كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Egypt |
Dates | 1–14 March |
Teams | 8 |
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 played | 17 |
Goals scored | 54 (3.18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ndaye Mulamba (9 goals) |
Best player(s) | Ndaye Mulamba |
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.
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament [lower-alpha 1] |
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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) |
Cairo | Alexandria | |
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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 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Egypt | 2–1 | Uganda |
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Abo Greisha 6' Khalil 52' | Mubiru 28' |
Zambia | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Kaushi 2' |
Egypt | 3–1 | Zambia |
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Abdel Azim 4' Basri 18' Abo Greisha 52' | Chitalu 10' |
Ivory Coast | 2–2 | Uganda |
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Kouman 37', 78' | Mubiru 53', 60' |
Egypt | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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El-Shazly 1' Khalil 44' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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 |
Egypt | 2–3 | Zaire |
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Mwepu 41' (o.g.) Abo Greisha 54' | Mulamba 55', 72' Mantantu 61' |
Congo | 0–4 | Egypt |
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Abdou 5' Shehata 18', 80' Abo Greisha 62' |
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