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 (from 1 confederation)
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	768,000 (48,000 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:

Venues[]

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

Match officials[]

Referees

• Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
• Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
• Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
• Badou Jasseh (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)
• Jamal Al Sharif (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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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[]

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Third place match[]

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[]

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