1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
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Tournament details
Host country	Côte d'Ivoire
Dates	4 – 18 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
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 played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taher Abouzaid (4 goals)
Best player	Théophile Abega

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. 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:

Algeria (4th participation in CAN)
Cameroon (4th participation in CAN)
Ivory Coast (6th participation in CAN) (host)
Egypt (9th participation in CAN)

Ghana (8th participation in CAN) (holders)
Malawi (1st participation in CAN)
Nigeria (6th participation in CAN)
Togo (2nd participation in CAN)

Squads

Venues

Abidjan	Abidjan Bouaké Locations of the 1984 African Cup of Nations venues	Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny		Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 35,000

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

Ivory Coast v Togo

4 March 1984

Ivory Coast	3–0	Togo
Koffi 27' Fofana 62' Goba 75'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Egypt v Cameroon

4 March 1984

Egypt	1–0	Cameroon
Abouzaid 78'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Cameroon v Togo

7 March 1984

Cameroon	4–1	Togo
Djonkep 7' Abega 21', 61' Aoudou 45'	Report	Moutairou 56'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 15,000

Ivory Coast v Egypt

7 March 1984

Ivory Coast	1–2	Egypt
Miézan 53'	Report	Abouzaid 66', 72'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Egypt v Togo

10 March 1984

Egypt	0–0	Togo
	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Ivory Coast v Cameroon

10 March 1984

Ivory Coast	0–2	Cameroon
	Report	Milla 42' Djonkep 61'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
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

Ghana v Nigeria

5 March 1984

Ghana	1–2	Nigeria
Opoku N'ti 19'	Report	Nwosu 13' Ehilegbu 31'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Algeria v Malawi

5 March 1984

Algeria	3–0	Malawi
Bouiche 29' Belloumi 36' Fergani 38'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

Malawi v Nigeria

8 March 1984

Malawi	2–2	Nigeria
Waya 7' (pen.) Msiya 35'	Report	Temile 39', 41'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)

Algeria v Ghana

8 March 1984

Algeria	2–0	Ghana
Menad 75' Bensaoula 85'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)

Algeria v Nigeria

11 March 1984

Algeria	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

Ghana v Malawi

11 March 1984

Ghana	1–0	Malawi
Amphadu 32'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

14 March – Abidjan
Egypt (p)	2 (7)
Nigeria	2 (8)

			18 March – Abidjan
			Nigeria	1
			Cameroon	3


			Third place
14 March – Abidjan		17 March – Abidjan
Algeria (p)	0 (4)	Egypt	1
Cameroon	0 (5)		Algeria	3

Semifinals

Egypt v Nigeria

14 March 1984

Egypt	2–2	Nigeria
Sulaiman 25' Abouzaid 38'	Report	Keshi 43' (pen.) Bala 75'
	Penalties
	7–8

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Algeria v Cameroon

14 March 1984

Algeria	0–0	Cameroon
	Report
	Penalties
Guendouz	4–5

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Third place match

Algeria v Egypt

17 March 1984

Algeria	3–1	Egypt
Madjer 67' Belloumi 70' yahi 88'	Report	Abdelghani 74' (pen.)

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohammed Larache (Morocco)

Final

Cameroon v Nigeria

18 March 1984

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

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Winners

African Cup of Nations 1984 Champions
Cameroon 1st title

Scorers

4 goals

Taher Abouzeid

3 goals

Théophile Abéga

2 goals

Lakhdar Belloumi

Bonaventure Djonkep

Clement Temile

1 goal

Youssouf Fofana
Michel Goba
Tia Koffi
Pascal Miezan
Magdi Abdelghani
Imad Suleiman
Seth Amphadu
Opoku Nti

Clifton Msiya
Harry Waya
Ali Bala
Shipozor Ehilegbu
Stephen Keshi
Muda Lawal
Henry Nwosu
Moutairou Rafiou

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Joseph-Antoine Bell	Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi	Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzeid Clement Temile	Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya

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