# 1968 African Cup of Nations

The 1968 African Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The field expanded to eight teams, split into two groups of four; the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. Congo-Kinshasa won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.
Prior to this tournament, the African Cup of Nations were held once every three years, following 1968 they were held once every two years.

## Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Ethiopia | Hosts | | 5 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965) |
| Ghana | Holders | 21 November 1965 | 2 (1963, 1965) |
| Algeria | Group 2 winners | 9 April 1967 | 0 (debut) |
| Ivory Coast | Group 3 winners | 7 May 1967 | 1 (1965) |
| Uganda | Group 4 winners | 30 June 1967 | 1 (1962) |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Group 5 winners | 17 September 1967 | 0 (debut) |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Group 6 winners | 10 October 1967 | 1 (1965) |
| Senegal | Group 1 winners | 22 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |

### Notes

* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

## Venues

| Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa Asmara |
| Hailé Sélassié Stadium | Addis Ababa Asmara |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Addis Ababa Asmara |
| Asmara | Addis Ababa Asmara |
| Cicero Stadium | Addis Ababa Asmara |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Addis Ababa Asmara |

## 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:
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ethiopia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Congo-Kinshasa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Congo-Brazzaville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 19 January – Addis Ababa | 19 January – Addis Ababa |
| Ethiopia | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 21 January – Addis Ababa | 21 January – Addis Ababa |
| Congo-Kinshasa (a.e.t.) | 3 | 21 January – Addis Ababa | 21 January – Addis Ababa |
| Congo-Kinshasa (a.e.t.) | 3 | Congo-Kinshasa | 1 |
| 19 January – Asmara | 19 January – Asmara | | Congo-Kinshasa | 1 |
| 19 January – Asmara | 19 January – Asmara | Ghana | 0 |
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 4 | Ghana | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 January – Addis Ababa | 21 January – Addis Ababa |
| | | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| | | Ethiopia | 0 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 52 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.
6 goals
* Laurent Pokou
5 goals
* Wilberforce Mfum
4 goals
* Osei Kofi
3 goals
* Hacène Lalmas
* Luciano Vassalo
2 goals
* Jean "Jeannot" Foutika
* Nicodème Kabamba
* Kidumu Mantantu
* Léon Mungamuni
* Yatma Diop
* Yatma Diouck
* Mengistu Worku
1 goal
* Boualem Amirouche
* Mokhtar Kalem
* Ignace Muwawa
* Saio Ernest Mokili
* Pierre Kalala Mukendi
* Elias Tshimanga
* Jean-Louis Bozon
* Henri Konan
* Eustache Manglé
* Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot
* Shewangizaw Agonafer
* Girma Tekle
* Frank Odoi
* Ibrahim Sunday
* Doudou Diongue
* Denis Obua
* Polly Ouma

## Team of the Tournament

Source:
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Kazadi Mwamba | Henri Konan Charles Addo Odametey Yérim Diagne Djibril Gueye | Luciano Vassallo Mengistu Worku Hacène Lalmas Joseph Bléziri | Laurent Pokou Doudou Diongue |