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African Cup of Nations 1972

23 Feb 1972 – 5 Mar 1972 · Cameroon · ← African Cup of Nations 1970 · African Cup of Nations 1974 →

Winner: Congo
Runner-up: Mali
Teams: 8
Matches: 16
Goals: 53
Per match: 3.31

Final: Congo 3–2 Mali · Biggest win: Cameroon 5–2 DR Congo

Knockout bracket

The side that went through is in bold. Click a match to open it.

Semi-finals

Cameroon0Congo1

Mali4DR Congo3aet

Final

Third place

Cameroon5DR Congo2

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
1Cameroon	3	2	1	0	+3	5
2Mali	3	0	3	0	0	3
3Kenya	3	0	2	1	-1	2
4Togo	3	0	2	1	-2	2

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1DR Congo	3	1	2	0	+2	4
2Congo	3	1	1	1	0	3
3Morocco	3	0	3	0	0	3
4Sudan	3	0	2	1	-2	2

Where everyone finished8


Congo	Winner	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	B · 2
Mali	Runner-up	5	1	3	1	11	11	0	A · 2
Cameroon	Third place	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5	A · 1
DR Congo	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	9	11	-2	B · 1
Morocco	Group stage	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	B · 3
Kenya	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	A · 3
Togo	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2	A · 4
Sudan	Group stage	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2	B · 4

Scorers33

Own goals aside.


Fantamady Keita	Mali	5	0
Jean-Michel M'Bono	Congo	4	0
Ahmed Faras	Morocco	3	0
Edmond Apéti Kaolo	Togo	3	1
Jean Kalala N'Tumba	DR Congo	3	0
Mayanga Maku	DR Congo	3	0
Bako Touré	Mali	2	0
François M'Pelé	Congo	2	0
Jean-Baptiste N'Doga	Cameroon	2	0
Kakoko Etepé	DR Congo	2	0
Paul-Gaston N'Dongo	Cameroon	2	0
Adama Traoré	Mali	1	0
Ahmed Bushara Wahba	Sudan	1	0
Bakary Traoré	Mali	1	0
Bushara Abdel-Nadief	Sudan	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 9 · Goals in the match

Every match16


23 Feb 1972	Group stage	Cameroon	2–1	Kenya
24 Feb 1972	Group stage	Mali	3–3	Togo
25 Feb 1972	Group stage	Sudan	1–1	DR Congo
25 Feb 1972	Group stage	Congo	1–1	Morocco
26 Feb 1972	Group stage	Cameroon	2–0	Togo
26 Feb 1972	Group stage	Kenya	1–1	Mali
27 Feb 1972	Group stage	Morocco	1–1	Sudan
27 Feb 1972	Group stage	Congo	0–2	DR Congo
28 Feb 1972	Group stage	Cameroon	1–1	Mali
28 Feb 1972	Group stage	Kenya	1–1	Togo
29 Feb 1972	Group stage	Congo	4–2	Sudan
29 Feb 1972	Group stage	Morocco	1–1	DR Congo
2 Mar 1972	Semi-final	Cameroon	0–1	Congo
2 Mar 1972	Semi-final	Mali	4–3	DR Congo
4 Mar 1972	Third-place play-off	Cameroon	5–2	DR Congo
5 Mar 1972	Final	Congo	3–2	Mali

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
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