1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	7–21 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Roger Milla
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The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams[]

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads[]

Venues[]

The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

First round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Senegal	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5
Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 March – Alexandria
	Cameroon	1
					21 March – Cairo
	Ivory Coast	0
					Cameroon	0 (4)
	17 March – Cairo
					Egypt (p)	0 (5)
	Egypt	1
	Morocco	0
					Third place
					20 March – Cairo
					Ivory Coast	3
					Morocco	2

Semifinals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Scorers[]

4 goals

• Roger Milla

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament[]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thomas N'Kono	André Kana-Biyik Roger Mendy Rabei Yassin	Emile Mbouh Magdi Abdelghani Moustafa Abdou Taher Abouzaid	Roger Milla Kalusha Bwalya

External links[]

• Details at RSSSF