2004 African Cup of Nations

2004 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية 2004 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004
African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	24 January – 14 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos (4 goals)
Best player	Jay-Jay Okocha

The 2004 African Cup of Nations was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia won their first title, beating Morocco in the final 2−1.^[1]

Qualification

Participating countries

Squads

Venues

Radès, Tunis	Tunis Sousse Sfax Monastir Bizerte	Tunis
Stade 7 Novembre		Stade El Menzah
Capacity: 60,000		Capacity: 45,000
Sousse		Sfax
Stade Olympique de Sousse		Stade Taïeb El Mhiri
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 30,000
Monastir		Bizerte
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet		Stade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 25,000		Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local : CET (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Guinea	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Rwanda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
DR Congo	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Tunisia  v  Rwanda

24 January 2004 19:30

Tunisia	2–1	Rwanda
Jaziri  27' Santos  57'		Ntaganda  41'

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

DR Congo  v  Guinea

25 January 2004 14:00

DR Congo	1–2	Guinea
Masudi  35'		T. Camara  68' Feindouno  81'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

Rwanda  v  Guinea

28 January 2004 14:00

Rwanda	1–1	Guinea
K. Kamanzi  90+3'		T. Camara  49'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Tunisia  v  DR Congo

28 January 2004 16:15

Tunisia	3–0	DR Congo
Santos  55', 87' Braham  65'

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Tunisia  v  Guinea

1 February 2004 14:00

Tunisia	1–1	Guinea
Ben Achour  58'		T. Camara  84'

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hailemalek Tessama (Ethiopia)

Rwanda  v  DR Congo

1 February 2004 14:00

Rwanda	1–0	DR Congo
Makasi  74'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 700 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Kenya	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Kenya  v  Mali

26 January 2004 14:00

Kenya	1–3	Mali
Rashid  58'		Sissoko  28' Kanouté  63', 81'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

Senegal  v  Burkina Faso

26 January 2004 19:00

Senegal	0–0	Burkina Faso

Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Senegal  v  Kenya

30 January 2004 14:00

Senegal	3–0	Kenya
Niang  4', 31' P. B. Diop  19'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Burkina Faso  v  Mali

30 January 2004 19:00

Burkina Faso	1–3	Mali
Minoungou  50'		Kanouté  34' Diarra  37' S. Coulibaly  78'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Senegal  v  Mali

2 February 2004 14:00

Senegal	1–1	Mali
Beye  45+2'		D. Traoré  34'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 7,550 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

Burkina Faso  v  Kenya

2 February 2004 14:00

Burkina Faso	0–3	Kenya
		Ake  51' Oliech  64' Baraza  83'

Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 4,550 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Algeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3

Zimbabwe  v  Egypt

25 January 2004 16:30

Zimbabwe	1–2	Egypt
P. Ndlovu  46'		T. Abdel Hamid  58' Barakat  63'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Cameroon  v  Algeria

25 January 2004 19:00

Cameroon	1–1	Algeria
M'Boma  43'		Zafour  52'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Cameroon  v  Zimbabwe

29 January 2004 16:30

Cameroon	5–3	Zimbabwe
M'Boma  31', 44', 65' M'Bami  40', 67'		P. Ndlovu  8', 47' (pen.) Nyandoro  89'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

Algeria  v  Egypt

29 January 2004 19:00

Algeria	2–1	Egypt
Mamouni  13' Achiou  86'		Belal  25'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Cameroon  v  Egypt

3 February 2004 14:00

Cameroon	0–0	Egypt

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Algeria  v  Zimbabwe

3 February 2004 14:00

Algeria	1–2	Zimbabwe
Achiou  73'		A. Ndlovu  65' Lupahla  71'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Benin	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Nigeria  v  Morocco

27 January 2004 14:00

Nigeria	0–1	Morocco
		Hadji  77'

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

South Africa  v  Benin

27 January 2004 18:00

South Africa	2–0	Benin
Nomvethe  58', 76'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Nigeria  v  South Africa

31 January 2004 14:00

Nigeria	4–0	South Africa
Yobo  4' Okocha  64' (pen.) Odemwingie  81', 83'

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Morocco  v  Benin

31 January 2004 18:00

Morocco	4–0	Benin
Chamakh  17' Mokhtari  73' Ouaddou  75' El Karkouri  80'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Morocco  v  South Africa

4 February 2004 18:00

Morocco	1–1	South Africa
Safri  38' (pen.)		Mayo  29'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Nigeria  v  Benin

4 February 2004 18:00

Nigeria	2–1	Benin
Lawal  35' Utaka  76'		Latoundji  90'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 February – Radès
	Tunisia	1
					11 February – Radès
	Senegal	0
					Tunisia (p)	1 (5)
	8 February – Monastir
					Nigeria	1 (3)
	Cameroon	1
									14 February – Radès
	Nigeria	2
									Tunisia	2
	8 February – Sfax
									Morocco	1
	Morocco (aet)	3
					11 February – Sousse
	Algeria	1
					Morocco	4			Third place
	7 February – Tunis
					Mali	0
	Mali	2							Nigeria	2
	Guinea	1							Mali	1
									13 February – Monastir

Quarter-finals

Mali  v  Guinea

7 February 2004 14:00

Mali	2–1	Guinea
Kanouté  45' Diarra  90'		Feindouno  15'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Tunisia  v  Senegal

7 February 2004 17:00

Tunisia	1–0	Senegal
Mnari  65'

Stade 7 Novembre, Rades Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Cameroon  v  Nigeria

8 February 2004 14:00

Cameroon	1–2	Nigeria
Eto'o  42'		Okocha  45' Utaka  73'

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 14,750 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Morocco  v  Algeria

8 February 2004 17:00

Morocco	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Chamakh  90' Hadji  113' Zairi  120'		Cherrad  84'

Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

Semi-finals

Tunisia  v  Nigeria

11 February 2004 16:00

Tunisia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Badra  82'		Okocha  67'
	Penalties
Badra Santos Mhedhebi Ben Achour Haggui	5–3	Utaka Odemwingie Yobo Udeze

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Morocco  v  Mali

11 February 2004 19:00

Morocco	4–0	Mali
Mokhtari  44', 58' Hadji  80' Baha  90+1'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

Third place match

Nigeria  v  Mali

13 February 2004 20:00

Nigeria	2–1	Mali
Okocha  16' Odemwingie  52'		Abouta  70'

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Final

Tunisia  v  Morocco

14 February 2004 14:30

Tunisia	2–1	Morocco
Santos  5' Jaziri  52'		Mokhtari  38'

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Winners

2004 African Cup of Nations Champions
Tunisia 1st title

Scorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Anicet Adjamossi (against Morocco) ¹

¹Possibly 2nd goal Anicet Adjamossi 73og against Morocco

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Vincent Enyeama

Defenders

• Hoalid Regragui
• Khaled Badra
• Abdeslam Ouaddou
• Timothée Atouba

Midfielders

• Karim Ziani
• Riadh Bouazizi
• Jay-Jay Okocha
• John Utaka

Forwards

• Frédéric Kanouté
• Youssef Hadji

References

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