1970 African Cup of Nations
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The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1-0.

Teams eliminated in qualifying

First Round

•  Morocco
•  Somalia
•  Togo
•  Kenya
•  Upper Volta
•  Mauritius
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•  Uganda

Second Round

•  Algeria
•  Tanzania
•  Niger
•  Mali
•  Senegal
•  Zambia

Final Phase

Group A

Matches played in Khartoum.

6 February
Cameroon	3 - 2	Côte d'Ivoire
Sudan	3 - 0	Ethiopia
8 February
Cameroon	3 - 2	Ethiopia
Côte d'Ivoire	1 - 0	Sudan
10 February
Côte d'Ivoire	6- 1	Ethiopia
Sudan	2 - 1	Cameroon

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	9	4	4
Sudan	3	2	0	1	5	2	4
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	7	6	4
Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	3	12	0

Group B

Matches played in Wad Medani.

7 February
Ghana	2 - 0	Congo-Kinshasa
United Arab Republic	4 - 1	Guinea
9 February
Congo-Kinshasa	2 - 2	Guinea
United Arab Republic	1 - 1	Ghana
11 February
Guinea	1- 1	Ghana
United Arab Republic	1 - 0	Congo-Kinshasa

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
United Arab Republic	3	2	1	0	6	2	5
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	4
Guinea	3	0	2	1	4	7	2
Congo-Kinshasa	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

Semi Finals

14 February 1970	Côte d'Ivoire	1-2	Ghana	Khartoum
	Losseni 78'	(a.p)	Sunday 21' Malik 100'

14 February 1970	United Arab Republic	1-2	Sudan	Khartoum
	Hassan El-Chazli 84'	(a.p)	El-Issed 83' 102'

3rd/4th places

16 February 1970	United Arab Republic	3-1	Côte d'Ivoire	Khartoum
	Hassan El-Chazli 3' 14' 50'		Laurent Pokou 72'

Final

16 February 1970	Sudan	1-0	Ghana	Khartoum
	El-Issed 12'

The tournament marked 4 final appearances in a row for Ghana, then tagged as "The Brazil of Africa". This record is currently unequaled.

Top Scorers

1.

Laurent Pokou

8

External links

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