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{{Short description|6th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = African Cup of Nations
| year = 1968
| other_titles = 1968 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
| image = 
| size = 200px
| alt =
| caption = 
| country = Ethiopia
| dates = 12–21 January
| num_teams = 8
| associations =
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion = 
| champion_other = {{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| champion-flagvar =
| count = 1
| second = Ghana
| second-flagvar =
| third = Côte d'Ivoire
| third-flagvar =
| fourth = Ethiopia
| fourth-flagvar = 1897
| matches = 16
| goals = 52
| attendance = 209000
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]] <br> (6 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|COD|1966}} [[Kazadi Mwamba]]
| prevseason = [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]]
| nextseason = [[1970 African Cup of Nations|1970]]
}}

The '''1968 African Cup of Nations''' was the sixth edition of the [[Africa Cup of Nations]], the [[association football]] championship of Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|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 DR national football team|Congo-Kinshasa]] won its first championship, beating [[Ghana national football team|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 ==
{{main|1968 African Cup of Nations qualification}}
[[File:1968 Afcon teams.png|thumb|Participating nations]]

The 8 qualified teams are:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! Previous appearances in tournament{{efn|'''Bold''' indicates champion for that year, ''Italic'' indicates host.}}
|-
| {{fb|ETH|1897}} || Hosts ||  || {{sort|01|5}} ([[1957 African Cup of Nations|1957]], [[1959 African Cup of Nations|1959]], '''''[[1962 African Cup of Nations|1962]]''''', [[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]], [[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]])
|-
| {{fb|GHA}} || Holders || {{dts|21 November 1965}} || {{sort|03|2}} ('''''[[1963 African Cup of Nations|1963]]''''', '''[[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]]''')
|-
| {{fb|ALG}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 2|Group 2]] winners || {{dts|9 April 1967}} || {{sort|05|0}} (debut)
|-
| {{fb|CIV}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 3|Group 3]] winners || {{dts|7 May 1967}} || {{sort|04|1}} ([[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]])
|-
| {{fb|UGA}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 4|Group 4]] winners || {{dts|30 June 1967}} || {{sort|04|1}} ([[1962 African Cup of Nations|1962]])
|-
| {{fb|CGO|name=Congo-Brazzaville}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 5|Group 5]] winners || {{dts|17 September 1967}} || {{sort|05|0}} (debut)
|-
| {{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 6|Group 6]] winners || {{dts|10 October 1967}} || {{sort|04|1}} ([[1965 African Cup of Nations|1965]])
|-
| {{fb|SEN}} || [[1968 African Cup of Nations qualification#Group 1|Group 1]] winners || {{dts|22 November 1967}} || {{sort|05|0}} (debut)
|}
;Notes
{{notelist}}

== Squads ==
{{main|1968 African Cup of Nations squads}}

== Venues ==
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Addis Ababa]]
| rowspan="8" | {{Image label begin|image=Ethiopia (1941–1987) location map.svg|width=400|float=center}}
{{Image label small|x=0.3|y=0.60|scale=350|text={{center|[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]]}} <big>'''[[Addis Ababa]]'''</big>}}
{{Image label small|x=0.35|y=0.21|scale=350|text={{center|[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]]}} <big>'''[[Asmara]]'''</big>}}
{{Image label end}}
|-
| [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''30,000''' 
|-
| [[File:Addis Ababa Stadium.jpg|150px]] 
|-
![[Asmara]]
|-
|[[Cicero Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''20,000'''
|-
|[[File:Eritrea corner's 08.jpg|120px]]
|}
</div>

== 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:
# Goal difference in all group matches
# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# Drawing of lots

=== Group A ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=standings
|winpoints=2
|class_rules=[[1968 African Cup of Nations#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|update=complete
|source=<ref Name="RSSSF">RSSSF - African Nations Cup 1968 [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68a.html]</ref><ref>[https://elwatan-dz.com/lalgerie-et-la-can-une-longue-histoire El Watan - L’Algérie et la CAN: une longue histoire]</ref>

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

|win_ETH=3 |draw_ETH=0 |loss_ETH=0 |gf_ETH=6 |ga_ETH=2 |status_ETH=H
|win_CIV=2 |draw_CIV=0 |loss_CIV=1 |gf_CIV=5 |ga_CIV=2
|win_ALG=1 |draw_ALG=0 |loss_ALG=2 |gf_ALG=5 |ga_ALG=6
|win_UGA=0 |draw_UGA=0 |loss_UGA=3 |gf_UGA=2 |ga_UGA=8

|name_ETH={{fb|ETH|1897}}
|name_CIV={{fb|CIV}}
|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}
|name_UGA={{fb|UGA}}

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[1968 African Cup of Nations#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
| date = 12 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
| goals1 = [[Girma Asmerom|Asmerom]] {{goal}}<br>[[Luciano Vassallo|Vassalo]] {{goal||pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Polly Ouma|Ouma]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 20,000
| referee = [[Ali Kandil|Kandil]] (Egypt)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 12 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
| goals1 = [[Jean-Louis Bozon|Bozon]] {{goal|15}}<br>[[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal|25||65}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 20,000
| referee = [[Abdou Latif Guèye|Guèye]] (Senegal)
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 14 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
| goals1 = [[Bekuretsion Gebre-Hiwot|Bekuretsion]] {{goal|86}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 25,000
| referee = [[Ahmed Gindil Saleh|Saleh]] (Sudan)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 14 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}
| score = 4–0
| team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
| goals1 = [[Hacène Lalmas|Lalmas]] {{goal|15||25||70}}<br>[[Mokhtar Kalem|Kalem]] {{goal|60}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 25,000
| referee = [[Alphonse Mahombé|Mahombé]] (Congo-Kinshasa)
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 16 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|UGA}}
| goals1 = [[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal}}<br>[[Eustache Manglé|Manglé]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Denis Obua (footballer)|Obua]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 15,000
| referee = [[George Lamptey|Lamptey]] (Ghana)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 16 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}
| goals1 = [[Mengistu Worku|Worku]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[Shewangizaw Agonafer|Shewangizaw]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Luciano Vassalo|Vassalo]] {{goal|27|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Boualem Amirouche|Amirouche]] {{goal|68}}
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 20,000
| referee = [[Joseph Angaud|Angaud]] (Congo-Brazzaville)
| report = 
}}

=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=standings
|winpoints=2
|class_rules=[[1968 African Cup of Nations#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|update=complete
|source= <ref Name="RSSSF">RSSSF - African Nations Cup 1968 [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68a.html]</ref><ref>Wiwsport - CAN Éthiopie 1968 : Une équipe du Sénégal séduisante, mais au goût d’inachevé [https://wiwsport.com/2021/12/21/retro-can-ethiopie-1968-une-equipe-du-senegal-seduisante-mais-au-gout-dinacheve/]</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={{fb|GHA}}
|name_COD={{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
|name_SEN={{fb|SEN}}
|name_CGO={{fb|CGO|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[1968 African Cup of Nations#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
| date = 12 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
| score = 2–2
| team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
| goals1 = [[Osei Kofi|Kofi]] {{goal|63}}<br>[[Wilberforce Mfum|Mfum]] {{goal|87}}
| goals2 = [[Mohamed Diongue|Diongue]] {{goal|10}}<br>[[Yatma Diop|Diop]] {{goal|65}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 3,000
| referee = [[Ad-Diba|El-Attar]] (Egypt)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 12 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fb|CGO|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
| goals1 = [[Ignace Muwawa|Muwawa]] {{goal|19}}<br>[[Nicodème Kabamba|Kabamba]] {{goal|27|pen.|51}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 4,000
| referee = [[Ahmed Khelifi|Khelifi]] (Algeria)
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 14 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|CGO|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
| goals1 = [[Yatma Diop|Diop]] {{goal|27}} <br> [[Yatma Diouck|Diouck]] {{goal|86}}
| goals2 = [[Jeannot Foutika|Foutika]] {{goal|31}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 3,000
| referee = [[Ahmed Rajab|Rajab]] (Uganda)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 14 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| goals1 = [[Osei Kofi|Kofi]] {{goal|17|pen.}} <br> [[Wilberforce Mfum|Mfum]] {{goal|84}}
| goals2 = [[Saio Mokili|Mokili]] {{goal|42}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 3,000
| referee = [[Pierre Boua|Boua]] (Ivory Coast)
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 16 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
| goals1 = [[Kidumu Mantantu|Kidumu]] {{goal}} <br> [[Elias Tshimanga|Tshimanga]] {{goal||pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Yatma Diouck|Diouck]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 3,000
| referee = [[Seyoum Tarekegn|Tarekegn]] (Ethiopia)
| report = 
}}
{{football box
| date = 16 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fb|CGO|name=Congo-Brazzaville}}
| goals1 = [[Osei Kofi|Kofi]] {{goal}} {{goal}}<br>[[Wilberforce Mfum|Mfum]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Jean-Michel M'Bono|M'Bono]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 3,000
| referee = [[Joseph Awanda|Awanda]] (Kenya)
| report = 
}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round4-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2-->
<!--semi-finals-->
| 19 January – [[Addis Ababa]] | {{fb|ETH|1897}} | 2 | '''{{nowrap|{{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}} {{aet}}}}''' | '''3'''
| 19 January – [[Asmara]] | '''{{fb|GHA}} {{aet}}''' | '''4''' | {{fb|CIV}} | 3
<!--final-->
| 21 January – [[Addis Ababa]] | '''{{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}''' | '''1''' | {{fb|GHA}} | 0
<!--third place-->
| 21 January – [[Addis Ababa]] | '''{{fb|CIV}}''' | '''1''' | {{fb|ETH|1897}} | 0
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{football box
| date = 19 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ETH|1897}}
| score = 2–3
| aet = yes
| team2 = {{fb|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| goals1 = [[Luciano Vassallo|Vassalo]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Mengistu Worku|Worku]] {{goal|65}}
| goals2 = [[Kidumu Mantantu|Kidumu]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Léon Mungamuni|Mungamuni]] {{goal|16||100}}
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 25,000
| referee = [[Ali Kandil|Kandil]] (Egypt)
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 19 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
| score = 4–3 <ref>Different goal scorers and goal sequence reported in [https://www.happyghana.com/afcon-on-this-day-19-january-1968-ghana-beat-ivory-coast-to-reach-afcon-final/].</ref>
| team2 = {{fb|CIV}}
| goals1 = [[Wilberforce Mfum|Mfum]] {{goal}} {{goal}} <br> [[Ibrahim Sunday|Sunday]] {{goal}} <br> [[Frank Odoi (footballer)|Odoi]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal}} {{goal}}<br> [[Henri Konan|Konan]] {{goal||pen.}}
| stadium = [[Cicero Stadium]], [[Asmara]]
| attendance = 5,000
| referee = [[Ad-Diba|El Attar]] (Egypt)
| report = https://www.besoccer.com/match/seleccion-ghana/seleccion-costa-marfil/19683715 
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

