1974 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates1–14 March
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Zaire (2nd title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored54 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Zaire Ndaye Mulamba

The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.

Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its second championship (their first win came as Congo-Kinshasa), tying Zambia 2−2 in the final and beating them 2−0 in the replay. Zaire went on to compete in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were 2 best teams in African qualification to 1974 World Cup.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
 EgyptHosts5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970)
 CongoHolders5 March 19722 (1968 1972)
 Guinea2nd round winners14 June 19731 (1970)
 Mauritius2nd round winners14 June 19730 (debut)
 Uganda2nd round winners14 June 19732 (1962, 1968)
 Zaire2nd round winners14 June 19734 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972)
 Zambia2nd round winners29 July 19730 (debut)
 Ivory Coast2nd round winners23 September 19733 (1965, 1968, 1970)
Notes
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

Cairo Alexandria
Cairo International StadiumAlexandria Stadium
Capacity: 95,000Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-KubraDamanhour
El Mahalla StadiumAla'ab Damanhour Stadium
Capacity: 29,000Capacity: 8,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
 Uganda 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
 Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abo Greisha 6'
Khalil 52'		 Mubiru 28'
Referee: Youssouf Ndiaye (Senegal)
Zambia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Kaushi 2'
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Egypt 3–1 Zambia
Abdel Azim 4'
Basri 18'
Abo Greisha 52'		 Chitalu 10'
Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)
Ivory Coast 2–2 Uganda
Kouman 37', 78' Mubiru 53', 60'
Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Egypt 2–0 Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 1'
Khalil 44'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
 Zaire 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Mauritius 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Zaire 2–1 Guinea
Mulamba 18', 65' B. Sylla 25'
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Congo 2–0 Mauritius
Moukila 46'
Lakou 47'
Guinea 2–1 Mauritius
M. Sylla 52', 64' Imbert 88'
Referee: Ahmed Gindil (Sudan)
Congo 2–1 Zaire
M'Bono 70'
Minga 81'		 Mayanga 25'
Referee: Abdelkrim Benghezal (Algeria)
Congo 1–1 Guinea
Ndomba 65' Edenté 60' (pen.)
Zaire 4–1 Mauritius
Mulamba 15'
Mayanga 19', 76'
Etepé 38'		 Imbert 61'
Referee: Wallace Johnson (Sierra Leone)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 9 March – Cairo
 
 
  Egypt 2
 
 12 & 14 March – Cairo
 
  Zaire 3
 
  Zaire (replay) 2 (2)
 
 9 March – Alexandria
 
  Zambia 2 (0)
 
  Congo 2
 
 
  Zambia (a.e.t.) 4
 
Third place
 
 
 11 March – Cairo
 
 
  Egypt 4
 
 
  Congo 0

Semifinals

Egypt 2–3 Zaire
Mwepu 41' (o.g.)
Abo Greisha 54'		 Mulamba 55', 72'
Mantantu 61'
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Congo 2–4 (a.e.t.) Zambia
M'Pelé 76'
Mbouta 81'		 Mapulanga 49'
Chanda 70', 97', 111'
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

Third place match

Congo 0–4 Egypt
Abdou 5'
Shehata 18', 80'
Abo Greisha 62'
Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Final

Zaire 2–2 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Mulamba 65', 117' Kaushi 40'
Sinyangwe 120'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Replay
Zaire 2–0 Zambia
Mulamba 30', 76'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

Scorers

9 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

  • Sayela Walubita, Moses (2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4502-7911-6.
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