1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1984
Tournament details
Host country	Cote d'Ivoire
Dates	4 March - 18 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taher Abouzaid (4 goals)
Best player	Théophile Abega
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The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. 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.

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Abidjan	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	40,000
Bouaké	Stade Bouaké	35,000

Qualifying Tournament

Main article: 1984 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participants

Algeria (4th participation in CAN) Cameroon (4th participation in CAN) Côte d'Ivoire (6th participation in CAN) Egypt (9th participation in CAN)

Ghana (8th participation in CAN) Malawi (1st participation in CAN) Nigeria (6th participation in CAN) Togo (2nd participation in CAN)

Squads

Main article: 1984 African Cup of Nations squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

All matches played in Abidjan.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	5
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	4
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	4	4	2
Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	1

4 March 1984	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 0	Togo	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Koffi  27' Fofana  62' Goba  75'

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4 March 1984	Egypt	1 – 0	Cameroon	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Abouzaid  75'

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7 March 1984	Cameroon	4 – 1	Togo	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Djonkep  6' Abega  21', 60' Aoudou  45'		Rafiou  54'

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7 March 1984	Egypt	2 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Abouzaid  66', 72'		Miézan  53'

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10 March 1984	Egypt	0 – 0	Togo	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

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10 March 1984	Cameroon	2 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Milla  42' Djonkep  61'

Group B

All matches played in Bouaké.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	5	0	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	4
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	4	2
Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	1

5 March 1984	Nigeria	2 – 1	Ghana	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Nwosu  13' Ehilegbu  31'		Opoku N'ti  19'

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5 March 1984	Algeria	3 – 0	Malawi	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Bouiche  29' Belloumi  36' Fergani  38'

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8 March 1984	Malawi	2 – 2	Nigeria	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Waya  7' (pen) Msiya  35'		Temile  39', 41'

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8 March 1984	Algeria	2 – 0	Ghana	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Menad  75' Bensaoula  85'

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11 March 1984	Algeria	0 – 0	Nigeria	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

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11 March 1984	Ghana	1 – 0	Malawi	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
	Amphadu  32'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 March – Abidjan
	Egypt (p)	2 (7)
	Nigeria	2 (8)
					18 March – Abidjan
					Cameroon	3
					Nigeria	1
					Third place
	14 March – Abidjan			17 March – Abidjan
	Algeria (p)	0 (4)		Algeria	3
	Cameroon	0 (5)			Egypt	1

Semi-Finals

14 March 1984	Egypt	2 – 2 (7 – 8 p)	Nigeria	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Suleiman  25' Abuzaid  38'		Keshi  43' (pen) Bala  75'

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14 March 1984	Algeria	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Cameroon	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

3rd/4th places

17 March 1984	Algeria	3 – 1	Egypt	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	Madjer  67' Belloumi  70' yahi  88'		Abdelghani  74' (pen)

Final

18 March 1984	Cameroon	3 – 1	Nigeria	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
	N'Djeya  32' Abega  79' Ebongue  84'		Lawal  10'

African Cup of Nations 1984 Champions
Cameroon 1st title

Best Scorers

4 goals

• Taher Abouzaid

3 goals

• Théophile Abéga

2 goals

• Lakhdar Belloumi

• Bonaventure Djonkep

• Clement Temile

1 goal

• Tedj Bensaoula
• Nasser Bouiche
• Ali Fergani
• Rabah Madjer
• Djamel Menad
• Hocine Yahi
• Ibrahim Aoudou
• Ernest Ebongué
• René Ndjeya

• Youssouf Fofana
• Michel Goba
• Tia Koffi
• Pascal Miezan
• Magdi Abdelghani
• Imad Suleiman
• Seth Amphadu
• Samuel Opoku N'ti

• Clifton Msiya
• Harry Waya
• Ali Bala
• Shipozor Ehilegbu
• Stephen Keshi
• Muda Lawal
• Henry Nwosu
• Moutairou Rafiou

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Joseph-Antoine Bell	Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi	Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzaid Clement Temile	Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya

External links

• Details at RSSSF