=== Third place match ===
{{football box
| date = 21 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|ETH|1897}}
| goals1 = [[Laurent Pokou|Pokou]] {{goal|28}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 10,000
| referee = [[Ahmed Khelifi|Khelifi]] (Algeria)
| report = 
}}

=== Final ===
{{main|1968 African Cup of Nations final}}

{{football box
| date = 21 January 1968
| time = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|COD|1966|name=Congo-Kinshasa}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
| goals1 = [[Pierre Kalala Mukendi|Kalala]] {{goal|66}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]], [[Addis Ababa]]
| attendance = 25,000
| referee = [[Ad-Diba|El-Attar]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
| report = 
}}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=52 |matches=16

|6 goals=
*{{fbicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|GHA}} [[Wilberforce Mfum]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|GHA}} [[Osei Kofi]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|ALG}} [[Hacène Lalmas]]
*{{fbicon|ETH|1897}} [[Luciano Vassalo]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|CGO}} [[Jean Foutika|Jean "Jeannot" Foutika]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Nicodème Kabamba]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Kidumu Mantantu]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Léon Mungamuni]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Yatma Diop]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Yatma Diouck]]
*{{fbicon|ETH|1897}} [[Mengistu Worku]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|ALG}} [[Boualem Amirouche]]
*{{fbicon|ALG}} [[Mokhtar Kalem]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Ignace Muwawa]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Saio Ernest Mokili]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Pierre Kalala Mukendi]]
*{{fbicon|COD|1966}} [[Elias Tshimanga]]
*{{fbicon|CIV}} [[Jean-Louis Bozon]]
*{{fbicon|CIV}} [[Henri Konan]]
*{{fbicon|CIV}} [[Eustache Manglé]]
*{{fbicon|ETH|1897}} [[Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot]]
*{{fbicon|ETH|1897}} [[Shewangizaw Agonafer]]
*{{fbicon|ETH|1897}} [[Girma Tekle]]
*{{fbicon|GHA}} [[Frank Odoi (footballer)|Frank Odoi]]
*{{fbicon|GHA}} [[Ibrahim Sunday]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Doudou Diongue]]
*{{fbicon|UGA}} [[Denis Obua (footballer)|Denis Obua]]
*{{fbicon|UGA}} [[Polly Ouma]]
}}

== Team of the Tournament ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Nations Cup 1968 - Final Tournament Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68a-det.html |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|{{flagicon|COD|1966}} [[Kazadi Mwamba]]
|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Henri Konan]]
{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Charles Addo Odametey]]

{{flagicon|SEN|1956}} Yérim Diagne

{{flagicon|SEN|variant=1970}} Djibril Gueye
|{{flagicon|ETH|variant=1897}} [[Luciano Vassallo]]
{{flagicon|ETH|variant=1897}} [[Mengistu Worku]]

{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Hacène Lalmas]]

{{flagicon|CIV}} Joseph Bléziri
|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Laurent Pokou]]
{{flagicon|SEN|variant=1970}} Doudou Diongue
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68a.html Details at RSSSF]

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