1982 African Cup of Nations

1982 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982
	ACN 1982 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	5–19 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya
Third place	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
Fourth place	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	File:Flag of Ghana.svg George Alhassan ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Fawzi Al-Issawi
	← 1980 1984 →

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.^[1]

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya	Hosts		0 (debut)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Holders	22 March 1980	4 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2nd round winners	2 August 1981	6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	2nd round winners	30 August 1981	2 (1970, 1972)
File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	2nd round winners	30 August 1981	2 (1974, 1978)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	2nd round winners	20 September 1981	2 (1968, 1980)
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia	2nd round winners	4 October 1981	8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	2nd round winners	1981	4 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

	Benghazi
File:Libya location map.svg File:Red pog.svg Tripoli File:Red pog.svg Benghazi	Tripoli
	11 June Stadium
	Capacity: 88,000

	28 March Stadium
	Capacity: 55,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya (H)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 March 1982

Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	2–2	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Jaranah File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Al-Issawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Alhassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Opoku Nti File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 45,200

Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

5 March 1982

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
M'Bida File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report	Gabsi File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

9 March 1982

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
	Report

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

9 March 1982

Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
Seddik File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.) Al-Bor'osi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)

12 March 1982

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
John Ebow Essien File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

12 March 1982

Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
	Report

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Babacar Fall (Senegal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 March 1982

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia
Keshi File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 84' Adeshina File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

7 March 1982

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
Merzekane File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

10 March 1982

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia
Munshya File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bashir Mahamed Jama

10 March 1982

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Isima File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (o.g.) Assad File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Osigwe File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

13 March 1982

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia
	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Hugues Opangault

13 March 1982

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Kaumba File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Njovu File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Fregene File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (o.g.)	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

16 March – Benghazi

File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (a.e.t.)	3
		19 March – Tripoli
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	2
		File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (pen.)	1 (7)
16 March – Tripoli
		File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya	1 (6)
File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya	2

File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	1
		Third place

		18 March – Tripoli

		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	0

		File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	2

Semifinals

16 March 1982

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	3–2 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Alhassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 103' Opoku Nti File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Zidane File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Assad File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

16 March 1982

Libya File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg	2–1	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
Al-Beshari File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 84'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Kaumba

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

Third place match

18 March 1982

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Kaumba File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Munshya File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

Final

19 March 1982

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya
Alhassan File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Report	Al-Beshari File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Penalties
Lamptey File:Soccerball shad check.svg Alhassan File:Soccerball shad check.svg Paha File:Soccerball shad check.svg Asaase File:Soccerball shad check.svg Abbrey File:Soccerball shad check.svg Mensah File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Quarshie File:Soccerball shad check.svg Afriyie File:Soccerball shad check.svg	7–6	File:Soccerball shad check.svg Al-Beshari File:Soccerball shad check.svg Sola File:Soccerball shad check.svg Al-Ajeli File:Soccerball shad check.svg Ben-Suleiman File:Soccerball shad check.svg Al-Farjani File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Ghonaïm File:Soccerball shad check.svg Jaranah File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Zeiyu

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

4 goals

File:Flag of Ghana.svg George Alhassan

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Peter Fregene (against Zambia)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Okey Isima (against Algeria)
File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Kamel Seddik (against Libya)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Thomas Nkono	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Chaabane Merzekane File:Flag of Ghana.svg Sampson Lamptey File:Flag of Ghana.svg Haruna Yusif File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Ali Al-Beshari	File:Flag of Ghana.svg George Alhassan File:Flag of Ghana.svg Samuel Opoku Nti File:Flag of Ghana.svg Emmanuel Quarshie File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Fawzi Al-Issawi	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Salah Assad File:Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer

References

↑ Anaman, Fiifi (19 March 2017). "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.

External links

[2] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

[1] Anaman, Fiifi (19 March 2017). "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.

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1982 African Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

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