African Nations Cup 1965

Qualifying Tournament

Ghana qualify as holders
Tunisia qualify as hosts

Matches included:

28- 2 Senegal         2-0 Guinea
31- 3 Guinea          3-0 Senegal
25- 4 Senegal         2-0 Mali
      Senegal qualified

28- 2 Ethiopia        2-0 Uganda
28- 3 Sudan           2-1 Ethiopia
 4- 4 Uganda          5-1 Egypt
 7- 4 Sudan           4-2 Kenya
25- 4 Ethiopia        2-1 Sudan
      Ethiopia qualified

Egypt and Ivory Coast also qualified.

Final Tournament (Tunisia)

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]

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1965 Scorers Final Tournament

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