1962 African Cup of Nations

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Participating nations

The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time, defeating UAR 4–2, after extra time in the final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Qualified teams

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This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations.

Nine nations initially entered the competition, with Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as hosts and title holders respectively. Sudan withdrew before the draw, and Morocco withdrew before play began, thus leaving four teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This was the first time Sudan did not compete in the tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
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Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
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Notes

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Squads

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Venues

Addis Ababa	Template:Image label begin Template:Image label small Template:Image label end
Hailé Sélassié Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
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Final tournament

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