1970 African Cup of Nations كأس أمم أفريقيا 1970 Host country Sudan Dates 6–16 February Teams 8 Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Sudan (1st title) Runners-up Ghana Third place United Arab Republic Fourth place Ivory Coast Matches played 16 Goals scored 51 (3.19 per match) Attendance 146,858 (9,179 per match) Top scorer(s) Laurent Pokou (8 goals)Best player(s) Laurent Pokou
International football competition
The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations , the association football championship of Africa (CAF ). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968 , the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.
The tournament marked the fourth final appearance in a row for Ghana.
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a] Sudan Hosts 3 (1957 , 1959 , 1963 ) Congo-Kinshasa Holders 21 January 1968 2 (1965 , 1968 ) Ethiopia 2nd round winners 31 May 1969 6 (1957 , 1959 , 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1968 ) Cameroon 2nd round winners 3 August 1969 0 (debut) Ghana 2nd round winners 21 September 1969 3 (1963 , 1965 , 1968 ) United Arab Republic 2nd round winners 28 September 1969 4 (1957 , 1959 , 1962 , 1963 ) Ivory Coast 2nd round winners 26 October 1969 2 (1965 , 1968 ) Guinea 2nd round winners 26 October 1969 0 (debut)
Notes ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. The competition was played in two venues in Khartoum and Wad Madani .
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Editions Qualification Finals Bids Squads Statistics Miscellaneous Notes The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages. Football in Africa portal