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 retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3-2 after extra time.

Teams eliminated in qualifying

First Round

•  Guinea
•  Mali
•  Uganda
•  Kenya
•  Sudan
•  Egypt - Egypt qualified, but later withdrew due to not having diplomatic relations with Tunisia. In their place Sudan was invited but declined; the Democratic Republic of the Congo was invited and accepted.

Final Tournament

Group A

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

Matches:

12 November 1965

Tunisia  Tahar Chaibi 32 D'Jedidi 62 Delhoum 80 Lahmar 84

4 - 0

Ethiopia

14 November 1965

Senegal

0 - 0

Tunisia

19 November 1965

Senegal  Louis Camara 3, 52 Matar Niang 48, 53 Guèye 37

5 - 1

Ethiopia Luciano (pen) 12

Tunisia progress on a toss of a coin

Group B

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

Matches:

12 November 1965

Ghana  Osei Kofi 13 Ben Acheampong 18, 59 Jones 84, 89

5 - 2

Congo-Kinshasa Kalala 43, (pen) 45

14 November 1965

Côte d'Ivoire  Mangle 14, 59, 80

3 - 0

Congo-Kinshasa

19 November 1965

Ghana  Ben Acheampong 20 Kwame Nti 43 Lutdrot 52 Osei Kofi 70

4 - 1

Côte d'Ivoire Bleziri 66

Third Place Playoff

21 November 1965

Senegal

0 - 1

Côte d'Ivoire Yoboue 35

Final

21 November 1965

Ghana  Odoi 37, 96 Osei Kofi 79

3 - 2(aet)

Tunisia Abdelmajid Chetali 47 Tahar Chaibi 67

African Cup of Nations 1965 Champions: GHANA 2nd title

Top scorers

1.	Osei Kofi	3
1.	Ben Acheampong	3
1.	Mangle	3

External links

• Details at RSSSF