1982 African Cup of Nations

1982 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة القدم 1982
African Cup of Nations 1982 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	5−19 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up	Libya
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	George Alhassan (3 goals)
Best player	Fawzi Al-Issawi
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The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalty kicks 7-6 after a 1-1 draw.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Ethiopia
• Ghana

• Libya (host)
• Nigeria (holders)
• Tunisia
• Zambia

Squads

Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Tripoli	Tripoli Benghazi Locations of the 1982 African Cup of Nations venues	Benghazi
June 11 Stadium		March 28 Stadium
Capacity: 88,000		Capacity: 55,000

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Cameroon	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

5 March 1982	Libya	2 – 2	Ghana	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 45,200 Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
	Jaranah  58' Al-Issawi  76'	Report	28' Alhassan  89' Opoku Nti

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5 March 1982	Cameroon	1 – 1	Tunisia	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
	M'Bida  50'	Report	49' Gabsi

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9 March 1982	Cameroon	0 – 0	Ghana	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
		Report

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9 March 1982	Libya	2 – 0	Tunisia	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)
	Seddik  42' (o.g.) Al-Al-Bor'osi  83'	Report

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12 March 1982	Ghana	1 – 0	Tunisia	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
	Essien  28'	Report

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12 March 1982	Libya	0 – 0	Cameroon	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Babacar Fall (Senegal)
		Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Zambia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

7 March 1982	Nigeria	3 – 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
	Keshi  27', 82' Adeshina  40'	Report

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7 March 1982	Algeria	1 – 0	Zambia	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
	Merzekane  85'	Report

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10 March 1982	Zambia	1 – 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bashir Mahamed Jama
	Munshya  68'	Report

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10 March 1982	Algeria	2 – 1	Nigeria	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)
	Madjer  45' Assad  65'	Report	44' Isima

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13 March 1982	Algeria	0 – 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hugues Opangault
		Report

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13 March 1982	Zambia	3 – 0	Nigeria	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
	Kaumba  25' Njovu  80' Fregene  81' (o.g.)	Report

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 March – Benghazi
	Ghana (aet)	3
	Algeria	2
					19 March – Tripoli
					Ghana (p)	1 (7)
					Libya	1 (6)
					Third place
	16 March – Tripoli			18 March – Tripoli
	Libya	2		Zambia	2
	Zambia	1			Algeria	0

Semifinals

16 March 1982	Ghana	3 – 2 (a.e.t)	Algeria	28 March Stadium, Benghazi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
	Alhassan  64', 103' Opoku Nti  90'	Report	29' Zidane  62' Assad

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16 March 1982	Libya	2 – 1	Zambia	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
	Al-Beshari  38', 84'	Report	29' Kaumba

Third place playoff

18 March 1982	Zambia	2 – 0	Algeria	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)
	Kaumba  2' Munshya  25'	Report

Final

19 March 1982	Ghana	1 – 1	Libya	11 June Stadium, Tripoli Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
	Alhassan  35'	Report	70' Al-Beshari
		Penalties
		7 – 6	Al-Beshari Sola Al-Ajeli Ben-Suleiman Al-Farjani Ghonaïm Jaranah Zeiyu

Winners

African Cup of Nations 1982 Champions
Ghana 4th title

Top scorers

4 goals

• George Alhassan

3 goals

• Ali Al-Beshari

• Peter Kaumba

2 goals

• Salah Assad
• Samuel Opoku Nti

• Stephen Keshi

• Geofrey Munshya

1 goal

• Rabah Madjer
• Chaabane Merzekane
• Djamel Zidane
• Grégoire Mbida

• John Essien
• Faraj Al-Bar'ussi
• Fawzi Al-Issawi
• Abdul-Razak Jaranah

• Ademola Adeshina
• Okey Isima
• Iron Njovu

Own goal

• Peter Fregene (against Zambia)

• Kamel Seddik (against Libya)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thomas Nkono	Chaabane Merzekane Sampson Lamptey Haruna Yusif Ali Al-Beshari	George Alhassan Samuel Opoku Nti Emmanuel Quarshie Fawzi Al-Issawi	Salah Assad Rabah Madjer

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82)
• 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net
• 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial