Zone 1 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 recognise
Israel.
Zone 2 The match in
Nairobi between
Kenya and
Ethiopia originally ended with Kenya winning 3–2, but Ethiopia lodged 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 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
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Zone 4 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Egypt's withdrawal==