Jalco Cup
The Jalco Cup was a football competition held from 1951 to 1959 between the national teams of the Gold Coast or Ghana and Nigeria . The Nigerian company Joe Allen & Co. acted as sponsor of the competition.
date | Venue | Home team | result | Visiting team |
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October 20, 1951 | Lagos | Nigeria | 5-0 | Gold coast |
1952 | because of political tensions in the Gold Coast failed | |||
October 11, 1953 | Accra | Gold coast | 1-0 | Nigeria |
October 30, 1954 | Lagos | Nigeria | 3-0 | Gold coast |
October 30, 1955 | Accra | Gold coast | 7-0 | Nigeria |
October 27, 1956 | Lagos | Nigeria | 3-0 | Gold coast |
October 27, 1957 | Accra | Ghana | 3: 3 | Nigeria |
October 25, 1958 | Lagos | Nigeria | 3: 2 | Ghana |
November 21, 1959 | Accra | Ghana | 5: 2 | Nigeria |
In 1960 the competition was replaced by the Nkrumah Cup , named after Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah . Teams other than Ghana and Nigeria were also eligible to participate.
date | Venue | Home team | result | Visiting team |
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October 9, 1960 | Lagos | Nigeria | 0: 3 | Ghana |
Nigeria qualified with two wins over Dahomey (1-0 and 10-1). | ||||
February 27, 1963 | Accra | Ghana | 4-0 | Mali |
Ghana, Mali , Senegal and Nigeria (3: 1 and 2: 1 over Cameroon and 1: 1 and 4: 1 over Dahomey) had qualified for the final round of the tournament . In the semi-finals, Ghana won against Nigeria (5-0) and Mali against Senegal (3-1); the game for third place finally won Nigeria 4-0 over the Senegalese. |
In 1965 the competition was replaced by the Azikwe Cup , named after Nigeria's President Nnamdi Azikwe . Again, only the teams from Ghana and Nigeria competed against each other in two games.
date | Venue | Home team | result | Visiting team |
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October 30, 1965 | Lagos | Nigeria | 0: 4 | Ghana |
November 7, 1965 | Accra | Ghana | 3-0 | Nigeria |
With this, Ghana won the 1965 event 7-0. | ||||
January 28, 1967 | Lagos | Nigeria | 2: 2 | Ghana |
February 12, 1967 | Accra | Ghana | 2-0 | Nigeria |
Ghana won the 1966 tournament 4-2. | ||||
October 21, 1967 | Accra | Ghana | 2: 1 | Nigeria |
December 23, 1967 | Lagos | Nigeria | 2: 2 | Ghana |
Ghana won the 1967 tournament 4-3. |
Web links
- Jalco Cup 1951-1959 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Nkrumah Cup 1960-1963 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Azikwe Cup 1965-1967 ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Arch-rivals ring in a new chapter in Africa's football history ( German ) In: fifa.com . Retrieved November 10, 2012.