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1984 African Cup of Nations

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. 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.

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates4–18 March
Teams8
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 played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Taher Abouzaid
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Cameroon Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeperCameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell
← 1982
1986 →

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament[a]
 Ivory CoastHosts5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
 GhanaHolders19 March 19827 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982)
 Algeria2nd round winners28 August 19833 (1968, 1980, 1982)
 Cameroon2nd round winners28 August 19833 (1970, 1972, 1982)
 Egypt2nd round winners28 August 19838 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
 Malawi2nd round winners28 August 19830 (debut)
 Nigeria2nd round winners28 August 19835 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
 Togo2nd round winners28 August 19831 (1972)
Notes

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Abidjan
Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-BoignyStade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

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

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Egypt321031+25
 Cameroon320162+44
 Ivory Coast31024402
 Togo301217−61
Source: [citation needed]
Ivory Coast  3–0  Togo
Koffi 27'
Fofana 62'
Goba 75'		Report
Attendance: 50,000
Egypt  1–0  Cameroon
Abouzaid 78'Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Cameroon  4–1  Togo
Djonkep 7'
Abega 21', 61'
Aoudou 45'		ReportMoutairou 56'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mulenga Rezzin (Zambia)
Ivory Coast  1–2  Egypt
Miézan 53'ReportAbouzaid 66', 72'
Attendance: 40,000
Egypt  0–0  Togo
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)
Ivory Coast  0–2  Cameroon
ReportMilla 42'
Djonkep 61'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Algeria321050+55
 Nigeria312043+14
 Ghana310224−22
 Malawi301226−41
Source: [citation needed]
Ghana  1–2  Nigeria
Opoku N'ti 19'ReportNwosu 13'
Ehilegbu 31'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Algeria  3–0  Malawi
Bouiche 29'
Belloumi 36'
Fergani 38'		Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Malawi  2–2  Nigeria
Waya 7' (pen.)
Msiya 35'		ReportTemile 39', 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)
Algeria  2–0  Ghana
Menad 75'
Bensaoula 85'		Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)
Algeria  0–0  Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)
Ghana  1–0  Malawi
Amphadu 32'Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

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

Semifinals

Egypt  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria
Sulaiman 25'
Abouzaid 38'		ReportKeshi 43' (pen.)
Bala 75'
Penalties
Abdelghani
Shehata
Ghareeb
El Khatib
Abouzeid
Nassef
Yassin
Hassan
Youssef 		7–8 Kingsley
Edobor
Shofoluwe
Ali
Keshi
Yekini
Temile
Adeshina
Lawal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Algeria  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Cameroon
Report
Penalties
Belloumi
Yahi
Kaci-Saïd
Guendouz
Madjer 		4–5 Kundé
Ebongué
Aoudou
Bell
Ndoumbé
Attendance: 15,000

Third place match

Algeria  3–1  Egypt
Madjer 68'
Belloumi 71'
Yahi 90'		ReportAbdelghani 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohammed Larache (Morocco)

Final

Cameroon  3–1  Nigeria
N'Djeya 32'
Abega 79'
Ebongué 84'		ReportLawal 10'
Attendance: 27,456

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards

Joseph-Antoine Bell

Isaac Sinkot
Ali Shehata
Ibrahim Youssef
Stephen Keshi

Lakhdar Belloumi
Théophile Abega
Taher Abouzeid
Clement Temile

Djamel Menad
Clifton Msiya

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