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1965 African Cup of Nations

The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 1963, the field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Ghana repeated as champions, beating Tunisia in the final 3-2 after extra time.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 +4
Flag of Senegal Senegal 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 0 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8

Matches:

12 November, 1965

Tunisia Flag of Tunisia
Tahar Chaibi 32
D'Jedidi 62
Delhoum 80
Lahmar 84
4 - 0 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia

14 November, 1965

Senegal Flag of Senegal 0 - 0 Flag of Tunisia Tunisia

19 November, 1965

Senegal Flag of Senegal
Louis Camara 3, 52
Matar Niang 48, 53
Guèye 37
5 - 1 Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
Luciano (pen) 12

Tunisia progress on a toss of a coin

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Ghana Ghana 4 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Kinshasa 0 2 0 0 2 2 8 -6

Matches:

12 November, 1965

Ghana Flag of Ghana
Osei Kofi 13
Ben Acheampong 18, 59
Jones 84, 89
5 - 2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Kinshasa
Kalala 43, (pen) 45

14 November, 1965

Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
Mangle 14, 59, 80
3 - 0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Kinshasa

19 November, 1965

Ghana Flag of Ghana
Ben Acheampong 20
Kwamenti 43
Lutdrot 52
Osei Kofi 70
4 - 1 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Bleziri 66

Third Place Playoff

21 November, 1965

Senegal Flag of Senegal 0 - 1 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Yoboue 35

Final

21 November, 1965

Ghana Flag of Ghana
Odoi 37, 96
Osei Kofi 79
3 - 2(aet) Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
Abdelmajid Chetali 47
Tahar Chaibi 67
African Cup of Nations 1965 Champions:

Ghana
GHANA
2nd title

Top Scorers

1. Flag of Ghana Osei Kofi 3
1. Flag of Ghana Ben Acheampong 3
1. Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Mangle 3

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