1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986
	File:CAN 1986 (logo).png
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	7–21 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Third place	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Fourth place	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cameroon Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Cameroon Roger Milla
	← 1984 1988 →

The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	Hosts		7 (1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Holders	18 March 1984	4 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984)
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	2nd round winners	13 August 1985	4 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984)
File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	2nd round winners	18 August 1985	3 (1974, 1978, 1982)
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	1 September 1985	6 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984)
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	2nd round winners	1 September 1985	2 (1965, 1968)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2nd round winners	8 September 1985	4 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980)
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	2nd round winners	15 September 1985	0 (debut)

Notes

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

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

Alexandria
Cairo	1986 African Cup of Nations is located in Egypt Cairo Cairo Alexandria Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 90,000
File:In Cairo Stadium.jpg
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
File:GD-EG-Alex-Stade002.JPG

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H)	3	2	1	4	1	+3	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	3	2	1	3	1	+2	4
4	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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

7 March 1986

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Youm File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

7 March 1986

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
A. Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 74' N'Dri File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

10 March 1986

Senegal File:Flag of Senegal.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Fall File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Bocandé File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

10 March 1986

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Gharieb File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Abdelhamid File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

13 March 1986

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
A. Traoré File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

13 March 1986

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 15'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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

8 March 1986

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

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

8 March 1986

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' M'Fédé File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Report	Chabala File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Bwalya File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

11 March 1986

Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1986

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Krimau File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

14 March 1986

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
Chilengi File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (o.g.)	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

14 March 1986

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Kana-Biyik File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 70' Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Madjer File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Maroc File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

17 March – Alexandria

File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	1
		21 March – Cairo
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	0
		File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	0 (4)
17 March – Cairo
		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (pen.)	0 (5)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1

File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	0
		Third place

		20 March – Cairo

		File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3

		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2

Semifinals

17 March 1986

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Milla File:Soccerball shade.svg 46'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

17 March 1986

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match

20 March 1986

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Ben Salah File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Kassi-Kouadio File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 68' (pen.)	Report	Rhiati File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Sahil File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

21 March 1986

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg	0–0 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia soccer ball with check mark Abdelghani soccer ball with check mark Abdou soccer ball with red X Mayhoub soccer ball with check mark Shehata soccer ball with check mark Kassem soccer ball with check mark	5–4	soccer ball with check mark M'Fédé soccer ball with check mark Kundé soccer ball with red X M'Bida soccer ball with check mark Milla soccer ball with check mark Aoudou soccer ball with red X Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000 or 120,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.

4 goals

Cameroon Roger Milla

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Zambia Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Cameroon Thomas N'Kono	Cameroon André Kana-Biyik Egypt Ali Shehata Senegal Roger Mendy Egypt Rabei Yassin	Cameroon Emile Mbouh Egypt Magdi Abdelghani Egypt Moustafa Abdou Egypt Taher Abouzaid	Cameroon Roger Milla Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

External links

Details at RSSSF

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

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1986 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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