1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
Tournament details
Host country Côte d'Ivoire
Dates 4 – 18 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
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 played 16
Goals scored 39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Taher Abouzaid
(4 goals)
Best player Cameroon Théophile Abega

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. 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.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Abidjan
Locations of the 1984 African Cup of Nations venues
Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 321031+25
 Cameroon 320162+44
 Ivory Coast 31024402
 Togo 301217−61

4 March 1984
Ivory Coast  3–0  Togo
Koffi  27'
Fofana  62'
Goba  75'
Report

4 March 1984
Egypt  1–0  Cameroon
Abouzaid  78' Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

7 March 1984
Cameroon  4–1  Togo
Djonkep  7'
Abega  21', 61'
Aoudou  45'
Report Moutairou  56'

7 March 1984
Ivory Coast  1–2  Egypt
Miézan  53' Report Abouzaid  66', 72'

10 March 1984
Egypt  0–0  Togo
Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

10 March 1984
Ivory Coast  0–2  Cameroon
Report Milla  42'
Djonkep  61'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 321050+55
 Nigeria 312043+14
 Ghana 310224−22
 Malawi 301226−41

5 March 1984
Ghana  1–2  Nigeria
Opoku N'ti  19' Report Nwosu  13'
Ehilegbu  31'
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

5 March 1984
Algeria  3–0  Malawi
Bouiche  29'
Belloumi  36'
Fergani  38'
Report
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

8 March 1984
Malawi  2–2  Nigeria
Waya  7' (pen.)
Msiya  35'
Report Temile  39', 41'
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)

8 March 1984
Algeria  2–0  Ghana
Menad  75'
Bensaoula  85'
Report
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)

11 March 1984
Algeria  0–0  Nigeria
Report
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1984
Ghana  1–0  Malawi
Amphadu  32' Report
Stade Bouaké, Bouaké
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

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

Semifinals

14 March 1984
Egypt  2–2  Nigeria
Suleiman  25'
Abouzaid  38'
Report Keshi  43' (pen.)
Bala  75'
  Penalties  
7–8
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

14 March 1984
Algeria  0–0  Cameroon
Report
  Penalties  
Guendouz 4–5

Third place match

17 March 1984
Algeria  3–1  Egypt
Madjer  67'
Belloumi  70'
yahi  88'
Report Abdelghani  74' (pen.)
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Final

18 March 1984
Cameroon  3–1  Nigeria
N'Djeya  32'
Abega  79'
Ebongué  84'
Report Lawal  10'

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1984 Champions 

Cameroon
1st title

Scorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell

Cameroon Isaac Sinkot
Egypt Ali Shehata
Egypt Ibrahim Youssef
Nigeria Stephen Keshi

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Théophile Abega
Egypt Taher Abouzaid
Nigeria Clement Temile

Algeria Djamel Menad
Malawi Clifton Msiya

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