Ghana qualify as holders
Tunisia qualify as hosts
Zone 1
NB: was to be played between Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria; it is not clear whether any
matches were held or Egypt qualified after the other two withdrew
Zone 2
14- 2-65 Kenya 3-2 Ethiopia
21- 2-65 Uganda 1-2 Ethiopia
27- 2-65 Kenya 3-0 Uganda
3- 3-65 Ethiopia 2-0 Uganda
13- 3-65 Uganda 3-1 Kenya
27- 3-65 Sudan 2-1 Ethiopia
4- 4-65 Ethiopia 2-1 Kenya
11- 4-65 Sudan 4-2 Kenya
18- 4-65 Ethiopia 1-0 Sudan
25- 4-65 Kenya 1-1 Sudan
1- 5-65 Uganda 1-3 Sudan
22- 8-65 Sudan 4-1 Uganda
NB: Kenya disqualified for fielding 2 Ugandans, all matches annulled
1.ETHIOPIA 4 3 0 1 6- 3 6 [2-3, 2-1]
2.Sudan 4 3 0 1 9- 4 6 [4-2, 1-1]
3.Uganda 4 0 0 4 3-11 0 [0-3, 3-1]
-.Kenya disqualified;
playing record: 6 2 1 3 11-12 5
NB: unclear why Ethiopia qualified ahead of Sudan as both likely tie-breakers
(goal average and goal difference) were in Sudan's favour
Zone 3
17- 1-65 Ivory Coast 2-0 Congo-Léopoldville
29- 5-65 Liberia 0-1 Ivory Coast
14- 8-65 Liberia 2-1 Congo-Léopoldville
5- 9-65 Congo-Léopv. 4-2 Ivory Coast
21- 9-65 Congo-Léopv. 3-2 Liberia
Ivory Coast n/p Liberia
1.IVORY COAST 3 2 0 1 5- 4 4
2.Congo-Léopoldv. 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4
3.Liberia 3 1 0 2 4- 5 2
NB: presumably the remaining match between Ivory Coast and Liberia was awarded to the
hosts; Congo-Léopoldville later entered the final tournament on invitation after
Egypt's withdrawal (see below)
Zone 4
24- 2-65 Senegal 2-0 Guinea
29- 3-65 Guinea 3-1 Senegal
18- 4-65 Mali 0-2 Senegal
5- 5-65 Senegal 3-1 Mali
23- 5-65 Mali 2-1 Guinea
6- 6-65 Guinea 2-1 Mali
1.SENEGAL 4 3 0 1 8- 4 6
2.Guinea 4 2 0 2 6- 6 4
3.Mali 4 1 0 3 4- 8 2
Ghana qualify as holders
Tunisia qualify as hosts
NB: Egypt withdrew for not having diplomatic relationship with Tunisia;
in their place Sudan were invited but they declined; then Congo were
invited, who accepted.
Group A (Tunis)
12-11-65 Tunisia 4-0 Ethiopia
[Tahar Chaibi 32, D'Jedidi 62, Delhoum 80, Lahmar 84]
14-11-65 Senegal 0-0 Tunisia
19-11-65 Senegal 5-1 Ethiopia
[Louis Camara 3, 52, Matar Niang 48, 53, Guèye 37; Luciano (pen) 12]
1.TUNISIA 2 1 1 0 4- 0 3
Senegal 2 1 1 0 5- 1 3
3.Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 1- 9 0
Tunisia qualified on toss of a coin
Group B (Sousse, Sfax, Bizerte)
12-11-65 Ghana 5-2 Congo-Léopoldville [in Sousse]
[Osei Kofi 13, Ben Acheampong 18, 59, Jones 84, 89; Kalala 43, (pen) 45]
14-11-65 Ivory Coast 3-0 Congo-Léopoldville [in Sfax]
[Mangle 14, 59, 80]
19-11-65 Ghana 4-1 Ivory Coast [in Bizerte]
[Ben Acheampong 20, Kwamenti 43, Lutdrot 52, Osei Kofi 70; Bleziri 66]
1.GHANA 2 2 0 0 9- 3 4
2.Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 4- 4 2
3.Congo-Léopoldv. 2 0 0 2 2- 8 0
Third Place Match (Tunis)
21-11-65 Ivory Coast 1-0 Senegal
[Yoboue 35]
Final (Tunis)
21-11-65 Ghana 3-2 Tunisia [aet]
[Odoi 37, 96, Osei Kofi 79; Tahar Chaibi 67, Abdelmajid Chetali 47]
Sources for qualifying stage: Daily Nation (Kenya), FIFA
Prepared and maintained by Barrie Courtney, Mark Cruickshank, François Mazet, Karel Stokkermans and Mikael Jönsson for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Barrie Courtney, Mark Cruickshank,François Mazet, Karel Stokkermans
and Mikael Jönsson
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