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African Cup of Nations 1965

12 Nov 1965 – 21 Nov 1965 · Tunisia · ← African Cup of Nations 1963 · African Cup of Nations 1968 →

Winner: Ghana
Runner-up: Tunisia
Teams: 6
Matches: 8
Goals: 31
Per match: 3.88

Final: Tunisia 2–3 Ghana · Biggest win: Ethiopia 1–5 Senegal

Groups2

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Senegal	2	1	1	0	+4	3
2Tunisia	2	1	1	0	+4	3
3Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	-8	0

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Ghana	2	2	0	0	+6	4
2Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	0	2
3DR Congo	2	0	0	2	-6	0

Where everyone finished6


Ghana	Winner	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7	B · 1
Tunisia	Runner-up	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	A · 2
Ivory Coast	Third place	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	B · 2
Senegal	Fourth place	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	A · 1
DR Congo	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6	B · 3
Ethiopia	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	9	-8	A · 3

Scorers19

Own goals aside.


Ben Acheampong	Ghana	3	0
Eustache Manglé	Ivory Coast	3	0
Osei Kofi	Ghana	3	0
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	Ghana	2	0
Frank Odoi	Ghana	2	0
Louis Camara	Senegal	2	0
Matar Niang	Senegal	2	0
Pierre Kalala Mukendi	DR Congo	2	1
Tahar Chaïbi	Tunisia	2	0
Abdelmajid Chetali	Tunisia	1	0
Abdelwahab Lahmar	Tunisia	1	0
El Hadji Oumar Guèye	Senegal	1	0
Joseph Bléziri	Ivory Coast	1	0
Konan Yoboué	Ivory Coast	1	0
Kwame Nti	Ghana	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 2 · Goals in the match

Every match8


12 Nov 1965	Group stage	Tunisia	4–0	Ethiopia
12 Nov 1965	Group stage	DR Congo	2–5	Ghana
14 Nov 1965	Group stage	Tunisia	0–0	Senegal
14 Nov 1965	Group stage	DR Congo	0–3	Ivory Coast
19 Nov 1965	Group stage	Ethiopia	1–5	Senegal
19 Nov 1965	Group stage	Ghana	4–1	Ivory Coast
21 Nov 1965	Third-place play-off	Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal
21 Nov 1965	Final	Tunisia	2–3	Ghana

Every African Cup of Nations36


African Cup of Nations 2026	—	—	—	Morocco	16
African Cup of Nations 2025	—	—	—	Morocco	24
African Cup of Nations 2024	Ivory Coast	2–1	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	24
African Cup of Nations 2022	Senegal	0–0 (pens)	Egypt	Cameroon	24
African Cup of Nations 2019	Algeria	0–1	Senegal	Egypt	24
African Cup of Nations 2017	Cameroon	1–2	Egypt	Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2015	Ivory Coast	0–0 (pens)	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea	16
African Cup of Nations 2013	Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso	South Africa	16
African Cup of Nations 2012	Zambia	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2010	Egypt	0–1	Ghana	Angola	15
African Cup of Nations 2008	Egypt	0–1	Cameroon	Ghana	16
African Cup of Nations 2006	Egypt	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Egypt	16