1990 African Cup of Nations

1990 African Cup of Nations
  • كأس أمم إفريقيا 1990
  • Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1990
  • CAN 1990
  • AFCON 1990

African Cup of Nations 1990 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Dates 2 – 16 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Zambia
Fourth place  Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 30 (1.88 per match)
Attendance 587,000 (36,688 per match)
Top scorer(s) Algeria Djamel Menad (4 goals)
Best player Algeria Rabah Madjer

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1−0.

Qualified teams

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

1Egypt participated with the B team, it's refuse to participate with the A team because incidents in the 2nd leg match of the final round of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification in Cairo.[1]

Venues

Algiers
Locations of the 1990 African Cup of Nations venues
Annaba
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Stade 19 Mai 1956
Capacity: 95,000 Capacity: 56,000

Match officials

Referees
Referees invitees

Squads

Group Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the Semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3300101+96
 Nigeria 320135−24
 Ivory Coast 310235−22
 Egypt 300316−50

2 March 1990
Algeria  5–1  Nigeria
Madjer  36', 58'
Menad  69', 72'
Amani  88'
Report Okocha  82'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

2 March 1990
Ivory Coast  3–1  Egypt
A. Traoré  53', 60'
Maguy  73'
Report Abdelrahman  75'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

5 March 1990
Nigeria  1–0  Egypt
Yekini  8' Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)

5 March 1990
Algeria  3–0  Ivory Coast
Menad  23'
Chérif El-Ouazzani  81'
Oudjani  82'
Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

8 March 1990
Nigeria  1–0  Ivory Coast
Yekini  3' Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)

8 March 1990
Algeria  2–0  Egypt
Amani  39'
Saïb  43'
Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 321020+25
 Senegal 312020+24
 Cameroon 310223−12
 Kenya 301203−31

3 March 1990
Zambia  1–0  Cameroon
Chikabala  58' Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

3 March 1990
Senegal  0–0  Kenya
Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

6 March 1990
Zambia  1–0  Kenya
Makwaza  40' Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)

6 March 1990
Senegal  2–0  Cameroon
Diallo  45'
N'Dao  56'
Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

9 March 1990
Zambia  0–0  Senegal
Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)

9 March 1990
Cameroon  2–0  Kenya
Maboang  28', 69' Report
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
12 March – Annaba
   Zambia   0  
   Nigeria   2  
 
16 March – Algiers
       Nigeria   0
     Algeria   1
Third place
12 March – Algiers 15 March – Algiers
   Algeria   2    Zambia   1
   Senegal   1      Senegal   0

Semi-finals

12 March 1990
Zambia  0–2  Nigeria
Report Okechukwu  18'
Yekini  77'
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

12 March 1990
Algeria  2–1  Senegal
Menad  4'
Amani  62'
Report Serrar  20' (o.g.)
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Third place match

15 March 1990
Zambia  1–0  Senegal
Chikabala  73' Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final

16 March 1990
16:00
Algeria  1–0  Nigeria
Oudjani  38' Report

Winners

 Africa Cup of Nations 1990 Champions 

Algeria
1st title

Statistics and Awards

Player of the Tournament

1 Algeria Rabah Madjer (76 pts)
2 Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
3 Algeria Djamel Menad
Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
Zambia Webster Chikabala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Algeria Antar Osmani

Algeria Ali Benhalima
Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Ivory Coast Arsène Hobou
Zambia Samuel Chomba

Algeria Djamel Amani
Algeria Rabah Madjer
Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Nigeria Moses Kpakor

Algeria Djamel Menad
Zambia Webster Chikabala

Scorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Zambia Webster Chikabala

1 goal

Own goal

References

External links

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