1980 African Cup of Nations

1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Dates 8 − 22 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Algeria
Third place  Morocco
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Morocco Khaled Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player Nigeria Christian Chukwu

The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Lagos
Locations of the 1980 African Cup of Nations venues
Ibadan
Surulere Stadium Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 321041+35
 Egypt 320143+14
 Ivory Coast 302123−12
 Tanzania 301236−31

8 March 1980
Nigeria  3–1  Tanzania
Lawal  11'
Onyedika  35'
Odegbami  85'
Report Mkambi  54'
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

8 March 1980
Egypt  2–1  Ivory Coast
Hammam  8'
Mokhtar  20'
Report Gome  7'
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)

12 March 1980
Egypt  2–1  Tanzania
Shehata  32'
Nour  38'
Report  86' Waziri
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

12 March 1980
Nigeria  0–0  Ivory Coast
Report
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

15 March 1980
Ivory Coast  1–1  Tanzania
Koma  7' Report Waziri  59'
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon)

15 March 1980
Nigeria  1–0  Egypt
Isima  15' Report
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 321042+25
 Morocco 31112203
 Ghana 31111103
 Guinea 301235−21

9 March 1980
Ghana  0–0  Algeria
Report
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Youssef El Ghoul (Libya)

9 March 1980
Morocco  1–1  Guinea
Mustapha  7' Report M. Camara  8'
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 40,000

13 March 1980
Algeria  1–0  Morocco
Belloumi  90+3' Report
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisie)

13 March 1980
Ghana  1–0  Guinea
Klutse  69' Report
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

16 March 1980
Algeria  3–2  Guinea
Bensaoula  12', 49'
Belloumi  37'
Report Diawara  82'
Bangoura  90+1'
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

16 March 1980
Morocco  1–0  Ghana
Labied  44' Report
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout phase

Semi-finals Final
19 March – Lagos
   Nigeria   1  
   Morocco   0  
 
22 March – Lagos
       Nigeria   3
     Algeria   0
Third place
19 March – Ibadan 21 March – Lagos
   Algeria (p)   2 (4)    Morocco   2
   Egypt   2 (2)      Egypt   0

Semi-finals

19 March 1980
Nigeria  1–0  Morocco
Owolabi  9' Report
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

19 March 1980
Algeria  2–2  Egypt
Assad  55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi  62'
Report El Khatib  32'
El Sayed  47'
  Penalties  
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Assad
4-2 Shehata
Mokhtar
El Khatib
Amer
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

Third place match

21 March 1980
Morocco  2–0  Egypt
Labied  9', 78' Report
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

Final

22 March 1980
Nigeria  3–0  Algeria
Odegbami  2', 42'
Lawal  50'
Report
Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1980 Champions 

Nigeria
1st title

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nigeria Best Ogedegbe

Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawki Ghareeb

Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami

Scorers

3 goals

  • Morocco Khalid Labied

2 goals

  • Tanzania Thuwein Waziri

1 goal

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