Football at the 1965 All-Africa Games

1965 All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Congo
City	Brazzaville
Dates	19–25 July 1965
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Congo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	73 (3.65 per match)
1973 →

The 1965 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 1st edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 19–25 July 1965 as part of the 1965 All-Africa Games.

Qualified teams[]

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone	Team
Hosts	Congo
Zone I	Algeria
Zone II	Mali
Zone III	Ivory Coast
Zone IV	Togo
Zone V	Congo Léopoldville
Zone VI	Uganda
Zone VII	Madagascar

Squads[]

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Congo	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	4
Togo	3	1	1	1	5	9	–4	3
Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1

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Group 2[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
Algeria	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Congo-Léopoldville	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
Madagascar	3	0	0	3	0	13	–13	0

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Knockout stage[]

	Semifinals				Final
	23 July – Brazzaville
	Mali (a.e.t.)	2
					25 July – Brazzaville
	Algeria	1
					Congo (c.k)	0 (7)
	23 July – Brazzaville
					Mali	0 (2)
	Ivory Coast	0
	Congo	1
					Third place
					25 July – Brazzaville
					Ivory Coast	2
					Algeria	0

Semifinals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Classification matches[]

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	25 July – Brazzaville
	Congo Léop.	5
					26 July – Brazzaville
	Togo	1
					Congo Léop.	6
	25 July – Brazzaville
					Uganda	2
	Uganda	5
	Madagascar	0
					Seventh place
					26 July – Brazzaville
					Togo	1
					Madagascar	0

5–8th place semifinals[]

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Seventh place match[]

Fifth place match[]

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Congo (H)	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	7
2	Mali	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5	7
3	Ivory Coast	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	7
4	Algeria	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Congo Léopoldville	5	3	1	1	20	8	+12	7
6	Uganda	5	1	1	3	10	14	−4	3
7	Togo	5	2	1	2	7	14	−7	5
8	Madagascar	5	0	0	5	0	19	−19	0
Total		40	17	6	17	73	73	0	40

External links[]

• All-African Games 1965 - rsssf.com