1974 African Cup of Nations

1974 African Cup of Nations

كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	1–14 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Zaire (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	54 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ndaye Mulamba (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Ndaye Mulamba
← 1972 1976 →

The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.

Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its second championship (their first win came as Congo-Kinshasa), tying Zambia 2−2 in the final and beating them 2−0 in the replay. Zaire went on to compete in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were 2 best teams in African qualification to 1974 World Cup.

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Egypt	Hosts		5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970)
Congo	Holders	5 March 1972	2 (1968 1972)
Guinea	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	1 (1970)
Mauritius	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	0 (debut)
Uganda	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	2 (1962, 1968)
Zaire	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972)
Zambia	2nd round winners	29 July 1973	0 (debut)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	23 September 1973	3 (1965, 1968, 1970)

Notes

Cairo	Cairo Alexandria El-Mahalla Damanhour	Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium		Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 95,000		Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-Kubra		Damanhour
El Mahalla Stadium		Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
Capacity: 29,000		Capacity: 8,000

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. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
3	Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1[a]
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1[a]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zaire	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	9 March – Cairo
	Egypt	2
					12 & 14 March – Cairo
	Zaire	3
					Zaire (replay)	2 (2)
	9 March – Alexandria
					Zambia	2 (0)
	Congo	2
	Zambia (a.e.t.)	4
					Third place
					11 March – Cairo
					Egypt	4
					Congo	0

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Replay

There were 54 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Goalkeeper

• Kazadi Mwamba

Defenders

• Gabriel Dengaki
• Dick Chama
• Lobilo Boba
• Hany Moustafa

Midfielders

• Ndaye Mulamba
• Farouk Gaafar
• Hassan Shehata
• Mayanga Maku

Forwards

• Kakoko Etepé
• Ali Abo Greisha

• Sayela Walubita, Moses (2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4502-7911-6.

• Details at RSSSF
• Details at www.angelfire.com
• footballmundial.tripod.com
• www.world-results.net