1972 African Cup of Nations

The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Cameroon, in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala. Just like in 1970, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The People's Republic of the Congo won its first championship, beating Mali in the final 3−2.

Qualified teams

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For the first time, Ethiopia did not compete. The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1970)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970)

Notes

Squads

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Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Yaoundé and Douala.

Yaoundé	Template:Location map+
Stade Omnisports
Capacity: 38,720
File:Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo 2014 (1).JPG
Douala
Stade de la Réunification
Capacity: 30,000
File:Stade de Bepanda.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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Group B

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Knockout stage

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Final

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Team of the tournament

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Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Flagicon Allal Ben Kassou	Template:Flagicon Mohamed El-Sir Abdalla Template:Flagicon Bwanga Tshimen Template:Flagicon Paul N'lend Template:Flagicon Boujemaa Benkhrif	Template:Flagicon Mayanga Maku Template:Flagicon Noël Minga-Tchibinda Template:Flagicon Paul-Gaston N'Dongo Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Tokoto	Template:Flagicon Kakoko Etepé Template:Flagicon François M'Pelé

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Details at www.angelfire.com
• footballmundial.tripod.com
• www.world-results.net

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