1998 African Cup of Nations
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Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998 | |
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African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Burkina Faso |
Dates | 7 – 28 February |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (4th title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Third place | DR Congo |
Fourth place | Burkina Faso |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 93 (2.91 per match) |
Attendance | 412,800 (12,900 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Hossam Hassan Benedict McCarthy (7 goals each) |
Best player | Benedict McCarthy |
The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2−0.
Contents
Qualification
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Participating teams
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Teams excluded
Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.
Squads
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Venues
Bobo-Dioulasso | Ouagadougou | |
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Stade Municipal | Stade du 4-Août | |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | |
Ouagadougou | ||
Stade Municipal | ||
Capacity: 30,000 | ||
First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
Burkina Faso | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
DR Congo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
8 February 1998
18:00 |
Ivory Coast | 4–3 | Namibia |
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Tiéhi 2', 39' Bakayoko 34' Diabaté 83' |
Shivute 46', 73' Mannetti 70' |
12 February 1998
18:15 |
Angola | 3–3 | Namibia |
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Lázaro 46' Paulo Silva 67' (pen.) Miguel Pereira 86' |
Uri Khob 20', 51' Nauseb 33' |
16 February 1998
20:00 |
Ivory Coast | 5–2 | Angola |
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Guel 8', 23' Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen.) Bakayoko 56' |
Paulo Silva 27' Quinzinho 52' |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Knockout Stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
February 20, 16:00 - Bobo-Dioulasso | ||||||||||
Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||
February 25, 16:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
DR Congo | 1 | |||||||||
DR Congo | 1 | |||||||||
February 22, 16:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
South Africa (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
Morocco | 1 | |||||||||
February 28, 16:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
South Africa | 2 | |||||||||
South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
February 21, 17:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
Tunisia | 1 (7) | |||||||||
February 25, 20:00 - Bobo-Dioulasso | ||||||||||
Burkina Faso (pen) | 1 (8) | |||||||||
Burkina Faso | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
February 21, 20:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
Ivory Coast | 0 (4) | DR Congo (pen) | 4 (4) | |||||||
Egypt (pen) | 0 (5) | Burkina Faso | 4 (1) | |||||||
February 27, 16:00 - Ouagadougou | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
21 February 1998
17:00 |
21 February 1998
20:00 |
Ivory Coast | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Egypt |
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Penalties | ||
Domoraud Guel Diomandé Bakayoko Ouattara |
4–5 | Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa Imam |
Semifinals
Third place match
27 February 1998
16:00 |
DR Congo | 4–4 (a.e.t.) |
Burkina Faso |
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Mungongo 76', 89' Kasongo 86' Tondelua 88' |
A. Ouédraogo 6' Barro 52' Napon 56' Tallé 86' |
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Penalties | ||
Simba Mamale Kisombe Selenge |
4–1 | S. Traoré F. Sanou Diabaté |
Final
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Winners
African Cup of Nations 1998 Champions |
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Egypt 4th title |
Scorers
- 7 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
External links
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