Chedly Zouiten Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Mutuelleville district of Tunis , Tunisia . It is currently used by football team Stade Tunisien . The stadium holds 18,000 people.
11-635: It hosted the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations . It was renovated for two meetings of the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations . Long the main stadium in the capital, it was supplanted by the Stade El Menzah in 1967 and then by the Stade 7 November of Radès in 2001, both larger and more modern. It was named as Stade Géo André , who was a French sportsman killed by German forces during the Tunisian campaign of World War II , before being renamed in honour of Chedly Zouiten ,
22-450: A figure of Tunisian football, after his death in 1963. The municipality of Tunis closed it on 17 November 2006 to carry out renovation work estimated at 3.4 million dinars and initially caused by faults in the rainwater drainage channels. This cost includes the renovation of the sanitation and drainage network for rainwater, the renovation of the grandstand, the press stand, bleachers on the lawn side, changing rooms, electrical installations;
33-510: A protest with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) claiming Kenya had fielded two players (Moses Wabwayi and Stephen Baraza) who were ineligible as they had represented Uganda previously: the protest was upheld and Ethiopia were awarded a 2–0 victory, subsequently qualifying ahead of Sudan . CAF also suspended both players for one year (backdated to September 1964) after upholding a protest from Uganda that they were still registered with
44-579: The Uganda F.A. and had not received official transfers. Kenya argued against the ruling and sent documents to prove that the two were Kenyan citizens, having been born in Kenya, while the case was also referred to FIFA . Following Egypt's withdrawal, CAF announced a playoff between the second-placed teams in the other three Zones to determine Egypt's replacement in the final tournament. Following this announcement, Sudan declined CAF's invitation to participate, with
55-400: The diplomatic crisis with Tunisia. Sudan also failed to qualify after stumbling in the qualifiers. Congo-Léopoldville , Senegal and Ivory Coast are participating in the finals for the first time. Ghana retained its title, beating Tunisia in the final 3–2 after extra time . This was Ghana's second African championship title in two participations. Four tickets are to be distributed to
66-662: The process of qualifying for the 1965 African Cup of Nations . The qualified teams are: Originally, Egypt qualified by default after Morocco and Nigeria both withdrew, but Egypt later withdrew due to the deterioration of diplomatic relations with Tunisia following a speech in Jericho by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba , who called on the Arab countries to recognize Israel . The match in Nairobi between Kenya and Ethiopia originally ended with Kenya winning 3–2, but Ethiopia lodged
77-606: The start of the qualifiers, and later withdrew due to the deterioration of its diplomatic relations with Tunisia after a speech given by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in Jericho in which he called on Arab countries to recognize Israel . If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking: There were 31 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match. 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal 1965 African Cup of Nations qualification#Zone 1 This page details
88-454: The thirteen countries participating in these qualifications. Tunisia , the tournament organizer, and Ghana , the defending champion, are exempt from these games. Sudan , called upon to compensate for this absence, also declines the invitation. It is finally Congo-Léopoldville that is selected by the Confederation of African Football to take part in the tournament. Egypt qualified from Zone 1 after Morocco and Nigeria withdrew before
99-565: The tournament, which rose from four to six teams. Two of them qualified automatically, the host country Tunisia and the defending champion Ghana . A first round was determined by two groups of three teams, then the final (for the top teams in each group) and a third-place match for the teams that finished second. Ethiopia is the only team to have participated in every edition of the Africa Cup of Nations since its inception. Egypt (twice winner in 1957 and 1959 ) refused to participate due to
110-557: The works were launched on 2 January 2009 for a period of ten months. It was not until 20 May 2012 that the stadium was finally reopened. The stadium houses two grass football pitches, one for training and the other for national and international sports competitions, a handball field, a 400-metre track, two jumping pits, two shooting ranges and a steeple river. 36°49′44″N 10°10′12″E / 36.828863°N 10.170121°E / 36.828863; 10.170121 1965 Africa Cup of Nations The 1965 African Cup of Nations
121-476: Was the fifth edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) hosted in Tunisia from 12 and 21 November 1965. This was the final edition of the tournament to be held in an odd-numbered year before 2013 . The growing enthusiasm for the competition and the increasing number of participating teams led to an increase in the number of participants in
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