1994_African_Cup_of_Nations

1994 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1994; Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1994
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	26 March – 10 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	44 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	267,400 (13,370 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Rashidi Yekini
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1994 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia, who replaced original hosts Zaire. Just as in 1992, the field of twelve teams was split into four groups of three. Nigeria won its second championship, beating Zambia 2–1 in the final.

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The Zambian team was recently formed, following an air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members of the previous team had been killed.

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

[2] Senegal replaced Algeria (disqualified).

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Tunisia	Hosts		5 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
Ivory Coast	Holders	26 January 1992	10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Nigeria	Group 2 winners	24 July 1993	9 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Egypt	Group 8 runners-up	25 July 1993	13 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
Gabon	Group 1 winners	25 July 1993	0 (debut)
Ghana	Group 7 winners	25 July 1993	9 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992)
Mali	Group 8 winners	25 July 1993	1 (1972)
Senegal^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Group 3 third place	25 July 1993	5 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992)
Zaire	Group 4 winners	25 July 1993	8 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992)
Zambia	Group 5 winners	25 July 1993	6 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992)
Sierra Leone	Group 3 winners	26 July 1993	0 (debut)
Guinea	Group 6 winners	24 October 1993	4 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)

Tunis	Sousse
Stade El Menzah	Stade Olympique de Sousse
Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 21,000

Tunis	Tunis Sousse
Stade Chedly Zouiten
Capacity: 18,000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zaire	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Mali	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
Gabon	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
Sierra Leone	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

1994_African_Cup_of_Nations

1994 African Cup of Nations

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Scorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

External links

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Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

April 2 – Tunis

Zaire	0
		April 6 – Tunis
Nigeria	2
		Nigeria (pen.)	2 (4)
April 3 – Sousse
		Ivory Coast	2 (2)
Ghana	1
				April 10 – Tunis
Ivory Coast	2
				Nigeria	2
April 2 – Tunis
				Zambia	1
Egypt	0
		April 6 – Tunis
Mali	1
		Mali	0
April 3 – Sousse
		Zambia	4	Third place
Zambia	1
				April 10 – Tunis
Senegal	0
				Ivory Coast	3

				Mali	1

Nigeria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Iroha 26' Yekini 40'	Report	Bassolé 19', 31'
Penalties
Finidi Siasia Amokachi Iroha Yekini	4–2	Kouamé Fallet Bassolé Amani