1957 African Cup of Nations

The 1957 African Cup of Nations was the first edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Sudan, and three teams participated: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia (South Africa were disqualified because of apartheid).

In 1956 apartheid had increased its presence in South Africa, so their National team was banned from the tournament. Ethiopia has a bye to the final,while at Stade Municipal in Karthoum the Egyptians beat the hosting nation 2-1. The final is much easier for Egypt: 4-0 against Ethiopia, all the goalsscored by Ad-Diba, that finished the tournament as top scorer with 5 goals. Only two games to give Egypt the African Champions title.

emifinals

footballbox
date = 10 February, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|Sudan|1956
goals1 = Manzul goal|58
team2 = fb|Egypt|1952
goals2 = Raafat Ateya goal|21|pen
Al-Diba (Mohamed Diab El-Attar) goal|72
score = 1–2
stadium = Stade Municipal, Khartoum----footballbox
date = 10 February, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|Ethiopia|1897
team2 = fb|South Africa|1928
score = walkover
stadium =

Final

footballbox
date = 16 February, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|Egypt|1952
goals1 = Al-Diba (Mohamed Diab El-Attar) goal|goal|goal|goal|
team2 = fb|Ethiopia|1897
score = 4–0
stadium = Stade Municipal, Khartoum

corers

;4 goals
*fb-rt|Egypt|1952 Mohamed Diab El-Attar

;1 goal
*fb-rt|Ethiopia|1897 Manzu
*fb-rt|Egypt|1952 Raafat Ateya

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/57a.html Details at RSSSF]