1998_African_Cup_of_Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
	African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
Dates	7–28 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance	388,800 (12,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossam Hassan ; Benni McCarthy ; (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Benni McCarthy
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1998 African Cup of Nations

International football competition

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.^[1]

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Burkina Faso	Hosts		2 (1978, 1996)
South Africa	Holders	3 February 1996	1 (1996)
Ghana	Group 1 winners	13 July 1997	11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Guinea	Group 4 runners-up	13 July 1997	5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
Tunisia	Group 4 winners	13 July 1997	7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
Algeria	Group 2 runners-up	27 July 1997	9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
Angola	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	1 (1996)
Cameroon	Group 5 winners	27 July 1997	9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Egypt	Group 3 runners-up	27 July 1997	15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast	Group 2 winners	27 July 1997	12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Morocco	Group 3 winners	27 July 1997	7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Mozambique	Group 7 runners-up	27 July 1997	2 (1986, 1996)
Namibia	Group 5 runners-up	27 July 1997	0 (debut)
Togo	Group 6 winners	27 July 1997	2 (1972, 1984)
Zambia	Group 7 winners	27 July 1997	8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ghana	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	Togo	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Angola	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3	2
4	Namibia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1

1998 African Cup of Nations

Tunisia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Burkina Faso
Gabsi 89'	Report	K. Ouédraogo 45' (pen.)
Penalties
Rouissi Badra Bouazizi Chihi Jelassi Baya Gabsi Ghodhbane Hicheri Trabelsi	7–8	S. Traoré F. Sanou Nana Tallé A. Ouédraogo Zongo B. Traoré Diabaté Liade Gnonka Coulibaly

Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
	Report
Penalties
Domoraud Guel Diomandé Bakayoko Ouattara	4–5	Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa Imam

DR Congo	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Burkina Faso
Mungongo 76', 90' Kasongo 88' Tondelua 89'	Report	A. Ouédraogo 6' Barro 52' Napon 56' Tallé 86'
Penalties
Simba Mamale Kisombe Selenge	4–1	S. Traoré F. Sanou Diabaté