1990 African Cup of Nations

1990 African Cup of Nations

كأس أمم إفريقيا 1990 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1990
African Cup of Nations 1990 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	2–16 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Zambia
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	30 (1.88 per match)
Attendance	600,032 (37,502 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Djamel Menad (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Rabah Madjer
← 1988 1992 →

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1–0.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Algeria	Hosts		6 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Cameroon	Holders	27 March 1988	6 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Senegal	2nd round winners	16 July 1989	3 (1965, 1968, 1986)
Kenya	2nd round winners	29 July 1989	2 (1988, 1990)
Egypt	2nd round winners	30 July 1989	11 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	30 July 1989	8 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Nigeria	2nd round winners	30 July 1989	7 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
Zambia	2nd round winners	30 July 1989	4 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)

Notes

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Algiers and Annaba.

Algiers	Algiers Annaba	Annaba
Stade du 5 Juillet		Stade du 19 Mai
Capacity: 85,000		Capacity: 56,000

Match officials

Referees

• Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
• Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
• Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
• Gambia
  )
• Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
• Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
• Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
• Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)
• Senegal
  )
• Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
• Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
• Naji Jouini (Tunisia
  )

Invited referees

• Shizuo Takada (Japan)
• Syria
  )

Squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Egypt	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Senegal	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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6 March 1990

Senegal	2–0	Cameroon
N'Dao 56'	Report

Syria

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9 March 1990

Cameroon	2–0	Kenya
Maboang 28', 69'	Report

Gambia

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 March – Annaba
	Zambia	0
					16 March – Algiers
	Nigeria	2
					Nigeria	0
	12 March – Algiers
					Algeria	1
	Algeria	2
	Senegal	1
					Third place
					15 March – Algiers
					Zambia	1
					Senegal	0

Semi-finals

12 March 1990

Zambia	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Okechukwu 18' Yekini 77'

Senegal

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Third place match

Final

Main article:

1990 African Cup of Nations Final

Statistics and awards

Player of the Tournament

1 Rabah Madjer (76 pts)

2 Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani

3 Djamel Menad

– Rashidi Yekini

– Webster Chikabala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Antar Osmani	Ali Benhalima André Kana-Biyik Arsène Hobou Samuel Chomba	Djamel Amani Rabah Madjer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Moses Kpakor	Djamel Menad Webster Chikabala

Scorers

4 goals

• Djamel Menad

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Abdelhakim Serrar (against Senegal)

References

External links

• Details at RSSSF