1988 African Cup of Nations

1988 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1988
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1988
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates 13 – 27 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon (2nd title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Algeria
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 23 (1.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Gamal Abdelhamid
Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Roger Milla
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Traoré
(2 goals each)
Best player Morocco Aziz Bouderbala

The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohamed V. Cameroon won its second championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1−0.

This tournament has the least goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Casablanca
Locations of the 1990 African Cup of Nations venues
Rabat
Stade Mohamed V Stade Moulay Abdellah
Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 52,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 312021+14
 Algeria 31112203
 Ivory Coast 30302203
 Zaire 302123−12

13 March 1988
Morocco  1–1  Zaire
Merry  43' (pen.) Report Lutonadio  88'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

13 March 1988
Ivory Coast  1–1  Algeria
A. Traoré  48' Report Belloumi  16'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

16 March 1988
Ivory Coast  1–1  Zaire
A. Traoré  74' Report Kabongo  37'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

16 March 1988
Morocco  1–0  Algeria
El Haddaoui  52' Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

19 March 1988
Algeria  1–0  Zaire
Ferhaoui  36' Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Hugues Joseph Mongbo (Benin)

19 March 1988
Morocco  0–0  Ivory Coast
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Note: Algeria qualified by drawing of lots.[1]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 312041+34
 Cameroon 312021+14
 Egypt 311131+23
 Kenya 301206−61

14 March 1988
Cameroon  1–0  Egypt
Milla  5' Report
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

14 March 1988
Nigeria  3–0  Kenya
Yekini  6'
Edobor  13'
Okosieme  33'
Report
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

17 March 1988
Cameroon  1–1  Nigeria
Milla  21' Report Okwaraji  2'
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

17 March 1988
Egypt  3–0  Kenya
Abdelhamid  2', 65'
Younes  58'
Report
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

20 March 1988
Cameroon  0–0  Kenya
Report
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

20 March 1988
Nigeria  0–0  Egypt
Report
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ali Bangoura (Guinea)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
23 March – Rabat
   Nigeria (p)   1 (9)  
   Algeria   1 (8)  
 
27 March – Casablanca
       Nigeria   0
     Cameroon   1
Third place
23 March – Casablanca 26 March – Casablanca
   Morocco   0    Algeria (p)   1 (4)
   Cameroon   1      Morocco   1 (3)

Semifinals

23 March 1988
Nigeria  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Belgharbi  36' (o.g.) Report Maâtar  86'
  Penalties  
Eguavoen
Adeshina
Uwe
Sofoluwe
Yekini
Okwaraji
Nwosu
Omokaro
Okafor
Rufai
Eguavoen
9–8 Belloumi
Belgherbi
Maâtar
Yahi
Menad
Bouafia
Medane
Chaib
Megharia
Drid
Belloumi
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

23 March 1988
Morocco  0–1  Cameroon
Report Makanaky  78'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

Third place match

26 March 1988
Morocco  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Nader  67' Report Belloumi  87'
  Penalties  
El Gharef
Benabicha
Ouadani
El Maataoui
Timoumi
Nader
3–4 Yahi
Djahmoune
Merzekane
Chaib
Megharia
Belgherbi
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Final

27 March 1988
Cameroon  1–0  Nigeria
Kundé  55' (pen.) Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1988 Champions 

Cameroon
2nd title

Scorers

2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

  • Algeria Abdelrazak Belgharbi (against Nigeria)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

  1. "MOROCCO 1988". fifaworldcup.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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