1998 African Cup of Nations

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1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
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African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
Dates7–28 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place DR Congo
Fourth place Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance412,800 (12,900 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Hossam Hassan
South Africa Benni McCarthy
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)South Africa Benni McCarthy
← 1996
2000 →

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.

Qualification[]

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating teams[]

Participating nations

Teams excluded[]

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Squads[]

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues[]

Bobo-Dioulasso Ouagadougou
Stade Municipal Stade du 4 Août
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Stadiumbobodioulasso1.jpg Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso, 2009.jpg
Ouagadougou
1998 African Cup of Nations is located in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 30,000
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First round[]

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 Burkina Faso 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
Burkina Faso 0–1 Cameroon
Tchami Goal 20'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 30,000
Algeria 0–1 Guinea
Oularé Goal 19'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Cameroon 2–2 Guinea
Tchami Goal 9'
Womé Goal 44'		 Oularé Goal 46', 77'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Burkina Faso 2–1 Algeria
K. Ouédraogo Goal 65' (pen.)
Traoré Goal 77'		 Saïb Goal 82' (pen.)
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Gabon)
Burkina Faso 1–0 Guinea
Kambou Goal 85'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Congo)
Cameroon 2–1 Algeria
Job Goal 47'
Tchami Goal 65'		 Dziri Goal 40'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Ethiopia)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 DR Congo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
 Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source:[citation needed]
DR Congo 2–1 Togo
Tondelua Goal 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai Goal 90'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Ghana 2–0 Tunisia
Nyarko Goal 8'
Gargo Goal 90'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Tunisia 2–1 DR Congo
Ben Slimane Goal 31'
Tlemcani Goal 76'		 Kimoto Goal 36'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Ethiopia)
Togo 2–1 Ghana
Doté Goal 26'
Kader Goal 90'		 Johnson Goal 83' (pen.)
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Congo)
DR Congo 1–0 Ghana
Kisombe Goal 77'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Tunisia 3–1 Togo
Tlemcani Goal 9'
Ben Slimane Goal 12'
Gabsi Goal 80'		 Assignon Goal 4' (pen.)
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 800
Referee: (Gabon)

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7
 South Africa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2
 Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
Source:[citation needed]
South Africa 0–0 Angola
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Mali)
Ivory Coast 4–3 Namibia
Tiéhi Goal 2', 39'
Bakayoko Goal 34'
Diabaté Goal 83'		 Shivute Goal 46', 73'
Mannetti Goal 70'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
Ivory Coast 1–1 South Africa
Ouattara Goal 88' Mkhalele Goal 8' (pen.)
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Uganda)
Angola 3–3 Namibia
Lázaro Goal 46'
Goal 67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira Goal 86'		 Uri Khob Goal 20', 51'
Nauseb Goal 33'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Ivory Coast 5–2 Angola
Guel Goal 8', 23'
Tiéhi Goal 43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko Goal 56'		 Goal 27'
Quinzinho Goal 52'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)
South Africa 4–1 Namibia
McCarthy Goal 8', 11', 19', 21' Uutoni Goal 68'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
 Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
Morocco 1–1 Zambia
Bahja Goal 37' Chilumba Goal 87'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt 2–0 Mozambique
H. Hassan Goal 14', 44'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)
Egypt 4–0 Zambia
H. Hassan Goal 34', 57', 71'
Radwan Goal 80'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Morocco 3–0 Mozambique
Chiba Goal 39'
El Khattabi Goal 40'
Fertout Goal 82'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 3,000
Zambia 3–1 Mozambique
Kilambe Goal 16'
Bwalya Goal 43'
Tembo Goal 73'		 Goal 57'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Morocco 1–0 Egypt
Hadji Goal 90'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 February 20 - Bobo-Dioulasso
 
 
  Cameroon 0
 
 February 25 - Ouagadougou
 
  DR Congo 1
 
  DR Congo 1
 
 February 22 - Ouagadougou
 
  South Africa (a.e.t.) 2
 
  Morocco 1
 
 February 28 - Ouagadougou
 
  South Africa 2
 
  South Africa 0
 
 February 21 - Ouagadougou
 
  Egypt 2
 
  Tunisia 1 (7)
 
 February 25 - Bobo-Dioulasso
 
  Burkina Faso (p) 1 (8)
 
  Burkina Faso 0
 
 February 21 - Ouagadougou
 
  Egypt 2 Third place
 
  Ivory Coast 0 (4)
 
 February 27 - Ouagadougou
 
  Egypt (p) 0 (5)
 
  DR Congo (p) 4 (4)
 
 
  Burkina Faso 4 (1)
 

Quarterfinals[]

Cameroon 0–1 DR Congo
Report Tondelua Goal 30'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 5,000
Tunisia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Burkina Faso
Gabsi Goal 89' Report K. Ouédraogo Goal 45' (pen.)
Penalties
Rouissi Penalty scored
Badra Penalty scored
Bouazizi Penalty scored
Chihi Penalty missed
Jelassi Penalty scored
Baya Penalty missed
Gabsi Penalty scored
Ghodhbane Penalty scored
Hicheri Penalty scored
Trabelsi Penalty missed		 7–8 Penalty scored S. Traoré
Penalty scored F. Sanou
Penalty scored Nana
Penalty missed Tallé
Penalty scored A. Ouédraogo
Penalty missed Zongo
Penalty scored B. Traoré
Penalty scored Diabaté
Penalty scored Liade Gnonka
Penalty scored Coulibaly
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 35,000
Ivory Coast 0–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Report
Penalties
Domoraud Penalty scored
Guel Penalty scored
Diomandé Penalty missed
Bakayoko Penalty scored
Ouattara Penalty scored		 4–5 Penalty scored Ramzy
Penalty scored Radwan
Penalty scored Kamouna
Penalty scored Mostafa
Penalty scored Imam
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Morocco 1–2 South Africa
Chiba Goal 36' Report McCarthy Goal 22'
Nyathi Goal 79'
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 2,000

Semifinals[]

DR Congo 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Bembuana-Keve Goal 48' McCarthy Goal 60', 112'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Uganda)
Burkina Faso 0–2 Egypt
H. Hassan Goal 40', 71'
Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Third place match[]

DR Congo 4–4 (a.e.t.) Burkina Faso
Mungongo Goal 76', 90'
Kasongo Goal 88'
Tondelua Goal 89'		 Report A. Ouédraogo Goal 6'
Barro Goal 52'
Napon Goal 56'
Tallé Goal 86'
Penalties
Simba Penalty scored
Mamale Penalty scored
Kisombe Penalty scored
Selenge Penalty scored		 4–1 Penalty missed S. Traoré
Penalty scored F. Sanou
Penalty missed Diabaté
Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 25,000

Final[]

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final
South Africa 0–2 Egypt
A. Hassan Goal 5'
Mostafa Goal 13'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 40,000

Scorers[]

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament[]

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links[]

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