1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984 | |
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Afcon 1984 official logo | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Ivory Coast |
Dates | 4–18 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cameroon (1st title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Algeria |
Fourth place | Egypt |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 39 (2.44 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Taher Abouzaid (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Théophile Abega |
Best goalkeeper | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
← 1982 1986 → |
The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroon won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 3−1.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Ivory Coast | Hosts | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980) | |
Ghana | Holders | 19 March 1982 | 7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982) |
Algeria | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 3 (1968, 1980, 1982) |
Cameroon | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 3 (1970, 1972, 1982) |
Egypt | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980) |
Malawi | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 0 (debut) |
Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 5 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982) |
Togo | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 1 (1972) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.
Abidjan | |
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Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | |
Capacity: 40,000 | |
Bouaké | |
Stade Bouaké | |
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 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Ivory Coast (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ivory Coast | 3–0 | Togo |
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Koffi 27' Fofana 62' Goba 75' | Report |
Ivory Coast | 1–2 | Egypt |
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Miézan 53' | Report | Abouzaid 66', 72' |
Ivory Coast | 0–2 | Cameroon |
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Report | Milla 42' Djonkep 61' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ghana | 1–2 | Nigeria |
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Opoku N'ti 19' | Report | Nwosu 13' Ehilegbu 31' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
14 March – Abidjan | ||||||
Egypt | 2 (7) | |||||
18 March – Abidjan | ||||||
Nigeria (pen.) | 2 (8) | |||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||
14 March – Abidjan | ||||||
Cameroon | 3 | |||||
Algeria | 0 (4) | |||||
Cameroon (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
17 March – Abidjan | ||||||
Egypt | 1 | |||||
Algeria | 3 |
Semifinals
Egypt | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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Sulaiman 25' Abouzaid 38' | Report | Keshi 43' (pen.) Bala 75' |
Penalties | ||
Abdelghani Shehata Ghareeb El Khatib Abouzeid Nassef Yassin Hassan Youssef | 7–8 | Kingsley Edobor Shofoluwe Ali Keshi Yekini Temile Adeshina Lawal |
Algeria | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Belloumi Yahi Kaci-Saïd Guendouz Madjer | 4–5 | Kundé Ebongué Aoudou Bell Ndoumbé |
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
There were 39 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Tedj Bensaoula
- Nasser Bouiche
- Ali Fergani
- Rabah Madjer
- Djamel Menad
- Hocine Yahi
- Ibrahim Aoudou
- Ernest Ebongué
- René Ndjeya
- Roger Milla
- Magdi Abdelghani
- Emad Soliman
- Seth Ampadu
- Opoku Nti
- Youssouf Fofana
- Michel Goba
- Tia Koffi
- Pascal Miezan
- Clifton Msiya
- Harry Waya
- Ali Bala
- Chibuzor Ehilegbu
- Stephen Keshi
- Muda Lawal
- Henry Nwosu
- Rafiou Moutairou
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Isaac Sinkot | Lakhdar Belloumi | Djamel Menad |
External links
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- 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.
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