1959 African Cup of Nations

Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox international football competition The 1959 African Cup of Nations was the second edition of the Africa Cup of Nations,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> the football championship between the national teams of Africa, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted and won by the United Arab Republic, a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. Only three teams participated: host team United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Ethiopia.<ref name=":0" /> All three matches took place in Cairo.Template:Cn

Overview

With only three teams, the format changed into a round robin group, but the results were the same, the United Arab Republic won over Ethiopia 4−0 and over Sudan 2−1. The Sudanese finished second, defeating Ethiopia 1−0.

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Essam Baheeg scored the two winning goals for Egypt in the final

Mahmoud El-Gohary, who would later become manager of the Egyptian team between 1988 and 2002, would be the top scorer of this edition of the tournament.

Participating teams

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Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts	1957	Template:Sort (1957)
Template:Fb	Invitee	1957	Template:Sort (1957)
Template:Fb	Invitee	1957	Template:Sort (1957)

Notes

Squads

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Venues

Cairo	Template:Image label begin
Prince Farouk Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
File:Mokhtar El tetsh stadium.jpg

Final tournament

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Scorers

3 goals

• Template:Flagicon Mahmoud El-Gohary

2 goals

• Template:Flagicon Essam Baheeg

1 goal

• Template:Flagicon Mimi El-Sherbini
• Template:Flagicon Abdelmutaleb Nasir
• Template:Flagicon Siddiq Manzul

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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