1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
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African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
Dates7–28 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
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 played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance412,800 (12,900 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Hossam Hassan
South Africa Benni McCarthy
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)South Africa Benni McCarthy
1996
2000

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.

Qualification

Participating teams

Participating nations

Teams excluded

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Squads

Venues

Bobo-Dioulasso Ouagadougou
Stade Municipal Stade du 4 Août
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
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Ouagadougou
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 30,000
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First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 Burkina Faso 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
Burkina Faso 0–1 Cameroon
Tchami Goal 20'

Algeria 0–1 Guinea
Oularé Goal 19'

Cameroon 2–2 Guinea
Tchami Goal 9'
Womé Goal 44'
Oularé Goal 46', 77'

Burkina Faso 2–1 Algeria
K. Ouédraogo Goal 65' (pen.)
Traoré Goal 77'
Saïb Goal 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

Burkina Faso 1–0 Guinea
Kambou Goal 85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

Cameroon 2–1 Algeria
Job Goal 47'
Tchami Goal 65'
Dziri Goal 40'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 DR Congo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
 Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source:[citation needed]
DR Congo 2–1 Togo
Tondelua Goal 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai Goal 90'
Attendance: 4,000

Ghana 2–0 Tunisia
Nyarko Goal 8'
Gargo Goal 90'

Tunisia 2–1 DR Congo
Ben Slimane Goal 31'
Tlemcani Goal 76'
Kimoto Goal 36'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

Togo 2–1 Ghana
Doté Goal 26'
Kader Goal 90'
Johnson Goal 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

DR Congo 1–0 Ghana
Kisombe Goal 77'

Tunisia 3–1 Togo
Tlemcani Goal 9'
Ben Slimane Goal 12'
Gabsi Goal 80'
Assignon Goal 4' (pen.)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7
 South Africa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2
 Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
Source:[citation needed]
South Africa 0–0 Angola
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

Ivory Coast 4–3 Namibia
Tiéhi Goal 2', 39'
Bakayoko Goal 34'
Diabaté Goal 83'
Shivute Goal 46', 73'
Mannetti Goal 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

Ivory Coast 1–1 South Africa
Ouattara Goal 88' Mkhalele Goal 8' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

Angola 3–3 Namibia
Lázaro Goal 46'
Paulo Silva Goal 67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira Goal 86'
Uri Khob Goal 20', 51'
Nauseb Goal 33'

Ivory Coast 5–2 Angola
Guel Goal 8', 23'
Tiéhi Goal 43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko Goal 56'
Paulo Silva Goal 27'
Quinzinho Goal 52'
Attendance: 4,000

South Africa 4–1 Namibia
McCarthy Goal 8', 11', 19', 21' Uutoni Goal 68'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
 Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
Morocco 1–1 Zambia
Bahja Goal 37' Chilumba Goal 87'

Egypt 2–0 Mozambique
H. Hassan Goal 14', 44'
Attendance: 20,000

Egypt 4–0 Zambia
H. Hassan Goal 34', 57', 71'
Radwan Goal 80'

Morocco 3–0 Mozambique
Chiba Goal 39'
El Khattabi Goal 40'
Fertout Goal 82'

Zambia 3–1 Mozambique
Kilambe Goal 16'
Bwalya Goal 43'
Tembo Goal 73'
Avelino Goal 57'

Morocco 1–0 Egypt
Hadji Goal 90'

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
February 20 – Bobo-Dioulasso
 
 
 Cameroon 0
 
February 25 – Ouagadougou
 
 DR Congo 1
 
 DR Congo 1
 
February 22 – Ouagadougou
 
 South Africa (a.e.t.) 2
 
 Morocco 1
 
February 28 – Ouagadougou
 
 South Africa 2
 
 South Africa 0
 
February 21 – Ouagadougou
 
 Egypt 2
 
 Tunisia 1 (7)
 
February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso
 
 Burkina Faso (pen.) 1 (8)
 
 Burkina Faso 0
 
February 21 – Ouagadougou
 
 Egypt 2 Third place
 
 Ivory Coast 0 (4)
 
February 27 – Ouagadougou
 
 Egypt (pen.) 0 (5)
 
 DR Congo (pen.) 4 (4)
 
 
 Burkina Faso 4 (1)
 

Quarterfinals

Cameroon 0–1 DR Congo
Report Tondelua Goal 30'



Morocco 1–2 South Africa
Chiba Goal 36' Report McCarthy Goal 22'
Nyathi Goal 79'

Semifinals

DR Congo 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Bembuana-Keve Goal 48' McCarthy Goal 60', 112'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

Burkina Faso 0–2 Egypt
H. Hassan Goal 40', 71'

Third place match

Final

South Africa 0–2 Egypt
A. Hassan Goal 5'
Mostafa Goal 13'
Attendance: 40,000

Scorers

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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