1974 African Cup of Nations

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The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.

Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its second championship (their first win came as Congo-Kinshasa), tying Zambia 2−2 in the final and beating them 2−0 in the replay. Zaire went on to compete in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were 2 best teams in African qualification to 1974 World Cup.

Qualified teamsEdit

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The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968 1972)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1962, 1968)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970)

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SquadsEdit

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VenuesEdit

Cairo	Template:Location map+	Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium		Alexandria Stadium
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Capacity: 95,000		Capacity: 13,660
El-Mahalla El-Kubra		Damanhour
El Mahalla Stadium		Ala'ab Damanhour Stadium
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Capacity: 29,000		Capacity: 8,000

Group stageEdit

TiebreakersEdit

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 AEdit

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Group BEdit

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