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Football at the 1965 All-Africa Games – Men's qualification

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The men's qualification for football tournament at the 1965 All-Africa Games.

Qualification

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Zone I (North Africa)

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Algeria Algeria 1–0 Tunisia Tunisia 1–0 0–0
Algeria 1–0 Tunisia
Bentahar 89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: ... Azahar (Morocco)
Tunisia 0–0 Algeria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Boukili (Morocco)

Algeria qualified; Libya and Morocco withdrew the qualification.

Zone II (West Africa 1)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mali Mali The Gambia Gambia
Senegal Senegal w/o Mauritania Mauritania
Mali  Gambia
Gambia  Mali

Mali advanced to the second round

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Senegal Senegal 3–4 Mali Mali 3–0 0–4
Senegal 3–0 Mali
Mali 4–0 Senegal
Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako

Mali qualified.

Zone III (West Africa 2)

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The tournament was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 5
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 8 5 3 3
 Guinea 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 3
 Liberia 3 0 1 2 6 12 –6 1
Ivory Coast 1–1 Guinea
Ghana 5–1 Liberia

Ivory Coast 4–2 Liberia
Ghana 3–3 Guinea

Guinea 3–3 Liberia
Ivory Coast 1–0 Ghana

Ivory Coast qualified.

Zone IV (West Africa 3)

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The tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria. 3-2-1 points system was taken.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Togo 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 11
 Nigeria 4 3 0 1 11 3 8 10
 Dahomey 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 7
 Upper Volta 4 1 1 2 6 10 –4 7
 Niger 4 0 1 3 4 13 –9 5
Nigeria 1–2 Togo
Niger 2–4 Dahomey

Nigeria 6–1 Upper Volta
Togo 3–0 Niger

Upper Volta 2–0 Dahomey
Nigeria 4–0 Niger

Nigeria Abandoned Dahomey
Togo 2–1 Upper Volta

Togo 2–2 Dahomey
Niger 2–2 Ghana

Togo qualified.

Zone V (Central Africa)

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The tournament was held in Léopoldville, Congo Léopoldville.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Congo Léopoldville 6 6 0 0 12
 Cameroon 6 4 0 2 10
 Central African Republic 6 6
 Chad 6 4
Congo Léopoldville  Chad


Cameroon  Chad

Congo Léopoldville  Chad


Cameroon 9–0 Chad

Congo Léopoldville qualified; in addition, Congo qualified as hosts.

Zone VI (East Africa)

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The tournament was held in Kampala, Uganda. Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan withrew the tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uganda 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 2
 Kenya 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 2
 United Arab Republic 2 1 0 1 5 8 –3 2
Uganda 1–3 Kenya

United Arab Republic 4–3 Kenya

Uganda 5–1 United Arab Republic

Uganda qualified.

Zone VII (Southern Africa)

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The tournament was held in Dar El Salam, Tanzania. Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia withdrew.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Madagascar 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 2
 Tanzania 2 1 0 1 3 6 –3 2
Tanzania 1–5 Madagascar

Tanzania 2–1 Madagascar

Madagascar qualified.

Qualified teams

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The following countries have qualified for the final tournament:

Zone Team
Hosts  Congo
Zone I  Algeria
Zone II  Mali
Zone III  Ivory Coast
Zone IV  Togo
Zone V  Congo Léopoldville
Zone VI  Uganda
Zone VII  Madagascar
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