Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over 3 zones:
North-Eastern Zone: winners: Cotton Factory Club (Ethiopia)
Western Zone: winners: Stade Malien (Mali)
Central-South-Western Zone: winners: Oryx Douala (Cameroon)
Real Republikans (Ghana) qualified by default as the representative of the host country.
North-Eastern Zone
Round 1
Cotton Factory Club Eth Al-Hilal Sud w/o
Round 2
Cotton Factory Club Eth Tersana Egy w/o
Western Zone
Round 1
Stade Malien Mli Espoir de Saint-Louis Sen 4-0 1-1 5-1x
Sily Club de Kindia Gui Invincible Eleven Lbr 4-1 2-3 6-4y
ASEC (Abidjan) IvC Etoile Filante Tog w/o
AS Porto-Novo Dah [unknown club] Nga w/o
x 1st leg on Apr 5, 1964
y 1st leg on Apr 12, 1964, 2nd leg on Apr 25, 1964
Round 2
Sily Club de Kindia Gui Stade Malien Mli 4-2 0-2 4-4 [2-3]x
AS Porto-Novo Dah ASEC (Abidjan) IvC 2-1 1-4 3-5y
x 1st leg Jun 7, 1964, 2nd leg Jun 21, 1964, play-off in Bamako Jun 24, 1964
y 1st leg Jul 19, 1964, 2nd leg Nov 15, 1964 (original 2nd leg Jul 28, 1964 was abandoned
just before kickoff when AS Porto-Novo refused to play under floodlights)
Round 3
Stade Malien Mli ASEC (Abidjan) IvC 3-3 6-4 9-7x
x 1st leg Dec 13, 1964, 2nd leg Jan 10, 1965. CAF rejected a protest from ASEC against Stade
for fielding players from other clubs; the rules of this tournament permitted the inclusion
of former players who had helped the club to win its domestic title in 1962-63.
Central-South-Western Zone
Oryx Douala (Cameroon) qualified; they were to play the representatives from "Congo" (presumably
Congo-Léopoldville) but it is not clear whether any matches were played or Oryx qualified thanks
to their opponents forfeiting.
The four winners qualified for the final tournament, held in Ghana.
Semi-finals (Jan 31)
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 31- 1-1965
Oryx Douala Cam Real Republikans Gha 2-1x
x Real Republikans were dissolved in 1966 following a coup in Ghana
Goals: Walther Moumi Ebellé 63', Maurice Epétè 75' / Ben Tawiah 2'
Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, 31- 1-1965
Stade Malien Mli Cotton Factory Club Eth 3-1
Goals: Salif Keïta 5' 54', Tiémoko Sinaté 50' / ? 68' OG
Bronze medal match (Feb 5)
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 5- 2-1965
Real Republikans Gha Cotton Factory Club Eth 3-1
Goals: Kofi Pare 57', Amusa Gbadamosi ~65', Charles Addo Odametey 79' pen / Abdelle 50'
Final (Feb 7)
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 7- 2-1965
Oryx Douala Cam Stade Malien Mli 2-1
Goals: Emmanuel Koum 41', Walther Moumi Ebellé 65' / Tiémoko Sinaté 85'
Referee: Anthony Arthur (Liberia)
Oryx: Rodolphe Tokoto, Priso Dotélé Kuntz, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, Jean Moukoko, Emmanuel Koum,
Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Maurice Epété, Samuel Essomba, Walter Moumi Ebellé, Colbert Kotto,
Pierre Ekimbié Dallé.
Sources included: [Con 08], "La Part Du Lion: L'Encyclopedie de L'Histoire Du Football Du Cameroun", Maliweb (originally appeared in L'Essor), "Ghanaian Times", "Daily Graphic" (Accra), "Afrique Nouvelle" (Dakar), "Daily Listener" (Monrovia), "Liberian Age", "Abidjan-Matin" / "Fraternité-Matin" (Abidjan), "Ethiopian Herald", "East African Standard" (Nairobi), "Uganda Argus"
Thanks to Luca Gandini
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