1984_African_Nations_Cup

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
	Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	4–18 March
Teams	8
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)	Taher Abouzaid ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeper	Joseph-Antoine Bell
	← 1982 1986 →

1984 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. 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.

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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]}
Ivory Coast	Hosts		5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
Ghana	Holders	19 March 1982	7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Algeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1968, 1980, 1982)
Cameroon	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1970, 1972, 1982)
Egypt	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
Malawi	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	0 (debut)
Nigeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	5 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Togo	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	1 (1972)

Abidjan	Abidjan Bouaké	Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny		Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 35,000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Semi-finals		Final

14 March – Abidjan

Egypt	2 (7)
		18 March – Abidjan
Nigeria (pen.)	2 (8)
		Nigeria	1
14 March – Abidjan
		Cameroon	3
Algeria	0 (4)

Cameroon (pen.)	0 (5)
		Third place

		17 March – Abidjan

		Egypt	1

		Algeria	3

1984_African_Nations_Cup

1984 African Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Scorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

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Egypt	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Sulaiman 25' Abouzaid 38'	Report	Keshi 43' (pen.) Bala 75'
Penalties
Abdelghani Shehata Ghareeb El Khatib Abouzeid Nassef Yassin Hassan Youssef	7–8	Kingsley Edobor Shofoluwe Ali Keshi Yekini Temile Adeshina Lawal

Algeria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Belloumi Yahi Kaci-Saïd Guendouz Madjer	4–5	Kundé Ebongué Aoudou Bell Ndoumbé