1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	7 March - 21 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player	Roger Milla
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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.

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Cairo	Cairo International Stadium	90,000
Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	15,000

Qualifying Tournament

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participants

Algeria Cameroon (holders) Côte d'Ivoire Egypt (hosts)

Morocco Mozambique Senegal Zambia

Squads

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations squads

Final tournament

First round

Group A

All matches played in Cairo.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	1	4
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	4	2	4
Senegal	3	2	0	1	3	1	4
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	0	7	0

7 March 1986	Senegal	1 – 0	Egypt	Cairo International Stadium
	Youm  67'

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7 March 1986	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 0	Mozambique	Cairo International Stadium
	A. Traoré  25', 74' N'Dri  86'

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10 March 1986	Senegal	2 – 0	Mozambique	Cairo International Stadium
	Fall  28' Bocandé  83'

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10 March 1986	Egypt	2 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium
	Gharib  73' Abdelhamid  83'

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13 March 1986	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 0	Senegal	Cairo International Stadium
	A. Traoré  71'

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13 March 1986	Egypt	2 – 0	Mozambique	Cairo International Stadium
	Abouzeid  13', 15'

Group B

All matches played in Alexandria.

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	5
Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	4
Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	1

8 March 1986	Algeria	0 – 0	Morocco	Alexandria Stadium

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8 March 1986	Cameroon	3 – 2	Zambia	Alexandria Stadium
	Milla  46' M'Fédé  67', 82' (pen)		Chabala  65' Bwalya  77' (pen)

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11 March 1986	Algeria	0 – 0	Zambia	Alexandria Stadium

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8 March 1986	Cameroon	1 – 1	Morocco	Alexandria Stadium
	Milla  89'		Krimau  63'

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14 March 1986	Morocco	1 – 0	Zambia	Alexandria Stadium
	Chilengi  18' (o.g.)

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14 March 1986	Cameroon	3 – 2	Algeria	Alexandria Stadium
	Kana-Biyik  66', 70' Milla  72'		Madjer  61' Maroc  73'

Knockout phase

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 March – Alexandria
	Cameroon	1
	Côte d'Ivoire	0
					21 March – Cairo
					Egypt (p)	0 (5)
					Cameroon	0 (4)
					Third place
	17 March – Cairo			20 March – Cairo
	Egypt	1		Côte d'Ivoire	3
	Morocco	0			Morocco	2

Semi finals

17 March 1986	Cameroon	1 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Alexandria Stadium
	Milla  46'

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17 March 1986	Egypt	1 – 0	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium
	Abouzeid  79'

3rd/4th places

20 March 1986	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 2	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium Referee: Frank Valdemarka Zimbabwe
	Ben Salah  8' Kassi-Kouadio  38', 68' (pen)		Rhiati  44' Sahil  85'

Final

21 March 1986	Egypt	0 – 0 (pen 5 – 4)	Cameroon	Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ali Bennaceur Tunisia

African Cup of Nations 1986 Champions
Egypt 3rd title

Top scorers

4 goals

• Roger Milla

3 goals

• Abdoulaye Traoré

• Taher Abouzeid

2 goals

• André Kana-Biyik

• Louis-Paul M'Fédé

• Lucien Kassi-Kouadio

1 goal

• Rabah Madjer
• Karim Maroc
• Shawky Gharib
• Gamal Abdelhamid
• Kouassi N'Dri

• Oumar Ben Salah
• Abdelkrim Merry "Krimau"
• Abdelfettah Rhiati
• Mohammed Sahil
• Jules Bocandé

• Pape Fall
• Thierno Youm
• Kalusha Bwalya
• Michael Chabala

Own goal

• Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF