None was necessary. Only three countries entered.
Note: Egypt, together with Syria, was part of the United Arab Republic (U.A.R.) in this period.
However the team itself was selected from only Egyptian players.
All matches were played at Al-Ahly Stadium in Cairo.
22- 5-59 Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia
[Mahmoud El-Gohary 29' 42' 73', Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini 64']
[Egypt: Abdel-Gelil Hemeida, Tareq Selim, Yaken Zaki Hussein, Refaat El-Fanagili,
Taha Ismail, Mahmoud El-Shaghby, Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini,
Mahmoud El-Gohary, Mohei Sharshar, Gomaa Farag, Esam Baheeg.]
[Ethiopia: Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam, Amanuel Mariam, Awad Mohammed, Tadesse Mekouria,
Girmaye I Fikre Mariam, Omer Royale, Kiflom Araya, Mengistu Worku,
Tesfaye Gebremedhin, Girmaye II Tessema, Haile Mariam Asrat.]
[Referee: Živko Bajić (Yugoslavia).]
[Attendance: 50000]
25- 5-59 Sudan 1-0 Ethiopia
[Mutalib Abdel-Nasser 'Drissa' 40']
[Sudan: Eid Sabbit Dudu Damor, Ahmed Mutawakil Mohammed El-Bashir, Mansour Romdane,
Ibrahim Mohammed Ali 'Ibrahim Kabir', Abbas Al-Hedi Syam,
Osman Sabahi Babakr 'Osman Dim', Abdullah Wahaga, Boraî Ahmed El-Bashir,
Mutalib Abdel-Nasser 'Drissa', Omar Ettoum Hassan, Mahmoud Abd Zoubeir.]
[Ethiopia: Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam, Awad Mohammed, Abdulkader Ahmed, Tadesse Mekouria,
Girmaye I Fikre Mariam, Nassir Berhe, Kiflom Araya, Mengistu Worku,
Tesfaye Gebremedhin, Girmaye II Tessema, Haile Mariam Asrat.]
[Referee: Kóstas Tzítzis (Greece).]
[Attendance: 40000]
29- 5-59 Egypt 2-1 Sudan
[Esam Baheeg 12' 89' / Seddiq Mohammed Manzul 65']
[Egypt: Adel Mohammed Heykal, Tareq Selim, Yaken Zaki Hussein, Refaat El-Fanagili,
Taha Ismail, Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini, Mahmoud El-Gohary,
Sherif El-Far, Mohammed Saleh Selim, Esam Baheeg, Alaa El-Din Hassanin El-Hamouli.]
[Sudan: Samir Mohammed Ali, Ahmed Mutawakil Mohammed El-Bashir, Hassan Mohammed Al-Abd,
Ibrahim Mohammed Ali 'Ibrahim Kabir', Abbas Al-Hedi Syam, Suleiman Difalla Al-Mahina,
Mahmoud Abd Zoubeir, Boraî Ahmed El-Bashir, Mutalib Abdel-Nasser 'Drissa',
Seddiq Mohammed Manzul, Abdullah Wahaga.]
[Referee: Živko Bajić (Yugoslavia).]
[Attendance: 60000]
1.EGYPT (U.A.R.) 2 2 0 0 6- 1 4
2.Sudan 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2
3.Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0
Top scorer : Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt), 3 goals
Squads
Egypt (United Arab Republic) (possibly incomplete)
Coach: Pál Titkos (Hungary)
Players: Adel Mohammed Heykal (GK) (Al-Ahly), Abdel-Gelil Hemeida (GK) (Al-Ahly), Tareq Selim (Al-Ahly),
Yaken Zaki Hussein (Zamalek), Refaat El-Fanagili (Al-Ahly), Taha Ismail (Zamalek), Mahmoud El-Shaghby (Tersana),
Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini (Al-Ahly), Mahmoud El-Gohary (Al-Ahly), Mohammed Saleh Selim [capt.] (Al-Ahly),
Mohei Sharshar (Tersana), Gomaa Farag (Zamalek), Esam Baheeg (Zamalek), Sherif El-Far (Zamalek),
Alaa El-Din Hassanin El-Hamouli (Zamalek).
Ethiopia
Coach: Jiří Starosta (Czechoslovakia)
Players: Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam^ (GK) (Adoulis, Asmara), Amanuel Mariam (Hamasien), Awad Mohammed (Omedla),
Abdulkader Ahmed (Gumruk), Nassir Berhe (Omedla), Tadesse Mekouria (Merkuria),
Girmaye I Fikre Mariam (Hamasien), Omer Royale (St George), Kiflom Araya (Tele, Asmara),
Mengistu Worku (St George), Tesfaye Gebremedhin (Tele, Asmara), Haile Mariam Asrat (Metchial),
Girmaye II Tessema (Tele, Asmara), Damte Haile (St George), Tessaw Gebrewolde (Metchial),
Abera Wolde Michael 'Goraw' (St George), Zewde Samuel (St George), Abraha Bayrou (Omedla),
Senaye Hapte Gebril (Air Force), Kebede Metaferia (Metchial), Yonasse Berhane (Metchial).
^ several variations of this name were found, e.g. Gila-Michael Tesfa Mariam, Gila-Michael Bahta, Gila Amde Michael.
Sudan
Coach: József Háda (Hungary)
Players: Eid Sabbit Dudu Damor (GK) (Al-Hilal Omdurman), Samir Mohammed Ali (GK) (Al-Ahly Khartoum),
Mansour Romdane (Al-Merreikh), Ibrahim Mohammed Ali 'Ibrahim Kabir' (Al-Ahly Khartoum),
Hassan Mohammed Al-Abd (Al-Merreikh), Ahmed Mutawakil Mohammed El-Bashir (Al-Merreikh),
Suleiman Difalla Al-Mahina (Al-Mourada), Boraî Ahmed El-Bashir (Al-Merreikh),
Abbas Al-Hedi Syam (Al-Hilal Omdurman), Osman Sabahi Babakr 'Osman Dim' (Al-Hilal Omdurman),
Mahmoud Abd Zoubeir (Al-Mourada), Seddiq Mohammed Manzul [capt.*] (Al-Hilal Omdurman),
Mutalib Abdel-Nasser 'Drissa' (Al-Hilal Omdurman), Omar Ettoum Hassan (Al-Mourada),
Abdullah Wahaga (Al-Hilal Omdurman), Osman Abdel-Latif (Tahrir), Ahmed Jadin (Obeid),
Hassan El-Tayyib (Al-Ittihad Bahary), Hamed Ibrahim Kamel 'Al-Boudi' (Al-Amal Atbara).
* Seddiq Mohammed Manzul was the captain vs Egypt, 'Osman Dim' was captain vs Ethiopia.
Thanks to Khaled Abul-Oyoun. Thanks also to François Mazet, Andrzej Markowski, and Jarosław Owsiański for an earlier version of this file.
Sources included: "Le football africain: trente ans de coupe d'Afrique des nations" (Faouzi Mahjoub), "Al-Ahram" (Cairo), "Al-Mesaa" (Cairo), "The Ethiopian Herald" (Addis Ababa), www.egyptianfootball.net (Dr Tarek Said), various Sudanese online forums.
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