1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 8−22 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Nigeria (1st title) |
Runners-up | Algeria |
Third place | Morocco |
Fourth place | Egypt |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Khalid Labied Segun Odegbami (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Christian Chukwu |
← 1978 1982 → |
The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Nigeria | Hosts | 3 (1963, 1976, 1978) | |
Ghana | Holders | 16 March 1978 | 5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978) |
Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974) |
Morocco | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 3 (1972, 1976, 1978) |
Algeria | 2nd round winners | 8 July 1979 | 1 (1968) |
Egypt | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1979 | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976) |
Guinea | 2nd round winners | 19 August 1979 | 3 (1970, 1974, 1976) |
Tanzania | 2nd round winners | 26 August 1979 | 0 (debut) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.
Lagos | |
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Surulere Stadium | |
Capacity: 80,000 | |
Ibadan | |
Liberty Stadium | |
Capacity: 35,000 | |
Group stage
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nigeria (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Egypt | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Hammam 8' Mokhtar 20' | Report | Gome 7' |
Nigeria | 0–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Report |
Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Tanzania |
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Koma 7' | Report | Waziri 59' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 March – Lagos | ||||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||
22 March – Lagos | ||||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||
Nigeria | 3 | |||||
19 March – Ibadan | ||||||
Algeria | 0 | |||||
Algeria (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||
Egypt | 2 (2) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
21 March – Lagos | ||||||
Morocco | 2 | |||||
Egypt | 0 |
Semi-finals
Algeria | 2–2 | Egypt |
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Assad 55' (pen.) Benmiloudi 62' | Report | El Khatib 32' El Sayed 47' |
Penalties | ||
Belloumi Fergani Khedis Larbès Assad | 4–2 | Shehata Mokhtar El Khatib Amer |
Third place match
Final
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Mustapha Kouici | Lakhdar Belloumi |
Goalscorers
There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
- Lakhdar Belloumi
- Tedj Bensaoula
- Muda Lawal
- Thuwein Waziri
1 goal
- Salah Assad
- Hocine Benmiloudi
- Mahmoud El Khatib
- Ramadan El Sayed
- Maher Hammam
- Mokhtar Mokhtar
- Mosaad Nour
- Hassan Shehata
- Willie Klutse
- Moussa Camara
- Ibrahima Diawara
- Sidouba Bangoura.
- Ani Gome
- Kouman Kobenan
- Tahir Mustapha
- Okey Isima
- Ifeanyi Onyedika
- Felix Owolabi
- Juma Mkambi
External links
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- Cameroon 1972
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- Ethiopia 1976
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- Nigeria 1980
- Libya 1982
- Ivory Coast 1984
- Egypt 1986
- Morocco 1988
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- Angola 2010
- Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
- South Africa 2013
- Equatorial Guinea 2015
- Gabon 2017
- Egypt 2019
- Cameroon 2021
- Ivory Coast 2023
- Morocco 2025
- Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
- TBD 2029
- Notes
- The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
- There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
- The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
- Football in Africa portal