 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chikwata chakakunda mutambo weAfrica pamusha, muna 1962. Nyika pfumbamwe dzakapinda mumakwikwi aya, kusanganisira vakunda, United Arab Republic, zvichireva kuti kokutanga mutambo wokukwikwidza waifanira kuitwa. Semakwikwi apfuura, makwikwi ekupedzisira aingosanganisira zvikwata zvina chete. United Arab Republic, sevakakunda, neEthiopia sevakagamuchira, vakakodzera otomatiki zvichireva kuti mumwe nemumwe aifanira kutamba mutambo mumwe chete kuti asvike kumagumo. Ethiopia yakakunda makwikwi aya kekutanga mushure mekuwedzerwa nguva mumutambo wekupedzisira neUnited Arab Republic. Mengistu Worku naBadawi Abdel Fattah ndivo vakabata zvibodzwa zvikuru, vese vaine zvibodzwa zvitatu mumwe nemumwe, asi mubairo pachawo wakapihwa Worku nekuti timu yake yakanga yakahwina mukombe. Uku ndiko kwaiva kubudirira kukuru kwakamboitwa nechikwata chenyika yeEthiopia, uye ndiyo chete mukombe weAfrican Cup of Nations wavakambokunda. Luciano Vassalo akanga ari kaputeni wechikwata chacho, uye murairidzi wacho akanga ari Ydnekatchew Tessema. 