1982_African_Cup_of_Nations

1982 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982
	ACN 1982 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	5–19 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up	Libya
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	George Alhassan ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Fawzi Al-Issawi
	← 1980 1984 →

1982 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.^[1]

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

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Anaman, Fiifi. "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Libya	Hosts		0 (debut)
Nigeria	Holders	22 March 1980	4 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)
Ghana	2nd round winners	2 August 1981	6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)
Cameroon	2nd round winners	30 August 1981	2 (1970, 1972)
Zambia	2nd round winners	30 August 1981	2 (1974, 1978)
Algeria	2nd round winners	20 September 1981	2 (1968, 1980)
Ethiopia	2nd round winners	4 October 1981	8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)
Tunisia	2nd round winners	1981	4 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)

Tripoli	Tripoli Benghazi	Benghazi
June 11 Stadium		March 28 Stadium
Capacity: 88,000		Capacity: 55,000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Ghana	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Cameroon	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Zambia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Semi-finals		Final

16 March – Benghazi

Ghana (a.e.t.)	3
		19 March – Tripoli
Algeria	2
		Ghana (pen.)	1 (7)
16 March – Tripoli
		Libya	1 (6)
Libya	2

Zambia	1
		Third place

		18 March – Tripoli

		Algeria	0

		Zambia	2

1982_African_Cup_of_Nations

1982 African Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

First round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Top scorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

References

External links

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Ghana	1–1	Libya
Alhassan 35'	Report	Al-Beshari 70'
Penalties
Lamptey Alhassan Paha Asaase Abbrey Mensah Quarshie Afriyie	7–6	Al-Beshari Sola Al-Ajeli Ben-Suleiman Al-Farjani Ghonaïm Jaranah Zeiyu