The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football 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. This was the final edition of the tournament to be held in an odd-numbered year before 2013.
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1965 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Tunisia |
Dates | 12–21 November |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 31 (3.88 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | |
Qualified teams
editTeam | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Hosts | 2 (1962, 1963) | ||
Holders | 1 December 1963 | 1 (1963) | |
1st round winners | 18 April 1965 | 4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963) | |
1st round winners | 5 May 1965 | 0 (debut) | |
1st round winners | 5 September 1965 | 0 (debut) | |
1st round winners | 31 October 1965 | 0 (debut) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
editVenues
editTunis | Sfax | |
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Chedly Zouiten Stadium | Taieb Mhiri Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 11,000 | |
Sousse | Bizerte | |
Bou Ali Lahouar Stadium | Stade Ahmed Bsiri | |
Capacity: 6,500 | Capacity: 2,000 |
Group stage
editTiebreakers
editIf 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
- Drawing of lots[1]
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3[a] | Advance to final | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3[a] | Advance to third place play-off | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 | Advance to final | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Advance to third place play-off | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Ghana | 5–2 | |
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Ivory Coast | 3–0 | |
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Manglé |
Ghana | 4–1 | |
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Knockout stage
editThird place match
editSenegal | 0–1 | |
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Referee: Mohamed Mezahi (Algeria)
Final
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Scorers
edit- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal