1974 African Cup of Nations

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

1974 African Cup of Nations

كأس أمم أفريقيا 1974
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	1–14 March
Teams	8
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 played	17
Goals scored	54 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ndaye Mulamba (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Ndaye Mulamba
← 1972 1976 →

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

Main article: 1974 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Egypt	Hosts		5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970)
Congo	Holders	5 March 1972	2 (1968 1972)
Guinea	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	1 (1970)
Mauritius	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	0 (debut)
Uganda	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	2 (1962, 1968)
Zaire	2nd round winners	14 June 1973	4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972)
Zambia	2nd round winners	29 July 1973	0 (debut)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	23 September 1973	3 (1965, 1968, 1970)

Notes

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1974 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Cairo	Cairo Alexandria El-Mahalla Damanhour	Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium		Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 95,000		Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-Kubra		Damanhour
El Mahalla Stadium		Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
Capacity: 29,000		Capacity: 8,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zambia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
3	Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1[a]
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points. Overall goal difference: Uganda –2, Ivory Coast −3.

1 March 1974

Egypt	2–1	Uganda
Abo Greisha 6' Khalil 52'		Mubiru 28'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Youssouf Ndiaye (Senegal)

2 March 1974

Zambia	1–0	Ivory Coast
Kaushi 2'

El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

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4 March 1974

Egypt	3–1	Zambia
Abdel Azim 4' Basri 18' Abo Greisha 52'		Chitalu 10'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Sunny Olufemi Woghiren (Nigeria)

4 March 1974

Ivory Coast	2–2	Uganda
Kouman 37', 78'		Mubiru 53', 60'

El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra

Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

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6 March 1974

Egypt	2–0	Ivory Coast
El-Shazly 1' Khalil 44'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

6 March 1974

Zambia	1–0	Uganda
Kapita 60'

El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Congo	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zaire	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 March 1974

Zaire	2–1	Guinea
Mulamba 18', 65'		B. Sylla 25'

Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhour

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

3 March 1974

Congo	2–0	Mauritius
Moukila 46' Lakou 47'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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5 March 1974

Guinea	2–1	Mauritius
M. Sylla 52', 64'		Imbert 88'

Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhour

Referee: Ahmed Gindil (Sudan)

5 March 1974

Congo	2–1	Zaire
M'Bono 70' Minga 81'		Mayanga 25'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Abdelkrim Benghezal (Algeria)

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7 March 1974

Congo	1–1	Guinea
Ndomba 65'		Edenté 60' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

7 March 1974

Zaire	4–1	Mauritius
Mulamba 15' Mayanga 19', 76' Etepé 38'		Imbert 61'

Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium, Damanhour

Referee: Wallace Johnson (Sierra Leone)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	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

9 March 1974

Egypt	2–3	Zaire
Mwepu 41' (o.g.) Abo Greisha 54'		Mulamba 55', 72' Mantantu 61'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

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9 March 1974

Congo	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
M'Pelé 76' Mbouta 81'		Mapulanga 49' Chanda 70', 97', 111'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

Third place match

11 March 1974

Congo	0–4	Egypt
		Abdou 5' Shehata 18', 80' Abo Greisha 62'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Gebreysus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Final

Main article: 1974 African Cup of Nations Final

12 March 1974

Zaire	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
Mulamba 65', 117'		Kaushi 40' Sinyangwe 120'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 55,000^[1]

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

Replay

14 March 1974

Zaire	2–0	Zambia
Mulamba 30', 76'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 1,000^[2]

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

9 goals

• Ndaye Mulamba

4 goals

• Ali Abo Greisha

3 goals

• Stanley Mubiru
• Mayanga Maku
• Bernard Chanda

2 goals

• Jacques Ndomba
• Ali Khalil
• Simon Kaushi
• Hassan Shehata
• Morciré Sylla
• Kobinan Kouman
• Daniel Imbert

1 goal

• Sebastien Lakou
• Jean-Michel M'Bono
• Noël Minga
• Paul Moukila
• François M'Pelé
• Gamal Abdel Azim
• Hassan El-Shazly
• Moustafa Abdou
• Taha Basry
• Bengally Sylla
• Kakoko Etepé
• Joseph Mapulanga
• Edenté
• Kidumu Mantantu
• Godfrey Chitalu
• Obby Kapita
• Brighton Sinyangwe

1 own goal

• Ilunga Mwepu (against Egypt)

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

• Kazadi Mwamba

Defenders

• Gabriel Dengaki
• Dick Chama
• Lobilo Boba
• Hany Moustafa

Midfielders

• Ndaye Mulamba
• Farouk Gaafar
• Hassan Shehata
• Mayanga Maku

Forwards

• Kakoko Etepé
• Ali Abo Greisha