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

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

Qualification

Zone I (North Africa)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	1–0	Tunisia	1–0	0–0

27 December 1964

Algeria	1–0	Tunisia
Bentahar 89'

El-Annasser Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: ... Azahar (Morocco)

14 March 1965

Tunisia	0–0	Algeria

Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohamed Boukili (Morocco)

Algeria qualified; Libya and Morocco withdrew the qualification.

Zone II (West Africa 1)

First round

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

... December 1964

Mali	–	Gambia

... December 1964

Gambia	–	Mali

Mali advanced to the second round

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Senegal	3–4	Mali	3–0	0–4

7 March 1965

Senegal	3–0	Mali

Stade Demba Diop, Dakar

14 March 1965

Mali	4–0	Senegal

Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Mali qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)

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

25 December 1964

Ivory Coast	1–1	Guinea

Abidjan

26 December 1964

Ghana	5–1	Liberia

Abidjan

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30 December 1964

Ivory Coast	4–2	Liberia

Abidjan

31 December 1964

Ghana	3–3	Guinea

Abidjan

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1 Janvier 1965

Guinea	3–3	Liberia

Abidjan

2 Janvier 1965

Ivory Coast	1–0	Ghana

Abidjan

Ivory Coast qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)

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

27 December 1964

Nigeria	1–2	Togo

Lagos

27 December 1964

Niger	2–4	Dahomey

Lagos

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29 December 1964

Nigeria	6–1	Upper Volta

Lagos

30 December 1964

Togo	3–0	Niger

Lagos

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31 December 1964

Upper Volta	2–0	Dahomey

Lagos

1 Janvier 1965

Nigeria	4–0	Niger

Lagos

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2 Janvier 1965

Nigeria	Abandoned	Dahomey

Lagos

3 Janvier 1965

Togo	2–1	Upper Volta

Lagos

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4 Janvier 1965

Togo	2–2	Dahomey

Lagos

5 Janvier 1965

Niger	2–2	Ghana

Lagos

Togo qualified.

Zone V (Central Africa)

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

... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	–	Chad

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Cameroon	–	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

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... April 1965

Chad	–	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	3–2	Cameroon

Léopoldville

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... April 1965

Cameroon	–	Chad

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	–	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

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... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	–	Chad

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Cameroon	–	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

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... April 1965

Chad	–	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	3–1	Cameroon

Léopoldville

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... April 1965

Cameroon	9–0	Chad

Léopoldville

... April 1965

Congo Léopoldville	8–2	Central African Republic

Léopoldville

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

Zone VI (East Africa)

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

23 March 1965

Uganda	1–3	Kenya

Kampala

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25 March 1965

United Arab Republic	4–3	Kenya

Kampala

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27 March 1965

Uganda	5–1	United Arab Republic

Kampala

Uganda qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)

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

13 March 1965

Tanzania	1–5	Madagascar

Dar El Salam

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15 March 1965

Tanzania	2–1	Madagascar

Dar El Salam

Madagascar qualified.

Qualified teams

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

• African Games 1965 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation