1986 African Cup of Nations final

1986 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	1986 African Cup of Nations
Egypt Cameroon 0 0
Egypt won 5–4 on penalties
Date	21 March 1986
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)
Attendance	95,000

The 1986 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 21 March 1986 at the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 1986 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Egypt won the title for the third time by beating Cameroon 5–4 on penalties with the game ending 0–0.

Road to the final

Egypt		Cameroon
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Senegal	0–1	Zambia	3–2
Ivory Coast	2–0	Morocco	1–1
Mozambique	2–0	Algeria	3–2
Semi-finals
Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast	1–0

Match details

Details

21 March 1986

Egypt	0–0	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kasem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Egypt

Cameroon

GK 1 Thabet El-Batal RB 2 Ali Shehata CB 5 Mohamed Omar  58' CB 21 Hamada Sedki LB 3 Rabie Yassin CM 8 Magdi Abdelghani  93' SW 6 Ashraf Kasem CM 12 Tahar Abouzid  111' RW 7 Mostafa Abdou (c) CF 10 Mahmoud El Khatib LW 14 Gamal Abdel Hamid Substitutions: CM 4 Alaa Mayhoub  58' LW 11 Tarek Yehia  111' Manager: Mike Smith

GK 1 Thomas N'Kono RB 5 Victor N'Dip  50' CB 4 Ibrahim Aoudou CB 6 Emmanuel Kundé (c) LB 3 Isaac Sinkot RM 2 André Kana-Biyik  63' CM 8 Emile M'Bouh  82' CM 20 Grégoire M'Bida LM 11 Louis M'Fédé CF 13 Ernest Ebongue  82' CF 9 Roger Milla  119' Substitutions: MF 7 Mamadou Oumarou  82' Manager: Claude Le Roy

Assistant referees: Bester Kalombo (Malawi) Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)