1959 African Cup of Nations
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Overview
With only three teams, the format changed into a round robin group, but the results were the same, the United Arab Republic won over Ethiopia 4−0 and over Sudan 2−1. The Sudanese finished second, defeating Ethiopia 1−0.
Mahmoud El-Gohary, who would later become manager of the Egyptian team between 1988 and 2002, would be the top scorer of this edition of the tournament.
Participating teams
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Template:Country data UAR | Hosts | 1957 | Script error: No such module "sort". (1957) | ||||||||||||||||||
| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Ethiopia | flag alias = Flag of Ethiopia.svg | flag alias-1897 = Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg | flag alias-1975 = Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg | flag alias-1975-state = Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987) (02).svg | flag alias-1987 = Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg | flag alias-1991 = Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg | flag alias-1996 = Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg | flag alias-naval = Flag of Ethiopia (2-3).svg | link alias-naval = Ethiopian Navy | link alias-air force = Ethiopian Air Force | flag alias-air force = Ethiopian Air Force flag.svg | link alias-army = Ethiopian Army | flag alias-navy = Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg | link alias-navy = Ethiopian Navy | flag alias-military = Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (3).svg | link alias-military = Ethiopian National Defense Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = 1897
}} || Invitee || 1957 || Script error: No such module "sort". (1957) |
| {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Sudan | flag alias = Flag of Sudan.svg | flag alias-1956 = Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Sudanese Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Sudanese Air Force | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sudan.svg | link alias-naval = Sudanese Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the Sudanese Army (1956–present).png | link alias-army = Sudanese Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sudan.svg | link alias-navy = Sudanese Navy | flag alias-military = Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces.svg | link alias-military = Sudanese Armed Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = 1956
}} || Invitee || 1957 || Script error: No such module "sort". (1957) |
- Notes
Squads
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Venues
| Cairo | |
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| Prince Farouk Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | |
| File:Mokhtar El tetsh stadium.jpg |
Final tournament
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Scorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Mimi El-Sherbini
- Template:Flagicon Abdelmutaleb Nasir
- Template:Flagicon Siddiq Manzul
References
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External links
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