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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.[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
  • Brown ?', ?'
  • ?', ?'
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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
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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.