1962 African Cup of Nations explained

Tourney Name:	African Cup of Nations
Year:	1962
Other Titles:	1962 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Size:	200px
Country:	Ethiopia
Dates:	14–21 January
Num Teams:	4
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	Ethiopia
Champion-Flagvar:	1897
Count:	1
Second:	United Arab Republic
Third:	Tunisia
Third-Flagvar:	1959
Fourth:	Uganda
Fourth-Flagvar:	colonial
Matches:	4
Goals:	18
Top Scorer:	Badawi Abdel Fattah Luciano Vassallo (3 goals each)
Player:	Mengistu Worku
Prevseason:	1959
Nextseason:	1963

The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time, defeating UAR 4–2, after extra time in the final.^[1]

This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Qualified teams

See main article: 1962 African Cup of Nations qualification.

This page details the process of qualifying for the 1962 African Cup of Nations.

Nine nations initially entered the competition, with Ethiopia and Egypt both automatically qualified as hosts and title holders respectively. Sudan withdrew before the draw, and Morocco withdrew before play began, thus leaving five teams vying for the remaining two spots in the finals. This was the first time Sudan did not compete in the tournament.