1992 African Cup of Nations

1992 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1992
Tournament details
Host country	Senegal
Dates	12 January – 26 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Côte d'Ivoire (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	35 (1.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (4 goals)
Best player	Abedi Pele
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The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals. Côte d'Ivoire won its first championship, beating Ghana on penalty kicks 11-10 after a goalless draw.

Host Cities & Venues

Dakar	Ziguinchor
Stade Leopold Senghor	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Main article: 1992 African Cup of Nations squads

Qualifying Tournament

Main article: 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating teams

Participating nations

Algeria (qualified as holders) Cameroon Congo Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ghana

Kenya Morocco Nigeria Senegal (qualified as hosts) Zaire Zambia

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nigeria	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Senegal	2	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Kenya	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4

January 12, 1992	Nigeria	2-1	Senegal	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
	Siasia  13' Keshi  89'		Bocandé  36'

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January 14, 1992	Nigeria	2-1	Kenya	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kadry Abdelazim (Egypt
	Yekini  7', 15'		Weche  89' (pen.)

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January 16, 1992	Senegal	3-0	Kenya	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Yenog Omar (Congo)
	Sané  46' Bocandé  68' Diagne  89'

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Zaire	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Morocco	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

January 12, 1992	Cameroon	1-0	Morocco	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 60,000
	Kana-Biyik  23'

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January 14, 1992	Morocco	1-1	Zaire	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 5,000
	Rokbi  89'		Kona  89'

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January 16, 1992	Cameroon	1-1	Zaire	Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 10,000
	Omam-Biyik  15'		Tueba  1'

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Congo	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Algeria	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3

January 13, 1992	Côte d'Ivoire	3-0	Algeria	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohamed Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
	A. Traoré  14' Fofana  25' Tiéhi  89'	Report

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January 15, 1992	Côte d'Ivoire	0-0	Congo	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rafhidi Ali (Tanzania)

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January 17, 1992	Algeria	1-1	Congo	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Christopher Musaabi (Uganda)
	Bouiche  44'	Report	Tchibota  6'

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Zambia	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Egypt	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2

January 13, 1992	Zambia	1-0	Egypt	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000
	Kalusha  61'

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January 15, 1992	Ghana	1-0	Zambia	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000
	Abedi Pele  64'

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January 17, 1992	Ghana	1-0	Egypt	Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor Attendance: 5,000
	Yeboah  89'

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Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Nigeria	1
	Zaire	0
					Nigeria	1
					Ghana	2
	Ghana	2
	Congo	1
									Ghana	0 (10)
									Côte d'Ivoire (pen.)	0 (11)
	Cameroon	1
	Senegal	0
					Cameroon	0 (1)			Third place
					Côte d'Ivoire (pen.)	0 (3)
	Côte d'Ivoire	1							Nigeria	2
	Zambia (aet)	0							Cameroon	1

Quarter-finals

January 19, 1992	Nigeria	1-0	Zaire	Senegal

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January 19, 1992	Cameroon	1-0	Senegal	Senegal

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January 20, 1992	Côte d'Ivoire	1-0	Zambia	Senegal

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January 20, 1992	Ghana	2-1	Congo	Senegal

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Semi-finals

January 23, 1992	Ghana	2-1	Nigeria	Senegal

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January 23, 1992	Cameroon	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Côte d'Ivoire	Senegal
		Penalties
	Makanaky Ebwelle Oman-Biyik Bell	1-3	Sekana M. Traoré Yago A. Traoré

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Third place play-off

January 25, 1992	Nigeria	2-1	Cameroon	Senegal

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Final

January 26, 1992	Côte d'Ivoire	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Ghana	Senegal
		Penalties
	Aka Hobou Sekana M. Traoré Tiéhi Gadji-Celi Kouadio Abouo Maguy Sie Gouamené Aka	11-10	Baffoe Lamptey Naawu Asare Yeboah Mensah Armah Abroah Ampeah Opoku Ansah Baffoe

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Cote d'Ivoire: Gouamené - Aka, Abouo, Sekana, Hobou, Gadji-Celi, Maguy, Sié, Otokoré (53' M. Traoré), Tiéhi, A. Traoré (101' Kouadio)

Ghana: Ansah - Ampeah, Mensah, Baffoe, Armah, Gyamfi (51' Naawu), Abroah, Lamptey, Asare, Yeboah, Opoku

The penalty shootout was significant in that it was the first in the final of a major international tournament that every player on the pitch took a penalty.

African Cup of Nations 1992 Champions
Côte d'Ivoire 1st title

Scorers

4 goals

• Rashidi Yekini

3 goals

• Abedi Pelé

2 goals

• Pierre Tchibota
• Anthony Yeboah
• Jules Bocandé

1 goal

• Nasser Bouiche
• Érnest Ebongué

• André Kana-Biyik
• François Omam-Biyik
• Emmanuel Maboang
• Youssouf Fofana
• Donald Olivier Sié
• Joël Tiehi
• Abdoulaye Traoré
• Prince Polley
• Micky Weche
• Said Rokbi
• Mutiu Adepoju
• Friday Ekpo
• Stephen Keshi
• Samson Siasia
• Victor Diagne
• Souleymane Sané
• Andre Kona N'Gole
• Kalusha Bwalya

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Alain Gouaméné

Defenders

• Basile Aka Kouame
• Hany Ramzy
• Stephen Keshi
• Adolphe Mendy

Midfielders

• Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
• Abedi Pelé
• Jean-Claude Pagal
• Serge-Alain Maguy

Forwards

• Rashidi Yekini
• Anthony Yeboah

External links

• Details at RSSSF