1963 African Cup of Nations

The 1963 African Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). For the third consecutive time the hosts won the African Cup. The format was changed to two groups of 3 teams each, with the group winners playing the final, and the runners-up playing the third place playoff. The final in Accra on 1 December saw the hosts beating Sudan 3–0 to win the title.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

This tournament, and the previous one, are the only Africa Cup of Nations tournaments with more than four goals-per-game average.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962)
Template:Fb	1st round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962)
Template:Fb	1st round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959)
Template:Fb	1st round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1962)
Template:Fb	1st round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)

Notes

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Accra and Kumasi.

Accra	Template:Location map+
Accra Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
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Kumasi
Kumasi Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,500
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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 average in all group matches
2. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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External links

• Details at RSSSF

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