1992 African Cup of Nations

1992 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1992
	Senegal 1992
Tournament details
Host country	Senegal
Dates	12–26 January
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	34 (1.7 per match)
Attendance	385,500 (19,275 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Abedi Pele
Best goalkeeper	Alain Gouaméné
	← 1990 1994 →

Last updated September 08, 2025

The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals. Ivory Coast won its first championship, beating Ghana on penalty kicks 11–10 after a goalless draw.^[1]

Qualified teams

The 12 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Senegal	Hosts		4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990)
Algeria	Holders	16 March 1990	7 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 )
Cameroon	Group 1 winners	28 July 1991	7 (1970, 1972 , 1982, 1984 , 1986, 1988 , 1990)
Congo	Group 7 winners	14 July 1991	4 (1968 1972 , 1974, 1978)
Egypt	Group 2 winners	26 July 1991	12 ( 1957 , 1959 , 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974 , 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986 , 1988, 1990)
Ghana	Group 4 winners	28 July 1991	8 ( 1963 , 1965 , 1968, 1970, 1978 , 1980, 1982 , 1984)
Ivory Coast	Group 3 winners	28 July 1991	9 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984 , 1986, 1988, 1990)
Kenya	Group 6 winners	28 July 1991	3 (1972, 1988, 1990)
Morocco	Group 3 runners-up	28 July 1991	6 (1972, 1976 , 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988 )
Nigeria	Group 4 runners-up	28 July 1991	8 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980 , 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990)
Zaire	Group 8 winners	28 July 1991	7 (1965, 1968 , 1970, 1972, 1974 , 1976, 1988)
Zambia	Group 5 winners	28 July 1991	5 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Dakar and Ziguinchor.

Ziguinchor
Dakar	Dakar Ziguinchor
Stade de l'Amitié
Capacity: 60,000

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta
Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Senegal (H)	2	1	1	4	2	+2	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Kenya	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

January 12, 1992

Nigeria	2–1	Senegal
Siasia 13' Keshi 89'		Bocandé 36'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

January 14, 1992

Nigeria	2–1	Kenya
Yekini 7', 15'		Weche 89' (pen.)

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kadry Abdelazim (Egypt)

January 16, 1992

Senegal	3–0	Kenya
Sané 46' Bocandé 68' Diagne 89'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Zaire	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Morocco	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

January 12, 1992

Cameroon	1–0	Morocco
Kana-Biyik 23'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 60,000

January 14, 1992

Morocco	1–1	Zaire
Rokbi 89'		Kona 90'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 5,000

January 16, 1992

Cameroon	1–1	Zaire
Omam-Biyik 15'		Tueba 1'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 10,000

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Congo	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Algeria	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

January 13, 1992

Ivory Coast	3–0	Algeria
A. Traoré 14' Fofana 25' Tiéhi 89'	Report

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohamed Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)

January 15, 1992

Ivory Coast	0–0	Congo

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Rafhidi Ali (Tanzania)

January 17, 1992

Algeria	1–1	Congo
Bouiche 44'	Report	Tchibota 6'

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Christopher Musaabi (Uganda)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	2	2	0	2	0	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Zambia	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Egypt	2	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

January 13, 1992

Zambia	1–0	Egypt
Kalusha 61'

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

January 15, 1992

Ghana	1–0	Zambia
Abedi Pele 64'

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

January 17, 1992

Ghana	1–0	Egypt
Yeboah 89'

Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor

Attendance: 5,000

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

January 19 – Dakar

Nigeria	1
		January 23 – Dakar
Zaire	0
		Nigeria	1
January 20 – Dakar
		Ghana	2
Ghana	2
				January 26 – Dakar
Congo	1
				Ghana	0 (10)
January 19 – Dakar
				Ivory Coast (pen.)	0 (11)
Cameroon	1
		January 23 – Dakar
Senegal	0
		Cameroon	0 (1)
January 20 – Dakar
		Ivory Coast (pen.)	0 (3)	Third place
Ivory Coast (a.e.t.)	1
				January 25 – Dakar
Zambia	0
				Nigeria	2

				Cameroon	1

Quarter-finals

January 19, 1992

Nigeria	1–0	Zaire
Yekini 22'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

January 19, 1992

Cameroon	1–0	Senegal
Ebongué 89'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

January 20, 1992

Ivory Coast	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
Sié 94'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

January 20, 1992

Ghana	2–1	Congo
Yeboah 29' Abedi Pele 57'		Tchibota 52'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Ibrahim Faye (Gambia)

Semi-finals

January 23, 1992

Ghana	2–1	Nigeria
Abedi Pele 43' Prince Polley 54'	Report	Adepoju 11'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

January 23, 1992

Cameroon	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
	Report
Penalties
Makanaky Ebwelle Omam-Biyik Bell	1–3	Diaby M. Traoré Yago A. Traoré

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Third place match

January 25, 1992

Nigeria	2–1	Cameroon
Ekpo 75' Yekini 88'		Maboang 85'

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Sinko Zeli (Ivory Coast)

Final

January 26, 1992

Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
	Report
Penalties
Aka Hobou Sekana M. Traoré Tiéhi Gadji-Celi Kouadio Abouo Maguy Sie Gouamené Aka	11–10	Baffoe Lamptey Naawu Asare Yeboah Manso Armah Abroah Ampeah Opoku Ansah Baffoe

Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar

Attendance: 47,500

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

The penalty shootout was significant in that it was the first in the final of a major international tournament that every player on the pitch took a penalty.

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 1.7 goals per match.

4 goals

Rashidi Yekini

3 goals

Abedi Pele

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Alain Gouaméné

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (11 June 2010). "They'll Put a Spell on You: The Witchdoctors of African Football - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 10 June 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (11 June 2010). "They'll Put a Spell on You: The Witchdoctors of African Football - SPIEGEL ONLINE - International". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 10 June 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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1992 African Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualified teams

Venues

Squads

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

References

External links