1962 African Cup of Nations

1962 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	14–21 January
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Ethiopia (1st title)
Runners-up	United Arab Republic
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Uganda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	18 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Badawi Abdel Fattah ; Mengistu Worku ; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Mengistu Worku
	← 1959 1963 →

Participating nations

The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time after extra time in the final.^[2]

This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Qualified teams[]

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations. 9 African nations initially entered the competition. Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as the host country and title holders respectively. Morocco would withdraw before play began, thus leaving only 6 teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This is the first time Sudan did not compete in tournament.

Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Ethiopia (hosts)	3rd	1959	Runners-up (1957)
Tunisia	1st	none	Debut
Uganda	1st	none	Debut
United Arab Republic	3rd	1959	Winners (1957, 1959)

Squads[]

Venues[]

Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa
Hailé Sélassié Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Final tournament[]

Semi-finals		Final

14 January – Addis Ababa

Ethiopia	4
		21 January – Addis Ababa
Tunisia	2
		Ethiopia (a.e.t.)	4
18 January – Addis Ababa
		United Arab Rep.	2
United Arab Rep.	2

Uganda	1
		Third place

		20 January – Addis Ababa

		Tunisia	3

		Uganda	0

Semifinals[]

14 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2	Tunisia
L. Vassalo 32' (pen.), 75' 36' Worku 69'		13' Chérif 29'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

18 January 1962

United Arab Republic	2–1	Uganda
Badawi 50' Selim 57'		16'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Third place match[]

20 January 1962

Tunisia	3–0	Uganda
Jedidi 3' 53' 85'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: M. Lorenzo (Kenya)

Final[]

21 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic
74' Worku 84', 118' I. Vassalo 101'		Badawi 35', 75'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: (Uganda)

Scorers[]

3 goals

2 goals

Luciano Vassalo

1 goal

References[]

^ "Luciano Vassalo".
^ Thomas, Durosimi (2012-10-20). "New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

External links[]

Coordinates: 9°00′48″N 38°45′23″E / 9.01333°N 38.75639°E / 9.01333; 38.75639

[1] "Luciano Vassalo".

[2] Thomas, Durosimi (2012-10-20). "New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

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