1982 African Cup of Nations final

1982 African Cup of Nations Final

Stade de 11-Juin hosted the 1982 African Cup of Nations Final
Event	1982 African Cup of Nations
Ghana Libya 1 1
Ghana won 7–6 on penalties
Date	19 March 1982
Venue	Stade de 11-Juin (June 11 Stadium), Tripoli
Referee	Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
Attendance	80,000
← 1980 1984 →

The 1982 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match on March 19, 1982, at the Stade de 11-Juin in Tripoli, Libya, to determine the winner of the 1982 African Cup of Nations. Ghana defeated Libya 7–6 on penalty kicks after regulation ended 1–1 with goals from George Alhassan for Ghana and Ali Al-Beshari for Libya. This was Ghana's fourth and last continental title as of 2019.

Road to the final

Ghana		Libya
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Libya	2–2	Ghana	2–2
Cameroon	0–0	Tunisia	2–0
Tunisia	1–0	Cameroon	0–0
Semi-finals
Algeria	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Zambia	2–1

Match

Details

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19 March 1982

Ghana	1–1	Libya
Alhassan 35'	Report	Al-Beshari 70'
Penalties
Lamptey Alhassan Paha Asaase Abbrey Mensah Quarshie Afriyie	7–6	Al-Beshari Sola Al-Ajeli Ben-Suleiman Al-Farjani Ghonaïm Jaranah Zeiyu

Stade de 11-Juin (11 June Stadium), Tripoli

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Sohan Ramlochun ( Mauritius)

Ghana

Libya

GK 22 Michael Owusu Mensah RB Haruna Yusif CB Isaac Paha CB Charles Kwame Sampson LB Sampson Lamptey RM Windsor Kofi Abbrey CM Albert Asaase CM Kofi Badu 1st LM John Essien 2nd CF George Alhassan CF Emmanuel Quarshie (c) Substitutions: GK 1 Joseph Carr DF Seth Ampadu DF Akwasi Appiah DF Hesse Odamtten MF Abedi Pele 1st MF Opoku Nti 2nd MF John Baker FW 9 Opoku Afriyie FW Ben Kayede MF John Bannerman Acquaye Mclean Manager: Charles Gyamfi

GK 1 Ramzy Al-Kouafi RB 2 Sassi Al-Ajeli CB 3 Ali Al-Beshari CB 14 Abdallah Zeiyu LB 5 Saleh Sola CM 8 Abdel Fatah Al-Farjani CM 10 Fawzi Al-Issawi CM 17 Abdel Moneim Ghonaïm RW 18 Abdel Razak Al-Farjani 1st CF 9 Abdel Razak Jaranah LW 7 Faraj Al-Bor'osi 2nd Substitutions: GK 21 Mesbah Shanqab DF 4 Mehdi Al-Kharef MF 6 Suleiman Omar MF 16 Salem Al-Jehani FW 19 Basheer Al-Rayani 11 Abdel Salam Al-Maghribi 12 Abubaker Ben-Suleiman 1st 13 Mohammad Al-Teer 15 Mohamed Majdoub 2nd 20 Abubaker Ben Brahim 22 Mahfod Al-Hadi Manager: Bela Gotl

References

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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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