1972 African Cup of Nations

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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

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
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Template:Fb 2nd round winners Template:Dts Template:Sort (1968)
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Notes

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Squads

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Venues

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

Yaoundé Template:Location map+
Stade Omnisports
Capacity: 38,720
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Douala
Stade de la Réunification
Capacity: 30,000
File:Stade de Bepanda.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 difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

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Semifinals

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Third place match

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Final

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Goalscorers

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Team of the tournament

Source:[1]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Template:Flagicon Allal Ben Kassou Template:Flagicon Mohamed El-Sir Abdalla

Template:Flagicon Bwanga Tshimen

Template:Flagicon Paul N'lend

Template:Flagicon Boujemaa Benkhrif

Template:Flagicon Mayanga Maku

Template:Flagicon Noël Minga-Tchibinda

Template:Flagicon Paul-Gaston N'Dongo

Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Tokoto

Template:Flagicon Kakoko Etepé

Template:Flagicon François M'Pelé

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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