1968 African Cup of Nations

The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Congo-Kinshasa won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.

Prior to this tournament, the African Cup of Nations were held once every three years, following 1968 they were held once every two years.

Qualified teams

File:1968 Afcon teams.png

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1965)
Template:Fb	Group 2 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Group 3 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965)
Template:Fb	Group 4 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1962)
Template:Fb	Group 5 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Group 6 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965)
Template:Fb	Group 1 winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)

Notes

Venues

Addis Ababa	Template:Image label begin
Hailé Sélassié Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
File:Addis Ababa Stadium.jpg
Asmara
Cicero Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
File:Eritrea corner's 08.jpg

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

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|team1=ETH |team2=CIV |team3=ALG |team4=UGA |result1=KO |result2=KO

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|name_ETH=Template:Fb |name_CIV=Template:Fb |name_ALG=Template:Fb |name_UGA=Template:Fb

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Group B

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=standings |winpoints=2 |class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers |update=complete |source= <ref Name="RSSSF">RSSSF - African Nations Cup 1968 [2]</ref><ref>Wiwsport - CAN Éthiopie 1968 : Une équipe du Sénégal séduisante, mais au goût d’inachevé [3]</ref>

|team1=GHA |team2=COD |team3=SEN |team4=CGO |result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_GHA=2 |draw_GHA=1 |loss_GHA=0 |gf_GHA=7 |ga_GHA=4 |win_COD=2 |draw_COD=0 |loss_COD=1 |gf_COD=6 |ga_COD=3 |win_SEN=1 |draw_SEN=1 |loss_SEN=1 |gf_SEN=5 |ga_SEN=5 |win_CGO=0 |draw_CGO=0 |loss_CGO=3 |gf_CGO=2 |ga_CGO=8

|name_GHA=Template:Fb |name_COD=Template:Fb |name_SEN=Template:Fb |name_CGO=Template:Fb

|res_col_header=Q |col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to knockout stage }}

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Team of the Tournament

Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Flagicon Kazadi Mwamba	Template:Flagicon Henri Konan Template:Flagicon Charles Addo Odametey Template:Flagicon Yérim Diagne Template:Flagicon Djibril Gueye	Template:Flagicon Luciano Vassallo Template:Flagicon Mengistu Worku Template:Flagicon Hacène Lalmas Template:Flagicon Joseph Bléziri	Template:Flagicon Laurent Pokou Template:Flagicon Doudou Diongue

External links

• Details at RSSSF