1962 African Cup of Nations 1962 African Cup of Nations The 1962 African Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions Egypt, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. The finals only included four teams. Egypt, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time after extra time in the final. This tournament has the highest goals-per-game average
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations Cup finals. Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) originally organised the competition under the title "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier" (also known informally as the "CAF Beach Soccer Championship"). Despite historically having minimal input (often only sending delegates), CAF became lead organisers in 2015, establishing a qualification phase to determine the elite eight nations to compete in the tournament finals. CAF also began using the BSAFCON title to which the competition was officially renamed for the next edition, scheduled for 2017. However, CAF later announced that since three of its competitions were already held in odd-numbered years, the tournament would