Football at the 1965 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1965 All-Africa Games.

Qualification edit

Zone I (North Africa) edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria   1–0   Tunisia 1–0 0–0
Algeria  1–0  Tunisia
Bentahar   89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: ... Azahar (Morocco)
Tunisia  0–0  Algeria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Boukili (Morocco)

Algeria qualified; Libya and Morocco withdrew the qualification.

Zone II (West Africa 1) edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali     Gambia
Senegal   w/o   Mauritania
Mali    Gambia
Gambia    Mali

Mali advanced to the second round

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Senegal   3–4   Mali 3–0 0–4
Senegal  3–0  Mali
Mali  4–0  Senegal
Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Mali qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2) edit

The tournament was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
  Ghana 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 3
  Guinea 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 3
  Liberia 3 0 1 2 6 12 –6 1
Ivory Coast  1–1  Guinea
Ghana  5–1  Liberia

Ivory Coast  4–2  Liberia
Ghana  3–3  Guinea

Guinea  3–3  Liberia
Ivory Coast  1–0  Ghana

Ivory Coast qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3) edit

The tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. 3-2-1 points system was taken.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Togo 4 3 1 0 9 4 +3 11
  Nigeria 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 10
  Dahomey 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 7
  Upper Volta 4 1 1 2 6 10 –4 7
  Niger 4 0 1 3 4 13 –9 5
Nigeria  1–2  Togo
Niger  2–4  Dahomey

Nigeria  6–1  Upper Volta
Togo  3–0  Niger

Upper Volta  2–0  Dahomey
Nigeria  4–0  Niger

Nigeria  Abandoned  Dahomey
Togo  2–1  Upper Volta

Togo  2–2  Dahomey
Niger  2–2  Ghana

Togo qualified.

Zone V (Central Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Léopoldville, Congo Léopoldville.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Congo Léopoldville 6 6 0 0 12
  Cameroon 6 4 0 2 10
  Central African Republic 6 6
  Chad 6 4
Congo Léopoldville    Chad

Chad    Central African Republic
Congo Léopoldville  3–2  Cameroon

Cameroon    Chad

Congo Léopoldville    Chad

Chad    Central African Republic
Congo Léopoldville  3–1  Cameroon

Cameroon  9–0  Chad

Congo Léopoldville qualified; in addition, Congo qualified as hosts.

Zone VI (East Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Kampala, Uganda. Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan withrew the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Uganda 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 2
  Kenya 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 2
  United Arab Republic 2 1 0 1 5 8 –3 2
Uganda  1–3  Kenya

United Arab Republic  4–3  Kenya

Uganda  5–1  United Arab Republic

Uganda qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa) edit

The tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Madagascar 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 2
  Tanzania 2 1 0 1 3 6 –3 2
Tanzania  1–5  Madagascar

Tanzania  2–1  Madagascar

Madagascar qualified.

Qualified teams edit

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone Team
Hosts   Congo
Zone I   Algeria
Zone II   Mali
Zone III   Ivory Coast
Zone IV   Togo
Zone V   Congo Léopoldville
Zone VI   Uganda
Zone VII   Madagascar

External links edit