', 82'
* El-Shazly 42', 44', 81'

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* Ekpe 78'
* Bassey 82'
* Onyeawuna 89'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

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26 November 1963 (1963-11-26)

United Arab Republic | 2–2|  Sudan

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* El-Shazly 5'
* Riza 7'

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* Jaksa 60', 75'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

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28 November 1963 (1963-11-28)

Sudan | 4–0|  Nigeria

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* Jaksa
* El-Kawarty
* Adam

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Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

## Knockout stage

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### Third place match

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30 November 1963 (1963-11-30)

United Arab Republic | 3–0|  Ethiopia

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* El-Shazly 6', 9'
* Yaqoub 56'

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Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

### Final

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Main article: 1963 African Cup of Nations final

1 December 1963 (1963-12-01)

Ghana | 3–0|  Sudan

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* Aggrey-Fynn 62' (pen.)
* Acquah 72', 82'

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Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (Tunisia)

## Goalscorers

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There were 33 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

6 goals

* Hassan El-Shazly

4 goals

* Edward Acquah
* Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas
* Reda

2 goals

* Mengistu Worku
* Mohamed Salah Jedidi

1 goal

* Edward Aggrey-Fynn
* Wilberforce Mfum
* Ibrahim Yahia El-Kawarty
* Abdelaziz Ibrahim Adam
* Ezz El-Din Yaqoub
* Gebremedhin Tesfaye
* Girma Zeleke
* Abdelmajid Chetali
* Joseph Bassey
* Asuquo Ekpe
* Albert Onyeawuna

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "Roll of Honour". The Guardian. 16 January 2006. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
2. ^ "African Nations Cup 1963". RSSSF. 6 July 2016.

## External links

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* Details at RSSSF

* v
* t
* e

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
* Mali 2002
* Tunisia 2004
* Egypt 2006
* Ghana 2008
* Angola 2010
* Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
* South Africa 2013
* Equatorial Guinea 2015
* Gabon 2017
* Egypt 2019
* Cameroon 2021
* Ivory Coast 2023
* Morocco 2025
* Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
* TBD 2029

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
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

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
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Bids|

* 2027
* 2029

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
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Statistics|

* Finals
* Appearances
* Awards
* Records and statistics
* Hat-tricks

Miscellaneous|

* Balls
* Mascots
* Music
* Trophy

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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