Football at the 1965 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1965 All-Africa Games.

Qualification[]

Zone I (North Africa)[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	1–0	Tunisia	1–0	0–0

Algeria qualified; Libya and Morocco withdrew the qualification.

Zone II (West Africa 1)[]

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mali	–	Gambia	–	–
Senegal	w/o	Mauritania	–	–

Second round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Senegal	3–4	Mali	3–0	0–4

Mali qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)[]

The tournament was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Ghana was represented by the U-23 team.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Ghana U23	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	3
Guinea	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3
Liberia	3	0	1	2	6	12	–6	1

Ivory Coast qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)[]

The tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. 3-2-1 points system was taken.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Togo	4	3	1	0	9	4	+3	11
Nigeria	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	10
Dahomey	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	7
Upper Volta	4	1	1	2	6	10	–4	7
Niger	4	0	1	3	4	13	–9	5

Togo qualified.

Zone V (Central Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Léopoldville, Congo Léopoldville.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Congo Léopoldville	6	6	0	0				12
Cameroon	6	4	0	2				10
Central African Republic	6							6
Chad	6							4

Congo Léopoldville qualified; in addition, Congo qualified as hosts.

Zone VI (East Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Kampala, Uganda.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uganda	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	2
Kenya	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	2
United Arab Republic	2	1	0	1	5	8	–3	2

Congo Léopoldville qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)[]

The tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Madagascar	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	2
Tanzania	2	1	0	1	3	6	–3	2

Madagascar qualified.

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

External links[]

• African Games 1965 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation