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Tournament details | |
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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 |
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.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament [lower-alpha 1] |
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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) |
The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.
Accra | Kumasi | |
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Accra Sports Stadium | Kumasi Sports Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 40,500 | |
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top placed teams advanced to the final |
2nd placed teams advanced to the 3rd Place Match |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ghana (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Ghana | 1–1 | Tunisia |
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Mfum 9' | Jedidi 36' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sudan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
United Arab Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
United Arab Republic | 6–3 | Nigeria |
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Riza 30', 32', 82' El-Shazly 42', 44', 81' | Ekpe 78' Bassey 82' Onyeawuna 89' |
United Arab Republic | 2–2 | Sudan |
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El-Shazly 5' Riza 7' | Jaksa 60', 75' |
United Arab Republic | 3–0 | Ethiopia |
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El-Shazly 6', 9' Yaqoub 56' |
Ghana | 3–0 | Sudan |
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Aggrey-Fynn 62' (pen.) Acquah 72', 82' |
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