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1972 African Cup of Nations

8th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

8th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

FieldValue
tourney_nameAfrican Cup of Nations
year1972
other_titlesCoupe d'Afrique des Nations 1972
countryCameroon
dates23 February – 5 March
num_teams8
venues2
cities2
championCongo
champion-flagvar1970
count1
secondMali
thirdCameroon
third-flagvar1961
fourthZaire
matches16
goals53
attendance425000
top_scorerMLI Fantamady Keita
(5 goals)
playerCGO François M'Pelé
prevseason[1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason[1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations)

| champion-flagvar = 1970 | third-flagvar = 1961 (5 goals)

The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Cameroon, in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala. Just like in 1970, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The People's Republic of the Congo won its first championship, beating Mali in the final 3−2.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1972 African Cup of Nations qualification

For the first time, Ethiopia did not compete. The 8 qualified teams are:

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament
Hosts([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations))
Holders(*[1957](1957-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1959](1959-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), ***[1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations)***)
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners(debut)
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners(debut)
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners(debut)
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners([1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations))
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners(debut)
[2nd round](1972-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), **[1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations)**, [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations))

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1972 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Yaoundé and Douala.

YaoundéDouala
{{location map+Cameroonfloat=centerwidth=300caption=places=
Stade Omnisports
Capacity: **38,720**
[[File:Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo 2014 (1).JPG170px]]
Stade de la Réunification
Capacity: **30,000**
[[File:Stade de Bepanda.jpg170px]]

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If 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:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

N'Dongo F. Keita
B. Touré Adé

Mvé

Group B

M'Pelé
Bahamboula Wahba

Knockout stage

| 2 March – Yaoundé | | 0 | **** | 1 | 2 March – Douala | | 3 | ** ** | 4 | 5 March – Yaoundé | **** | 3 | | 2 | 4 March – Yaoundé | **** | 5 | | 2

Semifinals

Etepé
Ngassebe F. Keita
B. Touré

Third place match

N'Dongo
Owona
Mouthé
N'Doga Mayanga

Final

Main article: 1972 African Cup of Nations Final

M'Pelé M. Traoré

Goalscorers

  • Fantamady Keita

  • Jean-Michel M'Bono

  • Ahmed Faras

  • Edmond Apéti Kaolo

  • Mayanga Maku

  • Jean Kalala N'Tumba

  • Jean-Baptiste N'Doga

  • Paul-Gaston N'Dongo

  • François M'Pelé

  • Bako Touré

  • Kakoko Etepé

  • Jean Paul Akono

  • Simo Emmanuel Mvé

  • François N'Doumbe

  • Joseph Yegba Maya

  • Philippe Michel Mouthé

  • Norbert Owona

  • Jonas Bahamboula

  • Noël Minga

  • Paul Moukila

  • Daniel Arudhi Nicodémus

  • Jonathan Niva

  • Peter "Pelé" Ouma

  • Adama Traoré

  • Bakary Traoré

  • Moussa Diakhité

  • Moussa Traoré

  • Bushara Abdel-Nadief

  • Kamal Abdel Wahab

  • Hasabu El-Sagheer

  • Ahmed Bushara Wahba

  • Covi Adé

  • Gary Ngassebe

Team of the tournament

Source:

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Morocco Allal Ben KassouSudan Mohamed El-Sir AbdallaZaire Mayanga MakuZaire Kakoko Etepé

References

References

  1. "African Nations Cup 1972 - Final Tournament Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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