1982 African Cup of Nations

1982 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982
ACN 1982 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–19 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up Libya
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana George Alhassan
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi
← 1980
1984 →
International football competition

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.[1]

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Libya Hosts 0 (debut)
 Nigeria Holders 22 March 1980 4 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)
 Ghana 2nd round winners 2 August 1981 6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)
 Cameroon 2nd round winners 30 August 1981 2 (1970, 1972)
 Zambia 2nd round winners 30 August 1981 2 (1974, 1978)
 Algeria 2nd round winners 20 September 1981 2 (1968, 1980)
 Ethiopia 2nd round winners 4 October 1981 8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)
 Tunisia 2nd round winners 1981 4 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Libya 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
 Cameroon 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Libya 2–2 Ghana
Jaranah 58'
Al-Issawi 76'		 Report Alhassan 28'
Opoku Nti 89'
Attendance: 45,200
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
Cameroon 1–1 Tunisia
M'Bida 61' Report Gabsi 60'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Cameroon 0–0 Ghana
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
Libya 2–0 Tunisia
Seddik 42' (o.g.)
Al-Bor'osi 89'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)
Ghana 1–0 Tunisia
John Ebow Essien 28' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Libya 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Babacar Fall (Senegal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4
 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria 3–0 Ethiopia
Keshi 27', 84'
Adeshina 40'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Algeria 1–0 Zambia
Merzekane 85' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Zambia 1–0 Ethiopia
Munshya 68' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bashir Mahamed Jama
Algeria 2–1 Nigeria
Isima 44' (o.g.)
Assad 65'		 Report Osigwe 40'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)
Algeria 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hugues Opangault
Zambia 3–0 Nigeria
Kaumba 25'
Njovu 80'
Fregene 81' (o.g.)		 Report

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 16 March – Benghazi
 
 
  Ghana (a.e.t.) 3
 
 19 March – Tripoli
 
  Algeria 2
 
  Ghana (pen.) 1 (7)
 
 16 March – Tripoli
 
  Libya 1 (6)
 
  Libya 2
 
 
  Zambia 1
 
Third place
 
 
 18 March – Tripoli
 
 
  Algeria 0
 
 
  Zambia 2

Semifinals

Ghana 3–2 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Alhassan 4', 103'
Opoku Nti 90'		 Report Zidane 29'
Assad 62'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Libya 2–1 Zambia
Al-Beshari 38', 84' Report 29' Kaumba
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

Third place match

Zambia 2–0 Algeria
Kaumba 2'
Munshya 25'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

Final

Ghana 1–1 Libya
Alhassan 35' Report Al-Beshari 70'
Penalties
Lamptey soccer ball with check mark
Alhassan soccer ball with check mark
Paha soccer ball with check mark
Asaase soccer ball with check mark
Abbrey soccer ball with check mark
Mensah soccer ball with red X
Quarshie soccer ball with check mark
Afriyie soccer ball with check mark		 7–6 soccer ball with check mark Al-Beshari
soccer ball with check mark Sola
soccer ball with check mark Al-Ajeli
soccer ball with check mark Ben-Suleiman
soccer ball with check mark Al-Farjani
soccer ball with red X Ghonaïm
soccer ball with check mark Jaranah
soccer ball with red X Zeiyu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

Top scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Thomas Nkono

Algeria Chaabane Merzekane
Ghana Sampson Lamptey
Ghana Haruna Yusif
Libya Ali Al-Beshari

Ghana George Alhassan
Ghana Samuel Opoku Nti
Ghana Emmanuel Quarshie
Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi

Algeria Salah Assad
Algeria Rabah Madjer

References

  1. ^ Anaman, Fiifi. "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.

External links

  • Details at RSSSF
  • Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82)
  • 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net
  • 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial
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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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