Ivory Coast beats Uganda to advance to AFCON semifinals

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Posted on 16 January 1968

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 16, 1968 (AMP) — Ethiopia 1968 : Ivory Coast defeated Uganda by a score of 2-1 (halftime: 2-1), in a AFCON group stage game on Tuesday. Ivory Coast advance to the Semifinals. Uganda is eliminated.

Fixtures and Results : Group A

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Overview

Ivory Coast at the AFCON

2 appearance (1965)
2 participations in the qualifications (first in 1965)
Statistics: Third Place (1965)

Uganda at the AFCON

2 appearance (1962)
3 participations in the qualifications (first in 1962)
Statistics: Fourth Place (1962)

Ivory Coast

2:1

Uganda

2:1 (2:1)

16 January 1968
Addis Ababa

Group A

Team	Pts
Ethiopia	9
Ivory Coast	6
Algeria	3
Uganda	0

Matches

Ethiopia 2-1 Uganda (12 Jan. 1968)
Ivory Coast 3-0 Algeria (12 Jan. 1968)
Ethiopia 1-0 Ivory Coast (14 Jan. 1968)
Algeria 4-0 Uganda (14 Jan. 1968)
Ivory Coast 2-1 Uganda (16 Jan. 1968)
Ethiopia 3-1 Algeria (16 Jan. 1968)

AFCON History

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