# 1970 African Cup of Nations

The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its first championship, beating Ghana in the final 1−0.
The tournament marked the fourth final appearance in a row for Ghana.

## Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Sudan | Hosts | | 3 (1957, 1959, 1963) |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Holders | 21 January 1968 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
| Ethiopia | 2nd round winners | 31 May 1969 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968) |
| Cameroon | 2nd round winners | 3 August 1969 | 0 (debut) |
| Ghana | 2nd round winners | 21 September 1969 | 3 (1963, 1965, 1968) |
| United Arab Republic | 2nd round winners | 28 September 1969 | 4 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963) |
| Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 26 October 1969 | 2 (1965, 1968) |
| Guinea | 2nd round winners | 26 October 1969 | 0 (debut) |

### Notes

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

## Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Khartoum and Wad Madani.
| Khartoum | KhartoumWad Madani |
| Municipal Stadium | KhartoumWad Madani |
| Capacity: 30,000 | KhartoumWad Madani |
| Wad Madani | KhartoumWad Madani |
| Wad Madani Stadium | KhartoumWad Madani |
| Capacity: 15,000 | KhartoumWad Madani |

## 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 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sudan (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Tied on overall points. Overall goal difference: Ivory Coast +5, Sudan +3, Cameroon +1.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United Arab Rep. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Congo-Kinshasa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 February – Khartoum | 14 February – Khartoum |
| Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 16 February – Khartoum | 16 February – Khartoum |
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | 16 February – Khartoum | 16 February – Khartoum |
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | Ghana | 0 |
| 14 February – Khartoum | 14 February – Khartoum | | Ghana | 0 |
| 14 February – Khartoum | 14 February – Khartoum | Sudan | 1 |
| United Arab Rep. | 1 | Sudan | 1 |
| Sudan (a.e.t.) | 2 | | |
| Sudan (a.e.t.) | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 February – Khartoum | 16 February – Khartoum |
| | | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| | | United Arab Rep. | 3 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.
8 goals
* Laurent Pokou
5 goals
* Hassan El-Shazly
3 goals
* Mengistu Worku
* Kwasi Owusu
* Hasabu El-Sagheer
* Ali Abo Greisha
2 goals
* Emmanuel Koum
* Gaston Paul N'Doga
* Jean-Marie Tsébo
* Diomandé Losseni
* Ibrahim Sunday
* Soriba Soumah
* Jaksa
* Muhamad El-Basheer El-Asyad
1 goal
* Jean Manga-Onguéné
* François Tahi
* Malik Jabir
* Petit Sory
* Thiam Ousmane Tolo
* Ali Gagarin
* André Kalonzo
* Léon Mungamuni
* Sayed Abdel Razek
* Taha Basry

## Team of the tournament

Source:
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Robert Mensah | Samir Salih John Eshun Amin Zaki Hany Mostafa | Ernest Kallet Bialy Ibrahim Sunday Bernard Gnahoré Maxime Camara | Laurent Pokou Ali Abo Gresha |