1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations
COCA-COLA African Cup of Nations Burkina Faso 1998
Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1998

African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Burkina Faso
Dates 7 – 28 February
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up  South Africa
Third place  Congo DR
Fourth place  Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance 412,800 (12,900 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hossam Hassan
Benedict McCarthy (7 goals)
Best player Benedict McCarthy
← 1996
2000 →

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2-0.

Contents

Host Cities & Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Ouagadougou Stade du 4-Août 40,000
Bobo-Dioulasso Stade Municipal 40,000
Ouagadougou Stade Municipal 30,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1998 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating teams

Teams Excluded

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cameroon 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2
 Burkina Faso 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Guinea 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Algeria 0 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3
February 7, 1998
16:00
 Burkina Faso  0 - 1  Cameroon Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Tchami  20'
February 8, 1998
20:30
 Algeria  0 - 1  Guinea Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Oularé  19'
February 11, 1998
15:00
 Cameroon  2 - 2  Guinea Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (Korea Rep.)
Tchami  9'
Womé  44'		 Oularé  46', 77'
February 11, 1998
20:00
 Burkina Faso  2 - 1  Algeria Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
K. Ouédraogo  65' (pen.)
Traoré  77'		 Saïb  82' (pen.)
February 15, 1998
16:00
 Burkina Faso  1 - 0  Guinea Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Kambou  85'
February 15, 1998
16:00
 Cameroon  2 - 1  Algeria Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)
Job  47'
Tchami  65'		 Dziri  40'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tunisia 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Congo DR 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
 Ghana 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Togo 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
February 9, 1998
16:00
 Congo DR  2 - 1  Togo Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Tondelua  57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai  90'
February 9, 1998
20:30
 Ghana  2 - 0  Tunisia Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Nyarko  8'
Gargo  90'
February 12, 1998
16:00
 Tunisia  2 - 1  Congo DR Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)
Ben Slimane  31'
Tlemcani  76'		 Kimoto  36'
February 12, 1998
20:30
 Togo  2 - 1  Ghana Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Doté  26'
Touré  90'		 Johnson  83' (pen.)
February 16, 1998
17:00
 Congo DR  1 - 0  Ghana Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (Korea Rep.)
Kisombe  77'
February 16, 1998
17:00
 Tunisia  3 - 1  Togo Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 800
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
Tlemcani  9'
Ben Slimane  12'
Gabsi  80'		 Assignon  4' (pen.)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Côte d'Ivoire 7 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4
 South Africa 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3
 Angola 2 3 0 2 1 5 8 -3
 Namibia 1 3 0 1 2 7 11 -4
February 8, 1998
15:00
 South Africa  0 - 0  Angola Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
February 8, 1998
18:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  4 - 3  Namibia Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
Tiéhi  2', 39'
Bakayoko  34'
Diabaté  83'		 Shivute  46', 73'
Mannetti  70'
February 11, 1998
17:15
 Côte d'Ivoire  1 - 1  South Africa Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
Ouattra  88' Mkhalele  8' (pen.)
February 12, 1998
18:15
 Angola  3 - 3  Namibia Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Lanzaro  46'
Paulo Silva  67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira  86'		 Uri Khob  20', 51'
Nauseb  33'
February 16, 1998
20:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  5 - 2  Angola Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
Guel  8', 23'
Tiéhi  43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko  56'		 Paulo Silva  27'
Quinzinho  52'
February 16, 1998
20:00
 South Africa  4 - 1  Namibia Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
McCarthy  8', 11', 19', 21' Uutoni  68'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Morocco 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
 Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
 Mozambique 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7
February 9, 1998
18:15
 Morocco  1 - 1  Zambia Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Bahja  37' Chilumba  87'
February 10, 1998
18:00
 Egypt  2 - 0  Mozambique Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
H. Hassan  14', 44'
February 13, 1998
17:00
 Egypt  4 - 0  Zambia Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
H. Hassan  34', 57', 71'
Radwan  80'
February 13, 1998
20:00
 Morocco  3 - 0  Mozambique Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Chiba  39'
El Khattabi  40'
Fertout  82'
February 17, 1998
16:00
 Zambia  3 - 1  Mozambique Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Kilambe  16'
Bwalya  43'
Tembo  73'		 Avelino  57'
February 17, 1998
16:00
 Morocco  1 - 0  Egypt Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Hadji  90'

Knockout Stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
February 20 (16:00) - Bobo-Dioulasso        
  Cameroon  0
February 25 (16:00) - Ouagadougou
  Congo DR  1  
  Congo DR  1
February 22 (16:00) - Ouagadougou
    South Africa (aet)  2  
  Morocco  1
February 28 (16:00) - Ouagadougou
  South Africa  2  
  South Africa  0
February 21 (17:00) - Ouagadougou
    Egypt  2
  Tunisia  1 (7)
February 25 (20:00) - Bobo-Dioulasso
  Burkina Faso (pen)  1 (8)  
  Burkina Faso  0 Third place
February 21 (20:00) - Ouagadougou
    Egypt  2  
  Côte d'Ivoire  0 (4)   Congo DR (pen)  4 (4)
  Egypt (pen)  0 (5)     Burkina Faso  4 (1)
February 27 (16:00) - Ouagadougou

Quarterfinals

February 20, 1998
16:00
 Cameroon  0 - 1  Congo DR Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
Tondelua  30'
February 21, 1998
17:00
 Tunisia  1 - 1 (AET)
7 - 8 (PEN)		  Burkina Faso Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Gabsi  89' K. Ouédraogo  45' (pen.)
  Penalties  
Rouissi
Badra
Bouazizi
Chihi
Jelassi
Beya
Gabsi
Godhbane
Hicheri
Trabelsi		 7-8 S. Traoré
F. Sanou
Nana
Tallé
A. Ouédraogo
Zongo
B. Traoré
Diabaté
Liade Gnonka
Coulibaly
February 21, 1998
20:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  0 - 0 (AET)
4 - 5 (PEN)		  Egypt Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
  Penalties  
Domoraud
Guel
Diomandé
Bakayoko
Ouattara		 4 - 5 Ramzy
Radwan
Kamouna
Mostafa
Imam
February 22, 1998
16:00
 Morocco  1 - 2  South Africa Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Chiba  36' McCarthy  22'
Nyathi  79'

Semifinals

February 25, 1998
16:00
 Congo DR  1 - 2 (AET)  South Africa Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
Bembuana-Keve  48' McCarthy  60', 112'
February 25, 1998
20:00
 Burkina Faso  0 - 2  Egypt Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
H. Hassan  40', 71'

Third place playoff

February 27, 1998
16:00
 Congo DR  4 - 4 (AET)
4 - 1 (PEN)		  Burkina Faso Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Mungongo  76', 89'
Kasongo  86'
Tondelua  88'		 A. Ouédraogo  6'
Barro  52'
Napon  56'
Tallé  86'
  Penalties  
Simba
Mamale
Kisombe
Selenge		 4-1 S. Traoré
F. Sanou
Diabaté

Final

February 28, 1998
16:00
 South Africa  0 - 2  Egypt Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
A. Hassan  5'
Mostafa  13'
 Africa Cup of Nations
1998 winners 

Egypt
3rd title

Scorers

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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