1994 African Cup of Nations
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
.
Qualified teams
The 12 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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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[b] | 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) |
- Notes
Squads
Venues
Tunis | Sousse |
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Stade El Menzah
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Stade Olympique de Sousse |
Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 21,000 |
Tunis | |
Stade Chedly Zouiten
| |
Capacity: 18,000 | |
First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.
Group A
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Tunisia | 0–2 | Mali |
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Coulibaly 25' Sidibé 34' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius
)Mali | 0–1 | Zaire |
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Basaula 48' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates
)Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria | 3–0 | Gabon |
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Yekini 18', 88' Adepoju 72' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohamed Bahar (Morocco
)Egypt | 4–0 | Gabon |
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55', 59' |
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda
)Nigeria | 0–0 | Egypt |
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Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius
)Group C
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Tiéhi 19', 63', 70' Guel 35' |
Syria
)Zambia | 0–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Zambia | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Malitoli 79' |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
April 2 – Tunis | ||||||||||
Zaire | 0 | |||||||||
April 6 – Tunis | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Zaire | 0–2 | Nigeria |
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Yekini 51', 71' (pen.) |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius
)Egypt | 0–1 | Mali |
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S. Traoré 64' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda
)Ghana | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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Akonnor 77' | Tiéhi 30' A. Traoré 81' |
Semifinals
Nigeria | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast |
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40' | Report | Bassolé 19', 31' |
Penalties | ||
Finidi Siasia Amokachi Iroha Yekini |
4–2 | Amani |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates
)Zambia | 4–0 | Mali |
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Litana 8' Saileti 30' K. Bwalya 47' Malitoli 73' |
Report |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda
)Third place match
Ivory Coast | 3–1 | Mali |
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Sie 70' |
Diallo 46' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa
)Final
Nigeria | 2–1 | Zambia |
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Amuneke 5', 47' |
Litana 3' |
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius
)Scorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- Bashir Abdel Samad
- Charles Akonnor
- Michel Bassolé
- Emmanuel Amuneke
- Elijah Litana
- Kenneth Malitoli
- 1 goal
- Hamza El-Gamal
- Ayman Mansour
- Prince Polley
- Aboubacar Titi Camara
- Tchiressoua Guel
- Adama Koné
- Ahmed Ouattara
- Donald-Olivier Sie
- Abdoulaye Traoré
- Fernand Coulibaly
- Amadou Diallo
- Mobido Sidibé
- Soumaila Traoré
- Mutiu Adepoju
- Ben Iroha
- Momath Gueye
- Athanas Tendeng
- Faouzi Rouissi
- Lemba Basaula
- Nsumbu Ngoy
- Kalusha Bwalya
- Zeddy Saileti
- Evans Sakala
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
- Serge-Alain Maguy
- Jay-Jay Okocha
- Daniel Amokachi
- Abedi Pele
Forwards
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