1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates4–18 March
Teams8
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 played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Taher Abouzaid
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Cameroon Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeperCameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell
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1986 →
International football competition

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]
 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
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
 Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2
 Togo 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Ivory Coast 3–0 Togo
Koffi 27'
Fofana 62'
Goba 75'		 Report
Egypt 1–0 Cameroon
Abouzaid 78' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Cameroon 4–1 Togo
Djonkep 7'
Abega 21', 61'
Aoudou 45'		 Report Moutairou 56'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mulenga Rezzin (Zambia)
Ivory Coast 1–2 Egypt
Miézan 53' Report Abouzaid 66', 72'
Egypt 0–0 Togo
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)
Ivory Coast 0–2 Cameroon
Report Milla 42'
Djonkep 61'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 5
 Nigeria 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
 Ghana 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
 Malawi 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana 1–2 Nigeria
Opoku N'ti 19' Report Nwosu 13'
Ehilegbu 31'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Algeria 3–0 Malawi
Bouiche 29'
Belloumi 36'
Fergani 38'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Malawi 2–2 Nigeria
Waya 7' (pen.)
Msiya 35'		 Report Temile 39', 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)
Algeria 2–0 Ghana
Menad 75'
Bensaoula 85'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)
Algeria 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)
Ghana 1–0 Malawi
Amphadu 32' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 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
Sulaiman 25'
Abouzaid 38'		 Report Keshi 43' (pen.)
Bala 75'
Penalties
Abdelghani soccer ball with check mark
Shehata soccer ball with check mark
Ghareeb soccer ball with check mark
El Khatib soccer ball with check mark
Abouzeid soccer ball with check mark
Nassef soccer ball with check mark
Yassin soccer ball with check mark
Hassan soccer ball with red X
Youssef soccer ball with red X		 7–8 soccer ball with check mark Kingsley
soccer ball with check mark Edobor
soccer ball with check mark Shofoluwe
soccer ball with check mark Ali
soccer ball with check mark Keshi
soccer ball with check mark Yekini
soccer ball with check mark Temile
soccer ball with red X Adeshina
soccer ball with check mark Lawal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Algeria 0–0 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Report
Penalties
Belloumi soccer ball with check mark
Yahi soccer ball with check mark
Kaci-Saïd soccer ball with check mark
Guendouz soccer ball with red X
Madjer soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Kundé
soccer ball with check mark Ebongué
soccer ball with check mark Aoudou
soccer ball with check mark Bell
soccer ball with check mark Ndoumbé
Attendance: 15,000

Third place match

Algeria 3–1 Egypt
Madjer 68'
Belloumi 71'
Yahi 90'		 Report Abdelghani 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohammed Larache (Morocco)

Final

Cameroon 3–1 Nigeria
N'Djeya 32'
Abega 79'
Ebongué 84'		 Report Lawal 10'

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell

Cameroon Isaac Sinkot
Egypt Ali Shehata
Egypt Ibrahim Youssef
Nigeria Stephen Keshi

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Théophile Abega
Egypt Taher Abouzeid
Nigeria Clement Temile

Algeria Djamel Menad
Malawi Clifton Msiya

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