كأس أمم إفريقيا 1994 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1994 | |
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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 |
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.
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.
The 12 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament [lower-alpha 1] |
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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 |
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Stade El Menzah | Stade Olympique de Sousse |
Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 21,000 |
Tunis | |
Stade Chedly Zouiten | |
Capacity: 18,000 | |
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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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 |
Egypt | 4–0 | Gabon |
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Mansour 1' El-Gamal 22' Abdel Samad 55', 59' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Tiéhi 19', 63', 70' Guel 35' |
Zambia | 0–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Zambia | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Malitoli 79' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
Senegal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
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 | |||||||||
Ghana | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Akonnor 77' | Tiéhi 30' A. Traoré 81' |
Nigeria | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast |
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Iroha 26' Yekini 40' | Report | Bassolé 19', 31' |
Penalties | ||
Finidi Siasia Amokachi Iroha Yekini | 4–2 | Kouamé Fallet Bassolé Amani |
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