1984 African Cup of Nations final

Football match
1984 African Cup of Nations Final
Event1984 African Cup of Nations
Cameroon Nigeria
Cameroon Nigeria
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Date18 March 1984
VenueStade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
RefereeAli Bennaceur (Tunisia)
Attendance27,456
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The 1984 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 18 March 1984, and was the final match of the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations). It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan. Cameroon won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 3−1.

Road to the final

Cameroon Nigeria
Opponents Results Opponents Results
Group stage
 Egypt 0–1  Ghana 2–1
 Togo 4–1  Malawi 2–2
 Ivory Coast 2–0  Algeria 0–0
Semi-finals
 Algeria 0–0 (5–4 p)  Egypt 2–2 (8–7 p)

Match

Details

Cameroon 3–1 Nigeria
N'Djeya 32'
Abega 79'
Ebongué 84'		 Report Lawal 10'
Cameroon
Nigeria
GK Joseph-Antoine Bell
RB Ibrahim Aoudou
CB Rene N'Djeya
CB Isaac Sinkot
LB François N'Doumbé
CM Charles Toubé
CM Théophile Abega (c)
CM Grégoire M'Bida
RW Ernest Ebongué
CF Bonaventure Djonkep downward-facing red arrow 84'
LW Roger Milla
Substitutions:
DF Emmanuel Kundé upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoje Ognjanović
GK Emmanuel Okala
RB Stephen Keshi (c)
CB Sunday Eboigbe
CB Paul Kingsley
LB Yisa Sofoluwe
RM Henry Nwosu
CM Ademola Adeshina downward-facing red arrow 83'
CM Mudashiru Lawal
LM James Etokebe
CF Bala Ali downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF Humphrey Edobor
Substitutions:
MF Clement Temile upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF Paul Okoku upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Chris Udemezue

Assistant referees:
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External links

  • Final match details - 11v11.com
  • Qualifications details - rsssf
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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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