1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
	File:CAN 1984 (logo).png Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	4–18 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Third place	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Fourth place	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Egypt Taher Abouzaid ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Cameroon Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeper	Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell
	← 1982 1986 →

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. 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:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Hosts		5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Holders	19 March 1982	7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1968, 1980, 1982)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1970, 1972, 1982)
File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	0 (debut)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	5 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	1 (1972)

Notes

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

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Bouaké
Abidjan	1984 African Cup of Nations is located in Ivory Coast Abidjan Abidjan Bouaké Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Capacity: 40,000
File:StadeFHB.jpg
Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 35,000
File:Stade de la paix en reconstruction.PNG

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 Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (H)	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
4	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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

4 March 1984

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
Koffi File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Fofana File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Goba File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

4 March 1984

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

7 March 1984

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
Djonkep File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Abega File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 61' Aoudou File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Report	Moutairou File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mulenga Rezzin (Zambia)

7 March 1984

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Miézan File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report	Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 72'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

10 March 1984

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	0–0	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

10 March 1984

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	0–2	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
	Report	Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Djonkep File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
4	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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

5 March 1984

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Opoku N'ti File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'	Report	Nwosu File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Ehilegbu File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

5 March 1984

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Bouiche File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Belloumi File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Fergani File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

8 March 1984

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	2–2	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Waya File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' (pen.) Msiya File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Report	Temile File:Soccerball shade.svg 39', 41'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)

8 March 1984

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Menad File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Bensaoula File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)

11 March 1984

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1984

Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Amphadu File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

14 March – Abidjan

File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	2 (7)
		18 March – Abidjan
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (pen.)	2 (8)
		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1
14 March – Abidjan
		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	0 (4)

File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (pen.)	0 (5)
		Third place

		17 March – Abidjan

		File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	1

		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	3

Semifinals

14 March 1984

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	2–2 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Sulaiman File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Keshi File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.) Bala File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Penalties
Abdelghani soccer ball with check mark Shehata soccer ball with check mark Ghareeb soccer ball with check mark El Khatib soccer ball with check mark Abouzeid soccer ball with check mark Nassef soccer ball with check mark Yassin soccer ball with check mark Hassan soccer ball with red X Youssef soccer ball with red X	7–8	soccer ball with check mark Kingsley soccer ball with check mark Edobor soccer ball with check mark Shofoluwe soccer ball with check mark Ali soccer ball with check mark Keshi soccer ball with check mark Yekini soccer ball with check mark Temile soccer ball with red X Adeshina soccer ball with check mark Lawal

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

14 March 1984

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	0–0 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Belloumi soccer ball with check mark Yahi soccer ball with check mark Kaci-Saïd soccer ball with check mark Guendouz soccer ball with red X Madjer soccer ball with check mark	4–5	soccer ball with check mark Kundé soccer ball with check mark Ebongué soccer ball with check mark Aoudou soccer ball with check mark Bell soccer ball with check mark Ndoumbé

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Third place match

17 March 1984

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Madjer File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Belloumi File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Yahi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Abdelghani File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' (pen.)

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mohammed Larache (Morocco)

Final

18 March 1984

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
N'Djeya File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Abega File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Ebongué File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report	Lawal File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 27,456

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.

4 goals

Egypt Taher Abouzeid

3 goals

Cameroon Théophile Abéga

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

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

External links

Details at RSSSF

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

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1984 African Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

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Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
File:CAN 1984 (logo).png Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	4–18 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Third place	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Fourth place	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Egypt Taher Abouzaid (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Cameroon Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeper	Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell
← 1982 1986 →