1965 African Cup of Nations qualification

Football tournament December 2025 Afcon This page details the process of qualifying for the 1965 African Cup of Nations. Qualified teams The qualified teams are: 22em COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville ETH 1897 GHA 1964 (holders) CIV SEN TUN 1959 (hosts) Group stage Zone 1 Originally, Egypt qualified by default after Morocco and Nigeria both withdrew, but Egypt later withdrew due to the deterioration of diplomatic relations with Tunisia following a speech in Jericho by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, who called on the Arab countries to recognise Israel.1965 African Cup of Nations - rsssf.com Zone 2 The match in Nairobi between Kenya and Ethiopia originally ended with Kenya winning 3–2, but Ethiopia lodged a protest with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) claiming Kenya had fielded two players (Moses Wabwayi and Stephen Baraza) who were ineligible as they had represented Uganda previously: the protest was upheld and Ethiopia were awarded a 2–0 victory, subsequently qualifying ahead of Sudan. CAF also suspended both players for one year (backdated to September 1964) after upholding a protest from Uganda that they were still registered with the Uganda F.A. and had not received official transfers. Kenya argued against the ruling and sent documents to prove that the two were Kenyan citizens, having been born in Kenya, while the case was also referred to FIFA. main WDL Q 2 n y ETH ETH 1897 SUD SUD 1956 KEN Kenya UGA UGA 5 0 1 10 4 4 1 1 14 7 Status:P 1 1 4 8 12 1 0 5 6 15 #ccffcc A complete https://www.rsssf.org/tables/65a.html RSSSF 14 February 1965 Kenya 3–2 0–2 (Awarded score) ETH 1897 Madegwa 47 85 Fish Worku Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 21 February 1965 UGA 1–2 ETH 1897 Kitonsa 63 Wolde 47I. Vassalo 87 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 27 February 1965 Kenya 3–0 UGA Chege 24 89Madegwa 27 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 3 March 1965 ETH 1897 2–0 UGA Wolde 14 Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 13 March 1965 UGA 3–1 Kenya Kitonsa 65 88Oundo 67 Breik 35 pen. Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 27 March 1965 SUD 1956 2–1 ETH 1897 Hasabu Al-Kabeer Jaksa Worku Municipal Stadium, Khartoum 4 April 1965 ETH 1897 2–1 Kenya Vassalo 47Worku 61 Madegwa 59 Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 11 April 1965 SUD 1956 4–2 Kenya ?406578 Madegwa Rabuogi 50 Municipal Stadium, Khartoum 18 April 1965 ETH 1897 1–0 SUD 1956 Wolde 56 Haile Selassie Stadium, Addis Ababa 25 April 1965 Kenya 1–1 SUD 1956 Nicodemus 81 Mustafa Shawish 68 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi 1 May 1965 UGA 1–3 SUD 1956 Kitonsa 72 Jaksa 4 75Jagdoul 37 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 22 August 1965 SUD 1956 4–1 UGA Municipal Stadium, Khartoum Zone 3 main WDL Q 2 n y CIV CIV COD COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville LBR LBR 3 0 1 9 4 2 0 2 8 8 1 0 3 4 9 #ccffcc A complete https://www.rsssf.org/tables/65a.html RSSSF 17 January 1965 CIV 2–0 COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville Déhi 69Bléziri 80 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 29 May 1965 LBR 0–1 CIV Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 27 June 1965 CIV 4–0 LBR Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 14 August 1965 LBR 2–1 COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia 5 September 1965 COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville 4–2 CIV Stade Tata Raphaël, Léopoldville 21 September 1965 COD 1963 Congo-Léopoldville 3–2 LBR Stade Tata Raphaël, Léopoldville Zone 4 main WDL Q 2 n y SEN SEN GUI GUI MLI MLI 3 0 1 8 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 0 3 4 8 #ccffcc A complete 25 February 1965 SEN 2–0 GUI Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 31 March 1965 GUI 3–1 SEN Kandia Souleymane ? Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 18 April 1965 MLI 0–2 SEN Bamako 5 May 1965 SEN 3–1 MLI S. Keïta 81 Stade Demba Diop, Dakar 23 May 1965 MLI 2–1 GUI Bamako 6 June 1965 GUI 2–1 MLI S. Keïta Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Egypt's withdrawal Following Egypt's withdrawal, CAF announced a playoff between the second-placed teams in the other three Zones to determine Egypt's replacement in the final tournament. Following this announcement, Sudan declined CAF's invitation to participate, with a single playoff match being 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. References External links African Nations Cup 1965 Qualification 1965 Cup of Nations qualification