1965 African Cup of Nations

1965 African Cup of Nations

كأس أمم إفريقيا 1965
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	12–21 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	31 (3.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ben Acheampong Osei Kofi Eustache Manglé (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Osei Kofi
← 1963 1968 →

The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) hosted in Tunisia from 12 and 21 November 1965. This was the final edition of the tournament to be held in an odd-numbered year before 2013. The growing enthusiasm for the competition and the increasing number of participating teams led to an increase in the number of participants in the tournament, which rose from four to six teams.

Two of them qualified automatically, the host country Tunisia and the defending champion Ghana. A first round was determined by two groups of three teams, then the final (for the top teams in each group) and a third-place match for the teams that finished second.

Ethiopia is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Africa Cup of Nations since its inception. Egypt (twice winner in 1957 and 1959) refused to participate due to the diplomatic crisis with Tunisia. Sudan also failed to qualify after stumbling in the qualifiers. Congo-Léopoldville, Senegal and Ivory Coast are participating in the finals for the first time. Ghana retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3–2 after extra time. This was Ghana's second African championship title in two participations.

Four tickets are to be distributed to the thirteen countries participating in these qualifications. Tunisia, the tournament organizer, and Ghana, the defending champion, are exempt from these games. Sudan, called upon to compensate for this absence, also declines the invitation. It is finally Congo-Léopoldville that is selected by the Confederation of African Football to take part in the tournament.

Egypt qualified from Zone 1 after Morocco and Nigeria withdrew before the start of the qualifiers, and later withdrew due to the deterioration of its diplomatic relations with Tunisia after a speech given by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in Jericho in which he called on Arab countries to recognize Israel.^[1]

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Tunisia	Hosts		3rd	1963	2 (1962, 1963)
Ghana	Holders	1 December 1963	2nd	1963	1 (1963)
Ethiopia	1st round winners	18 April 1965	5th	1963	4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963)
Senegal	1st round winners	5 May 1965	1st	None	0 (debut)
Ivory Coast	1st round winners	5 September 1965	1st	None	0 (debut)
Congo-Léopoldville	1st round winners	31 October 1965	1st	None	0 (debut)

Notes

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Drawing of lots^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3[a]	Advance to final
2	Senegal	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3[a]	Advance to third place play-off
3	Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	4	Advance to final
2	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2	Advance to third place play-off
3	Congo-Léopoldville	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

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GK 1 John Bortey Naawu DF 6 Willie Evans DF 3 Charles Addo Odametey (c) DF 8 Sam Acquah DF 16 Ben Kusi MF 7 Oman Mensah MF 11 Kofi Pare MF 17 Kwame Nti FW 10 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio FW 14 Osei Kofi MF 15 Frank Odoi Substitutions: – Manager: Charles Kumi Gyamfi

GK 1 Sadok Sassi DF 2 Mahfoudh Benzarti DF 3 Hédi Douiri DF 4 Mohsen Habacha MF 5 Ahmed Lamine MF 6 Abdelmajid Chetali (c) MF 8 Tahar Chaïbi MF 16 Moncef Ajel FW 7 Aleya Sassi FW 9 Rachid Gribaâ FW 12 Salah Jedidi Substitutions: FW – Abdelwahab Lahmar Manager: Mokhtar Ben Nacef

There were 31 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7	9	Champions
2	Tunisia (H)	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Runners-up
3	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	3rd place
4	Senegal	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4	4th place
5	Congo-Léopoldville	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0	Eliminated in the group stage
6	Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

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