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The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. The participating teams were Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

Overview

South Africa was drawn to play Ethiopia in the semi-finals, but were disqualified due to apartheid.[1] Ethiopia therefore had a bye to the final, whilst in the other semi-final at Municipal Stadium in Khartoum, the Egyptians beat the host nation 2–1.[2]

Raafat Attia scored the first ever goal in the history of the tournament for Egypt

In the final, Egypt beat Ethiopia 4–0, with all four goals scored by El-Diba, who finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals. Only two games were played in this first edition.[1]

Participating teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 Sudan Hosts 8 July 1956
 Egypt Invitee 8 July 1956
 Ethiopia Invitee 8 July 1956

Venues

Squads

Main article: 1957 African Cup of Nations squads

Final tournament

Main article: 1957 African Cup of Nations knockout stage

[1]

Semifinals

Sudan 1–2 Egypt
Bashir 58' Attia 21' (pen.)
Ad-Diba 72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gebeyehu Doube (Ethiopia)
Ethiopia w/o South Africa

South Africa were disqualified due to the country's apartheid policies; Ethiopia advanced by walkover.

Final

Main article: 1957 African Cup of Nations Final
Egypt 4–0 Ethiopia
Ad-Diba 2', 7', 68', 89'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • Egypt Ad-Diba – four of the five goals were scored in Egypt's 4–0 defeat of Ethiopia in the final. [3][4]
1 goal

References

  1. ^ a b c Khaled Abul-Oyoun; Ken Knight; Neil Morrison; Karel Stokkermans (3 October 2013). "African Nations Cup 1957". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ New dawn for Ethiopia after Nations Cup qualification - BBC Sport
  3. ^ FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 Feb 2017) [1]
  4. ^ a b (Polish) - Onet sport : Puchar Narodów Afryki, czyli piłkarska fantazja w środku ligowego sezonu, by PAWEŁ BANACZYK (14 January 2017) [2]
  5. ^ Khaled Abul-Oyoun; Ken Knight; Neil Morrison; Karel Stokkermans (3 October 2013). "African Nations Cup 1957". Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ Bagozzi, Marco (14 January 2017). "Sessant'anni fa la prima Coppa delle Nazioni d'Africa" (in Italian). Opinione Pubblica.

External links

Media related to 1957 African Cup of Nations at Wikimedia Commons

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