Football at the 1965 All-Africa Games

1965 All-Africa Games
football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Congo
City	Brazzaville
Dates	19–25 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Congo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	73 (3.65 per match)

The 1965 All-Africa Games football tournament was the 1st edition of the African Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo between 19–25 July 1965 as part of the 1965 All-Africa Games.

Qualified teams

The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone	Team
Hosts	Congo
Zone I	Algeria
Zone II	Mali
Zone III	Ivory Coast
Zone IV	Togo
Zone V	Congo Léopoldville
Zone VI	Uganda
Zone VII	Madagascar

Squads

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Congo	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	4
Togo	3	1	1	1	5	9	–4	3
Uganda	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1

19 July 1965

Congo	2–1	Uganda

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville 19 July 1965

Mali	1–2	Togo
Diakhité 23'		Fiawoo 75', 77'

Brazzaville 20 July 1965

Congo	7–2	Togo

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville 20 July 1965

Mali	5–1	Uganda

Brazzaville 21 July 1965

Congo	1–2	Mali

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville 20 July 1965

Togo	1–1	Uganda

Brazzaville

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
Algeria	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Congo-Léopoldville	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
Madagascar	3	0	0	3	0	13	–13	0

19 July 1965

Ivory Coast	1–0	Algeria
Manglé 75'

BrazzavilleAttendance: 12 000Referee: ... N'Gom (Senegal) 19 July 1965

Madagascar	0–7	Congo-Léopoldville

Brazzaville 20 July 1965

Ivory Coast	5–0	Madagascar

Brazzaville 20 July 1965

Algeria	4–1	Congo-Léopoldville
Zefzef 18' Hachouf 50', 67', 73'		Gabega 62'

BrazzavilleAttendance: 7 000Referee: ... Attig (Tunisia) 21 July 1965

Ivory Coast	1–1	Congo-Léopoldville

Brazzaville 21 July 1965

Algeria	1–0	Madagascar
Lalmas 55'

BrazzavilleAttendance: 7 000Referee: ... Faber (Guinea)

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

23 July – Brazzaville

Mali (a.e.t.)	2
		25 July – Brazzaville
Algeria	1
		Congo (c.k)	0 (7)
23 July – Brazzaville
		Mali	0 (2)
Ivory Coast	0

Congo	1
		Third place

		25 July – Brazzaville

		Ivory Coast	2

		Algeria	0

Semifinals

23 July 1965

Mali	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Samabaly 3' Kéïta 136'		Hachouf 33'

Brazzaville 23 July 1965

Ivory Coast	0–1	Congo
		M'Bono 19'

Brazzaville

Third place match

25 July 1965

Ivory Coast	2–0	Algeria

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

Final

25 July 1965

Congo	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mali
	7–2 (c.k)

Stade de la Révolution, Brazzaville

Classification matches

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

25 July – Brazzaville

Congo Léop.	5
		26 July – Brazzaville
Togo	1
		Congo Léop.	6
25 July – Brazzaville
		Uganda	2
Uganda	5

Madagascar	0
		Seventh place

		26 July – Brazzaville

		Togo	1

		Madagascar	0

5–8th place semifinals

25 July 1965

Congo-Léopoldville	5–1	Togo

Brazzaville 25 July 1965

Uganda	5–0	Madagascar

Brazzaville

Seventh place match

26 July 1965

Togo	1–0	Madagascar

Brazzaville

Fifth place match

26 July 1965

Congo-Léopoldville	6–2	Uganda

Brazzaville

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Congo (H)	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	7
2	Mali	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5	7
3	Ivory Coast	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	7
4	Algeria	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Congo Léopoldville	5	3	1	1	20	8	+12	7
6	Uganda	5	1	1	3	10	14	−4	3
7	Togo	5	2	1	2	7	14	−7	5
8	Madagascar	5	0	0	5	0	19	−19	0
Total		40	17	6	17	73	73	0	40

External links

All-African Games 1965 - rsssf.com

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