1972 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1972 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Cameroon |
Dates | 23 February – 5 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Congo (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mali |
Third place | Cameroon |
Fourth place | Zaire |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 53 (3.31 per match) |
Attendance | 425,000 (26,563 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Fantamady Keita (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | François M'Pelé |
← 1970 1974 → |
The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Cameroon, in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala. Just like in 1970, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The People's Republic of the Congo won its first championship, beating Mali in the final 3−2.
Qualified teams
For the first time, Ethiopia did not compete. The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Cameroon | Hosts | 1 (1970) | |
Sudan | Holders | 16 February 1970 | 4 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970) |
Morocco | 2nd round winners | 16 April 1971 | 0 (debut) |
Togo | 2nd round winners | 20 June 1971 | 0 (debut) |
Mali | 2nd round winners | 27 June 1971 | 0 (debut) |
Congo | 2nd round winners | 18 July 1971 | 1 (1968) |
Kenya | 2nd round winners | 18 July 1971 | 0 (debut) |
Zaire | 2nd round winners | 27 October 1971 | 3 (1965, 1968, 1970) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Yaoundé and Douala.
Yaoundé | |
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Stade Omnisports | |
Capacity: 38,720 | |
Douala | |
Stade de la Réunification | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
Group stage
Tiebreakers
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:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cameroon (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zaire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zaire | 1–1 | Sudan |
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Mayanga 53' | Hasabu El-Sagheer 55' |
Morocco | 1–1 | Sudan |
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Faras 32' | Abdel-Nadief 49' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2 March – Yaoundé | ||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||
5 March – Yaoundé | ||||||
Congo | 1 | |||||
Congo | 3 | |||||
2 March – Douala | ||||||
Mali | 2 | |||||
Zaire | 3 | |||||
Mali (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
4 March – Yaoundé | ||||||
Cameroon | 5 | |||||
Zaire | 2 |
Semifinals
Zaire | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Mali |
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N'Tumba 6' Etepé 61' Ngassebe 78' | A. Traoré 17' F. Keita 48', 92' B. Touré 68' |
Third place match
Cameroon | 5–2 | Zaire |
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Akono 4' (pen.) N'Dongo 31' Owona 32' Mouthé 34' N'Doga 42' | Etepé 13' Mayanga 17' |
Final
Goalscorers
There were 53 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Jean-Baptiste N'Doga
- Paul-Gaston N'Dongo
- François M'Pelé
- Bako Touré
- Kakoko Etepé
1 goal
- Jean Paul Akono
- Simo Emmanuel Mvé
- François N'Doumbe
- Joseph Yegba Maya
- Philippe Michel Mouthé
- Norbert Owona
- Jonas Bahamboula
- Noël Birindi Minga
- Paul Moukila
- Daniel Arudhi Nicodémus
- Jonathan Niva
- Peter "Pelé" Ouma
- Adama Traoré
- Bakary Traoré
- Moussa Diakhité
- Moussa Traoré
- Bushara Abdel-Nadief
- Kamal Abdel Wahab
- Hasabu El-Sagheer
- Ahmed Bushara Wahba
- Covi Adé
- Gary Ngassebe
Team of the tournament
Source:[1]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Allal Ben Kassou | Mohamed El-Sir Abdalla Paul N'lend | Mayanga Maku Noël Minga-Tchibinda Paul-Gaston N'Dongo | Kakoko Etepé |
References
- ^ "African Nations Cup 1972 - Final Tournament Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
External links
- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com
- footballmundial.tripod.com
- www.world-results.net
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- United Arab Republic 1959
- Ethiopia 1962
- Ghana 1963
- Tunisia 1965
- Ethiopia 1968
- Sudan 1970
- Cameroon 1972
- Egypt 1974
- Ethiopia 1976
- Ghana 1978
- Nigeria 1980
- Libya 1982
- Ivory Coast 1984
- Egypt 1986
- Morocco 1988
- Algeria 1990
- Senegal 1992
- Tunisia 1994
- South Africa 1996
- Burkina Faso 1998
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- Mali 2002
- Tunisia 2004
- Egypt 2006
- Ghana 2008
- Angola 2010
- Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
- South Africa 2013
- Equatorial Guinea 2015
- Gabon 2017
- Egypt 2019
- Cameroon 2021
- Ivory Coast 2023
- Morocco 2025
- Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
- TBD 2029
- Notes
- The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
- There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
- The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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