Preliminary Round Fourteen teams took part in the preliminary round, divided over 4 groups: North, Centre and East Africa: winners: Cotton Factory Club (Ethiopia) West Africa A: winners: Stade Malien (Mali) West Africa B: winners: Real Republicans (Ghana) Central Africa: winners: Oryx Douala (Cameroon) Only on West Africa A some results are known: Round 1 Stade Malien Mli Espoir de Saint-Louis Sen 4-0 1-1 5-1x Sily Club de Kindia Gui Invincible Eleven Lbr 4-1 2-3 6-4y x 1st leg on Apr 5, 1964 also reported as 4-1 y 1st leg on Apr 12, 1964 Round 2 (Jun 7, 21 and 24) Sily Club de Kindia Gui Stade Malien Mli 4-2 0-2 4-4 [2-3]x x play-off in Bamako Round 3 Stade Malien Mli ASEC (Abidjan) IvC 3-3 6-4 9-7x x 1st leg Dec 13, 1964 Further details are not known. The four winners qualified for the final tournament, held in Ghana. Semifinals (Jan 31 and Feb 4) Accra Stadium, Accra, 31- 1-1965 Oryx Douala Cam Real Republicans Gha 2-1x x Real Republicans were dissolved in 1966 Sports Stadium, Kumasi, 4- 2-1965 Stade Malien Mli Cotton Factory Club Eth 3-1y y match date also reported as Feb 3 Final (Feb 7) Accra Stadium, Accra, 7- 2-1965 Oryx Douala Cam Stade Malien Mli 2-1
Source for data on Stade Malien: Maliweb (originally appeared in L'Essor); Source for data on Syli de Kindia matches: [Con 08]
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