Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers – Group 2

The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Africa Group 2 was one of the three African groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan.[1] Group 2 consisted of four teams: Dahomey, Ghana, Liberia, Tunisia. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Ghana qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Tunisia 3–2 on aggregate in the second round.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dahomey   3–3   Tunisia 2–2 1–1
Liberia   4–6   Ghana 4–5 0–1
Dahomey  2–2  Tunisia
  • Coréa   60', 63'
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Attendance: 15,000
Tunisia  1–1  Dahomey
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  • Rahimi   49'
Attendance: 20,000

Dahomey and Tunisia tied 3–3 on aggregate and advanced to a play-off.


Liberia  4–5  Ghana
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  • Acquah   ?', ?'
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Ghana  1–0  Liberia
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Attendance: 15,000

Ghana won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Play-off

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dahomey   1–1 (a.e.t.) (t)   Tunisia
Dahomey  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
  • Coréa   57'
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Attendance: 1,000

Tunisia won the play-off via a toss and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ghana   3–2   Tunisia 2–0 1–2
Ghana  2–0  Tunisia
  • Mfum   44'
  • Kofi   88'
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Attendance: 20,000
Tunisia  2–1  Ghana
  • Jedidi   12'
  • Ben Othman   87'
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  • Salisu   57'
Attendance: 20,000

Ghana won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): AFRICA". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.