1957 African Cup of Nations

Participating nations

The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the first edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan, and three teams participated: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia (South Africa was disqualified because of apartheid).

In 1956 apartheid had increased its presence in South Africa, so their national team was ejected from the tournament. Ethiopia had a bye to the final, while at Stade Municipal in Khartoum, the Egyptians beat the host nation 2-1. The final was much easier for Egypt: 4-0 against Ethiopia, all the goals were scored by Ad-Diba, who finished the tournament as top scorer with 5 goals. Only two games were played to give Egypt the African Champions title.

Semifinals

10 February 1957	Sudan	1–2	Egypt	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
	Manzul  58'		Raafat Ateya  21' (pen) Al-Diba (Mohamed Diab El-Attar)  72'

10 February 1957	Ethiopia	walkover	South Africa

Final

16 February 1957	Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
	Al-Diba (Mohamed Diab El-Attar)

1957 African Cup of Nations Champions
Egypt First title

Scorers