1980 African Cup of Nations

1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates8−22 March
Teams8
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 played16
Goals scored33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Khalid Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Christian Chukwu
← 1978
1982 →
International football competition

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

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 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
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.

Lagos Ibadan
Surulere Stadium Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
 Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Tanzania 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria 3–1 Tanzania
Lawal 11'
Onyedika 35'
Odegbami 85'		 Report Mkambi 54'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)
Egypt 2–1 Ivory Coast
Hammam 8'
Mokhtar 20'		 Report Gome 7'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
Egypt 2–1 Tanzania
Shehata 32'
Nour 38'		 Report Waziri 86'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
Nigeria 0–0 Ivory Coast
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Ivory Coast 1–1 Tanzania
Koma 7' Report Waziri 59'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon)
Nigeria 1–0 Egypt
Isima 15' Report
Attendance: 70,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
 Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Morocco 1–1 Guinea
Mustapha 7' Report M. Camara 8'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Paul Preira (Senegal)
Algeria 1–0 Morocco
Belloumi 90+3' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisia)
Ghana 1–0 Guinea
Klutse 69' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)
Algeria 3–2 Guinea
Bensaoula 12', 49'
Belloumi 37'		 Report Diawara 82'
Bangoura 90+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Morocco 1–0 Ghana
Labied 44' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 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

Nigeria 1–0 Morocco
Owolabi 9' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)
Algeria 2–2 Egypt
Assad 55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi 62'		 Report El Khatib 32'
El Sayed 47'
Penalties
Belloumi soccer ball with check mark
Fergani soccer ball with check mark
Khedis soccer ball with check mark
Larbès soccer ball with red X
Assad soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Shehata
soccer ball with check mark Mokhtar
soccer ball with red X El Khatib
soccer ball with red X Amer
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

Third place match

Morocco 2–0 Egypt
Labied 9', 78' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

Final

Nigeria 3–0 Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42'
Lawal 50'		 Report
Attendance: 85,000

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nigeria Best Ogedegbe

Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawky Gharieb

Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami

Scorers

There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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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