Successor tournament of the Jalco Cup, and named after the leader of Ghana from the country's independence until the coup of 1966.
After 1965 the Azikwe Cup was formed to revive competition between Ghana and Nigeria.
Year Winners Venue 1960 Ghana Nigeria 1963 Ghana Ghana Number of Wins Ghana 2
Qualifying Tournament 8-11-1959 Cotonou Dahomey 0-1 Nigeria [Onyeanwuna] 28-11-1959 Lagos Nigeria 10-1 Dahomey [Onyeali (4), Buraimoh (2), Onyeanwuna (2), Okwudili, Fayemi; ?] Nigeria qualified. (Dahomey now called Benin.) Ghana also qualified, unknown which teams they played. Final 9-10-1960 Lagos Nigeria 0-3 Ghana [Acquah 2, 40, Achebe 44og; att: 25,000]
Qualifiying Tournament Round 1 8-12-1962 Lagos Nigeria 3-1 Cameroon [Udemezue, Ekpe, Chukwumah; ?] 1- 1-1963 Yaoundé Cameroon 1-2 Nigeria [?; Egbuonu, Udemezue] Round 2 27- 1-1963 Cotonou Dahomey 1-1 Nigeria [?; Iyamu] 2- 2-1963 Benin City Nigeria 4-1 Benin [Ekpe (2), Egbuonu (2); ?] Final Tournament (in Ghana) Semifinals 23- 2-1963 Kumasi Ghana 5-0 Nigeria Senegal 1-3 Mali Third Place Match 27- 2-1963 Accra Nigeria 4-0 Senegal [Ekpe, Hamilton (3)] Final 27- 2-1963 Accra Ghana 4-0 Mali
Source: [Oke 00]
Many thanks to Nii Okai Evans-Anfom for various corrections on the 1963 tournament
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