AFCON 1968 Qualifiers : Ivory Coast beats Nigeria 2-0 to qualify for 1968 AFCON

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Posted on 7 May 1967

ABIDJAN, May. 7, 1967 (AMP) — Ethiopia 1968 (Qualifiers) : Ivory Coast defeated Nigeria by a score of 2-0 (halftime: 0-0), in a AFCON qualifying game on Sunday. Ivory Coast secured their ticket to the AFCON finals. Nigeria is eliminated.

Fixtures and Results : Group 3

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Overview

Ivory Coast at the AFCON

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

Nigeria at the AFCON

1 appearances (1963)
3 participations in the qualifications (first in 1962)

Ivory Coast

2:0

Nigeria

2:0 (0:0)

7 May 1967
Abidjan

Group 3

Team	Pts
Ivory Coast	10
Nigeria	4
Togo	3

Matches

Nigeria 0-0 Ivory Coast (12 Mar. 1967)
Togo 0-2 Ivory Coast (26 Mar. 1967)
Togo 1-0 Nigeria (2 Apr. 1967)
Nigeria 4-2 Togo (15 Apr. 1967)
Ivory Coast 3-0 Togo (30 Apr. 1967)
Ivory Coast 2-0 Nigeria (7 May. 1967)

AFCON History

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