1990 African Cup of Nations

1990 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1990 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1990 CAN 1990 AFCON 1990
African Cup of Nations 1990 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	2 – 16 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	30 (1.88 per match)
Attendance	587,000 (36,688 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Djamel Menad (4 goals)
Best player	Rabah Madjer

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1−0.

Qualified teams

Participating nations

Main article: 1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Algeria (hosts)
Cameroon (holders)
Ivory Coast
Egypt¹

¹Egypt participated with the B team, it's refuse to participate with the A team because incidents in the 2nd leg match of the final round of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification in Cairo.^[1]

Venues

Algiers	Algiers Annaba Locations of the 1990 African Cup of Nations venues	Annaba
Stade 5 Juillet 1962		Stade 19 Mai 1956
Capacity: 95,000		Capacity: 56,000

Match officials

Referees

Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)
Badara Sène (Senegal)
Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Referees invitees

Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Squads

Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations squads

Group Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	3	0	10	1	+9	6
Nigeria	3	2	1	3	5	−2	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	2	3	5	−2	2
Egypt	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Algeria v Nigeria

2 March 1990

Algeria	5–1	Nigeria
Madjer 36', 58' Menad 69', 72' Amani 88'	Report	Okocha 82'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Ivory Coast v Egypt

2 March 1990

Ivory Coast	3–1	Egypt
A. Traoré 53', 60' Maguy 73'	Report	Abdelrahman 75'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Nigeria v Egypt

5 March 1990

Nigeria	1–0	Egypt
Yekini 8'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)

Algeria v Ivory Coast

5 March 1990

Algeria	3–0	Ivory Coast
Menad 23' Chérif El-Ouazzani 81' Oudjani 82'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

Nigeria v Ivory Coast

8 March 1990

Nigeria	1–0	Ivory Coast
Yekini 3'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)

Algeria v Egypt

8 March 1990

Algeria	2–0	Egypt
Amani 39' Saïb 43'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Senegal	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Zambia v Cameroon

3 March 1990

Zambia	1–0	Cameroon
Chikabala 58'	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Senegal v Kenya

3 March 1990

Senegal	0–0	Kenya
	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

Zambia v Kenya

6 March 1990

Zambia	1–0	Kenya
Makwaza 40'	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)

Senegal v Cameroon

6 March 1990

Senegal	2–0	Cameroon
Diallo 45' N'Dao 56'	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Zambia v Senegal

9 March 1990

Zambia	0–0	Senegal
	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)

Cameroon v Kenya

9 March 1990

Cameroon	2–0	Kenya
Maboang 28', 69'	Report

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

12 March – Annaba
Zambia	0
Nigeria	2

			16 March – Algiers
			Nigeria	0
			Algeria	1


			Third place
12 March – Algiers		15 March – Algiers
Algeria	2	Zambia	1
Senegal	1		Senegal	0

Semi-finals

Zambia v Nigeria

12 March 1990

Zambia	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Okechukwu 18' Yekini 77'

Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Algeria v Senegal

12 March 1990

Algeria	2–1	Senegal
Menad 4' Amani 62'	Report	Serrar 20' (o.g.)

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Third place match

Zambia v Senegal

15 March 1990

Zambia	1–0	Senegal
Chikabala 73'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final

Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations Final

Algeria v Nigeria

16 March 1990
16:00

Algeria	1–0	Nigeria
Oudjani 38'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)

Winners

Africa Cup of Nations 1990 Champions
Algeria 1st title

Statistics and Awards

Player of the Tournament

Rabah Madjer (76 pts)

Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani

Djamel Menad

–

Rashidi Yekini

–

Webster Chikabala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Antar Osmani	Ali Benhalima André Kana-Biyik Arsène Hobou Samuel Chomba	Djamel Amani Rabah Madjer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Moses Kpakor	Djamel Menad Webster Chikabala

Scorers

4 goals

Djamel Menad

3 goals

Djamel Amani

Rashidi Yekini

2 goals

Webster Chikabala

1 goal

Adel Abdel Rahman
Uche Okechukwu
Emmanuel Okocha

Own goal

Abdelhakim Serrar (against Senegal)

References

↑ "Algeria 1990 - Desert War One". BBC World Service. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

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No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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