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)	Gamal Abdelhamid Lakhdar Belloumi Roger Milla Abdoulaye Traoré (2 goals each)
Best player	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	Casablanca Rabat 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	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Algeria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Ivory Coast	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Zaire	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Morocco v Zaire

13 March 1988

Morocco	1–1	Zaire
Merry 43' (pen.)	Report	Lutonadio 88'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Ivory Coast v Algeria

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)

Ivory Coast v Zaire

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)

Morocco v Algeria

16 March 1988

Morocco	1–0	Algeria
El Haddaoui 52'	Report

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

Algeria v Zaire

19 March 1988

Algeria	1–0	Zaire
Ferhaoui 36'	Report

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Hugues Joseph Mongbo (Benin)

Morocco v Ivory Coast

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	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Cameroon v Egypt

14 March 1988

Cameroon	1–0	Egypt
Milla 5'	Report

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

Nigeria v Kenya

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)

Cameroon v Nigeria

17 March 1988

Cameroon	1–1	Nigeria
Milla 21'	Report	Okwaraji 2'

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

Egypt v Kenya

17 March 1988

Egypt	3–0	Kenya
Abdelhamid 2', 65' Younes 58'	Report

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

Cameroon v Kenya

20 March 1988

Cameroon	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Nigeria v Egypt

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

Nigeria v Algeria

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)

Morocco v Cameroon

23 March 1988

Morocco	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Makanaky 78'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

Third place match

Morocco v Algeria

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

Cameroon v Nigeria

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

Abdoulaye Traoré

Gamal Abdelhamid

1 goal

Own goal

Abdelrazak Belgharbi (against Nigeria)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Joseph-Antoine Bell

Defenders

Midfielders

Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
Emile Mbouh
Henry Nwosu
Paul Mfede

Forwards

References

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

External links

Details at RSSSF

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