1962 African Cup of Nations final

1962 African Cup of Nations Final
Event	1962 African Cup of Nations
	After extra time
Date	21 January 1962
Venue	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee	Wilson Brooks (Uganda)
Attendance	30,000
	← 1959 1963 →

The 1962 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 21 January 1962 at the Hailé Sélassié Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to determine the winner of the 1962 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Ethiopia beat United Arab Republic 4−2 after extra time, winning their first title.^[1]^[2]

Road to the final[edit]

Ethiopia		Round	United Arab Rep.
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Tunisia	4–2	Semifinals	Uganda	2–1

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

21 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic
Kidane 74' L. Vassallo 84'^[a] I. Vassallo 101' Worku 118'		Badawi 35', 75'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilson Brooks (

Uganda)

Ethiopia

United Arab Republic


GK	Gila-Michael Tekle-Mariam
RB	Asmelash Berhe
CB	Awade Mohammed
CB	Kiflom Araya
LB	Berhe Goitom
RM	Tesfaye Gebremedhin
CM	Girma Zeleke	?'
CM	Italo Vassallo
LM	Luciano Vassallo
CF	Mengistu Worku
CF	Getachew Wolde
Substitutions:
CF	Tekle Kidane	?'
Manager:
Ydnekatchew Tessema Slavko Milošević


GK		Adel Hekal
RB		Ahmed Moustafa
CB		Raafat Ateya
CB		Tarek Selim
LB		Rifaat El-Fanagily
RM		Mohammed Badawi
CM		Mohamed Seddik
CM		Badawi Abdel Fattah
LM		Saleh Selim
CF		Taha Ismail
CF		Mimi El-Sherbini
Manager:
Mohamed El-Guindy Hanafy Bastan

Notes[edit]

^ Mengistu Worku was initially credited with scoring twice in the final, but later, one of his goals in the 84th minute was attributed to Luciano Vassallo.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "African Nations Cup 1962". RSSSF. 30 March 2021.
^ "Anotando Fútbol *: Copa África 1962". 7 January 2015.

[final-3] Mengistu Worku was initially credited with scoring twice in the final, but later, one of his goals in the 84th minute was attributed to Luciano Vassallo.^[1]

[auto1-1] "African Nations Cup 1962". RSSSF. 30 March 2021.

[2] "Anotando Fútbol *: Copa África 1962". 7 January 2015.

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