1963 Africa Cup of Nations

The 1963 Africa Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format changed: two groups of 3 teams each, the winners played the final, the runners-up could only play Third Place final. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts winning 3-0 on Sudan, after the first half finished 0−0.

1963 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryGhana
Dates24 November – 1 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Sudan
Third place United Arab Republic
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored33 (4.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hassan El-Shazly
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Hassan El-Shazly

This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average.

Qualified teams
Team Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Ethiopia4th1962Winners (1962)
 Ghana (hosts)1stnoneDebut
 Nigeria1stnoneDebut
 Sudan3rd1959Runners-up (1959)
 Tunisia2nd1962Third place (1962)
 United Arab Republic4th1962Winners (1957, 1959)

Squads

Venues
Accra
Locations of the 1963 African Cup of Nations venues
 Kumasi
Accra Sports Stadium Kumasi Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,500

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Top placed teams advanced to the final
2nd placed teams advanced to the 3rd Place Match

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 3
 Ethiopia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2
 Tunisia 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source:
Ghana 1–1 Tunisia
Mfum  9' Jedidi  36'
Ghana 2–0 Ethiopia
Acquah
Ethiopia 4–2 Tunisia
Worku
Tekle
Tesfaye 		Chetali  15'
Jedidi  67'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sudan 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3
 United Arab Republic 2 1 1 0 8 5 +3 3
 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0
Source:
United Arab Republic 6–3 Nigeria
Riza  30', 32', 82'
El-Shazly  42', 44', 81'		 Ekpe  78'
Bassey  82'
Onyeawuna  89'
United Arab Republic 2–2 Sudan
El-Shazly  5'
Riza  7'		 Jaxa  60', 75'
Sudan 4–0 Nigeria
Jaxa
El-Kawarty
Adam

Knockout stage

Third place match
United Arab Republic 3–0 Ethiopia
El-Shazly
Yaqoub

Final
Ghana 3–0 Sudan
Aggrey-Fynn  62' (pen.)
Acquah  72', 82'
Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (Tunisia)

Scorers
6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
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