1963 African Cup of Nations qualification

Qualification for championships (CAF)
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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1963 African Cup of Nations. 10 African nations initially entered the competition. Ghana and Ethiopia both automatically qualified as the host country and title holders respectively. Uganda would withdraw before play began, thus leaving only 7 teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals.

Qualified teams

The 6 qualified teams are:

Ghana as hosts.
Ethiopia as holders.
Egypt
Nigeria
Sudan
Tunisia

Summary

The 8 nations were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 4 winners would then qualify for the finals. Qualifying took place between 16 June 1963 and 6 October 1963.

First round

Tunisia v Morocco

16 June 1963

Tunisia	4–1	Morocco
Henia 22', 57' Aleya 85' Jedidi 88'		Mokhtatif 75'

Tunisia

Morocco v Tunisia

2 July 1963

Morocco	4–2	Tunisia
Khalfi 10' Ben Dayan 46' Bettache 59' (pen.) Akesbi 78'		Henia 84' Jedidi 62'

Morocco

Tunisia qualified for the finals by an aggregate score of 6–5.

Egypt v Uganda

Egypt	w/o	Uganda

Uganda withdrew; Egypt qualified for the finals.

Kenya v Sudan

1 June 1963

Kenya	0–1	Sudan
		Wazza

Nairobi, Kenya

Sudan v Kenya

30 June 1963

Sudan	5–0	Kenya
Osman Hassan Jaxa

Khartoum, Sudan

Sudan qualified for the finals by an aggregate score of 6–0.

Nigeria v Guinea

27 July 1963

Nigeria	2–2	Guinea
Olatunji

Nigeria

Guinea v Nigeria

6 October 1963

Guinea	1–0	Nigeria

Guinea

Guinea were disqualifed for a rule breach (neutral officials were not provided for the second leg). Nigeria qualified for the finals.

References

African Nations Cup 1963

Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Cameroon 2019 Ivory Coast 2021 Guinea 2023

Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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