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Cameroon - 23 February 1972 - 5 March 1972

Winner : Congo

 

Podium

1	Congo
2	Mali
3	Cameroon

 

Group A (Cameroon - 23/02/1972 - 28/02/1972)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Cameroon	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
2	Mali	3	3	0	3	0	5	5	0
3	Kenya	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1
4	Togo	2	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2

Last matches

23 February 1972
	Cameroon	2 - 1	Kenya
24 February 1972
	Mali	3 - 3	Togo
26 February 1972
	Mali	1 - 1	Kenya
	Cameroon	2 - 0	Togo
28 February 1972
	Cameroon	1 - 1	Mali
	Togo	1 - 1	Kenya

Detail of the results

Group B (Cameroon - 25/02/1972 - 29/02/1972)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	4	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
2	Congo	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
3	Morocco	3	3	0	3	0	3	3	0
4	Sudan	2	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2

Last matches

25 February 1972
	Congo	1 - 1	Morocco
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1 - 1	Sudan
27 February 1972
	Morocco	1 - 1	Sudan
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	2 - 0	Congo
29 February 1972
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1 - 1	Morocco
	Congo	4 - 2	Sudan

Detail of the results

Final Round (Cameroon - 02/03/1972 - 05/03/1972)

Semi-Finals

2 March 1972
	Cameroon	0 - 1	Congo
	Mali	4 - 3 ot	Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Third Place Match

4 March 1972
	Cameroon	5 - 2	Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Final

5 March 1972
	Congo	3 - 2	Mali

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 3
  • Number of rounds : 5
  • Matches : 16
  • Home victories : 7 (44 %)
  • Away victories : 1 (6 %)
  • Drawn matches : 8 (50 %)

  • Best round in goals : 1st (41 goals)
  • Average of goals per match : 3.31
  • Goals scored average at home : 2
  • Goals scored average: away games : 1.31
  • Total number of goals : 53
  • Average goals per round : 10.6
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Cameroon	3
  2	Congo	3
  3	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	1
  4	Mali	1
  5	Kenya	0
  6	Morocco	0

  Drawn matches

  1	Mali	3
  2	Morocco	3
  3	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	2
  4	Kenya	2
  5	Sudan	2
  6	Togo	2

  Losses

  1	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	2
  2	Cameroon	1
  3	Congo	1
  4	Kenya	1
  5	Mali	1
  6	Sudan	1

• Game/match scores
  
  

  1-1	7	44 %	2-0	2	13 %	5-2	1	6 %
  4-3	1	6 %	4-2	1	6 %	3-3	1	6 %
  3-2	1	6 %	2-1	1	6 %	0-1	1	6 %

Africa Cup of Nations 1972 - Participating teams

Cameroon

Congo

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Kenya

Mali

Morocco

Sudan

Togo

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