1965 African Cup of Nations

The 1965 African Cup of Nations was the fifth edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) hosted in Tunisia from 12 and 21 November 1965. This was the final edition of the tournament to be held in an odd-numbered year before 2013. The growing enthusiasm for the competition and the increasing number of participating teams led to an increase in the number of participants in the tournament, which rose from four to six teams.

Two of them qualified automatically, the host country Tunisia and the defending champion Ghana. A first round was determined by two groups of three teams, then the final (for the top teams in each group) and a third-place match for the teams that finished second.

Ethiopia is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Africa Cup of Nations since its inception. Egypt (twice winner in 1957 and 1959) refused to participate due to the diplomatic crisis with Tunisia. Sudan also failed to qualify after stumbling in the qualifiers. Congo-Léopoldville, Senegal and Ivory Coast are participating in the finals for the first time. Ghana retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3–2 after extra time. This was Ghana's second African championship title in two participations.

Teams

Four places were available to the thirteen countries participating in these qualifications. Tunisia, the tournament organizer, and Ghana, the defending champion, qualified automatically. Egypt qualified from Zone 1 after Morocco and Nigeria withdrew before the start of the qualifiers, but later withdrew due to the deterioration of its diplomatic relations with Tunisia after a speech given by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in Jericho in which he called on Arab countries to recognize Israel.

Sudan, called upon to take Egypt's place, declined the invitation: a single playoff match was then scheduled in Accra on 31 October between Congo-Léopoldville and Guinea. However, Guinea withdrew shortly before this date; therefore, the playoff was scratched and Congo-Léopoldville qualified.

Qualified teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
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{{ 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 }} || 1st round winners || Template:Dts	5th	1963	(1957, 1959, 1962, 1963)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Senegal	flag alias = Flag of Senegal.svg	link alias-air force = Senegalese Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team }} || 1st round winners || Template:Dts	1st	None	(debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Ivory Coast	flag alias = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Côte d'Ivoire (WFB 2009).gif	flag alias-2004 = Flag of Cote d'Ivoire (2004 World Factbook).gif	size =	variant =	name =	altlink = national football team }} || 1st round winners || Template:Dts	1st	None	(debut)
{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Democratic Republic of the Congo	shortname alias = DR Congo	flag alias = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg	flag alias-1960 = Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1963).svg	flag alias-1963 = Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1963–1966).svg	flag alias-1966 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966–1971).svg	flag alias-1997 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2003).svg	flag alias-2003 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003–2006).svg	link alias-army = Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	link alias-naval = Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	link alias-air force = Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	link alias-navy = Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	link alias-military = Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	size =	name = Congo-Léopoldville	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = 1963 }} || 1st round winners || Template:Dts	1st	None	(debut)

Notes

Venues

Tunis		Sfax
Chedly Zouiten Stadium		Taieb Mhiri Stadium
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 11,000
File:Tunis - Stade Municipal Géo André.jpg		File:Stade taieb mehiri.JPG
Sousse		Bizerte
Bou Ali Lahouar Stadium		Stade Ahmed Bsiri
Capacity: 6,500		Capacity: 2,000
File:Tunisia Hammam Sousse street.jpg		File:النادي الرياضي البنزرتي .jpg

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 average in all group matches
2. Drawing of lots

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Knockout stage

Final

GK 1 John Bortey Naawu DF 6 Willie Evans DF 3 Charles Addo Odametey (c) DF 8 Sam Acquah DF 16 Ben Kusi MF 7 Oman Mensah MF 11 Kofi Pare MF 17 Kwame Nti FW 10 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio FW 14 Osei Kofi MF 15 Frank Odoi Substitutions: – Manager: Charles Gyamfi

GK 1 Sadok Sassi DF 2 Mahfoudh Benzarti DF 3 Hédi Douiri DF 4 Mohsen Habacha MF 5 Ahmed Lamine MF 6 Abdelmajid Chetali (c) MF 8 Tahar Chaïbi MF 16 Moncef Ajel FW 7 Aleya Sassi FW 9 Rachid Gribaâ downward-facing red arrow FW 12 Salah Jedidi Substitutions: FW – Abdelwahab Lahmar upward-facing green arrow Manager: Mokhtar Ben Nacef

Tournament rankings

File:African Cup of Nations 1965.png

Result of teams participating in 1965 Africa Cup of Nations

  Champion

  Runner-up

  Third place

  Fourth place

  Group stage

External links

• Details at RSSSF