1974 African Cup of Nations

1974 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates 1 – 14 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Zaire (2nd title)
Runners-up  Zambia
Third place  Egypt
Fourth place  Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played 17
Goals scored 54 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
(9 goals)
Best player Zaire Ndaye Mulamba

The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.

Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its second championship (their first win came as Congo-Kinshasa), tying Zambia 2−2 in the final and beating them 2−0 in the replay. Zaire went on to compete in the World Cup later that year.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Venues

Cairo Alexandria
Cairo International StadiumAlexandria Stadium
Capacity: 95,000Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-KubraDamanhour
El Mahalla StadiumAla'ab Damanhour Stadium
Capacity: 29,000Capacity: 8,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 330072+56
 Zambia 32013304
 Uganda 301235−21
 Ivory Coast 301225−31

1 March 1974
Egypt  2–1  Uganda
Abo Greisha  6'
Khalil  52'
Mubiru  28'


4 March 1974
Egypt  3–1  Zambia
Abdel Azim  4'
Basri  18'
Abo Greisha  52'
Chitalu  10'

4 March 1974
Ivory Coast  2–2  Uganda
Kouman  -', -' Mubiru  -', -'

6 March 1974
Egypt  2–0  Ivory Coast
El-Shazly  1'
Khalil  44'

6 March 1974
Zambia  1–0  Uganda
Kapita  -'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 321052+35
 Zaire 320174+34
 Guinea 31114403
 Mauritius 300328−60

3 March 1974
Zaire  2–1  Guinea
Mulamba  18', 65' B. Sylla  25'

3 March 1974
Congo  2–0  Mauritius
Moukila  -'
Lakou  -'

5 March 1974
Guinea  2–1  Mauritius
M. Sylla  -', -' Imbert  -'

5 March 1974
Congo  2–1  Zaire
M'Bono  70'
Minga  81'
Mayanga  25'

7 March 1974
Congo  1–1  Guinea
Ndomba  65' Edenté  60' (pen.)

7 March 1974
Zaire  4–1  Mauritius
Mayanga  -', -'
Mulamba  -'
Etepé  -'
Imbert  -'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
9 March – Cairo
   Egypt   2  
   Zaire   3  
 
12 & 14 March – Cairo
       Zaire (R)   2 (2)
     Zambia   2 (0)
Third place
9 March – Alexandria 11 March – Cairo
   Congo   2    Egypt   4
   Zambia (aet)   4      Congo   0

Semifinals

9 March 1974
Egypt  2–3  Zaire
Mwepu  41' (o.g.)
Abo Greisha  54'
Mulamba  55', 72'
Mantantu  61'

9 March 1974
Congo  2–4
(a.e.t.)
 Zambia
Ndomba  -'
M'Pelé  -'
Chanda  -', -', -'
Mapulanga  -'

Third place match

11 March 1974
Congo  0–4  Egypt
Abdou  5'
Shehata  18', 80'
Abo Greisha  62'

Final

12 March 1974
Zaire  2–2
(a.e.t.)
 Zambia
Mulamba  65', 117' Kaushi  40'
Sinyangwe  120'
Replay

14 March 1974
Zaire  2–0  Zambia
Mulamba  30', 76'

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1974 Champions 

Zaire
2nd title

Scorers

9 goals
4 goals
3 goals

  • Uganda Stanley Mubiru

2 goals

  • Republic of the Congo Jacques Ndomba
  • Egypt Ali Khalil
  • Zambia Simon Kaushi

  • Ivory Coast Kobinan Kouman
  • Mauritius Daniel Imbert

1 goal

Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

External links

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