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

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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. 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.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First round
Dahomey  3–3  Tunisia 2–2 1–1
Liberia  4–6  Ghana 4–5 0–1
First round play-off
Dahomey  1–1 (a.e.t.) (t)  Tunisia
Second round
Ghana  3–2  Tunisia 2–0 1–2

First round

Dahomey 2–2 Tunisia
  • Coréa 60', 63'
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Tunisia 1–1 Dahomey
Report
  • Rahimi 49'
Stade Géo-André, TunisAttendance: 20,000

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

Liberia 4–5 Ghana
  • Brown ?', ?'
  • ?', ?'
 Report
Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia
Ghana 1–0 Liberia
  • ?'
 Report
Accra Sports Stadium, AccraAttendance: 15,000

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

Play-off

Dahomey 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
  • Coréa 57'
 Report
Stade d'Honneur, CasablancaAttendance: 1,000

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

Second round

Ghana 2–0 Tunisia
  • Mfum 44'
  • Kofi 88'
 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Tunisia 2–1 Ghana
Report
  • Salisu 57'
Attendance: 20,000

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

References

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