1980_African_Nations_Cup

1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	8−22 March
Teams	8
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)	Khalid Labied ; Segun Odegbami ; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Christian Chukwu
	← 1978 1982 →

1980 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football 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.

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[1] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Nigeria	Hosts		3 (1963, 1976, 1978)
Ghana	Holders	16 March 1978	5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
Morocco	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
Algeria	2nd round winners	8 July 1979	1 (1968)
Egypt	2nd round winners	13 July 1979	7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Guinea	2nd round winners	19 August 1979	3 (1970, 1974, 1976)
Tanzania	2nd round winners	26 August 1979	0 (debut)

Lagos	Lagos Ibadan	Ibadan
Surulere Stadium		Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 80,000		Capacity: 35,000

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Ghana	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Guinea	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Semi-finals		Final

19 March – Lagos

Nigeria	1
		22 March – Lagos
Morocco	0
		Nigeria	3
19 March – Ibadan
		Algeria	0
Algeria (pen.)	2 (4)

Egypt	2 (2)
		Third place

		21 March – Lagos

		Morocco	2

		Egypt	0

1980_African_Nations_Cup

1980 African Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

CAF Team of the Tournament

Scorers

External links

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Algeria	2–2	Egypt
Assad 55' (pen.) Benmiloudi 62'	Report	El Khatib 32' El Sayed 47'
Penalties
Belloumi Fergani Khedis Larbès Assad	4–2	Shehata Mokhtar El Khatib Amer