2004 African Cup of Nations

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2004 African Cup of Nations
2004 NOKIA African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004
كأس أمم إفريقيا 2004
2004 Africa Cup of Nations logo.svg
African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates24 January – 14 February
Teams16
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Tunisia Francileudo Santos
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
← 2002
2006 →

The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004), was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The tournament was instead hosted by Tunisia.[1] Tunisia won their first title after defeating one-time champions Morocco 2–1 in the final.[2] Nigeria finished third after beating Mali 2–1 in the third place play-off. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany. Tournament defending champions Cameroon eliminated in the quarter-finals after failing to win their match against Nigeria.

Host selection[]

Bids :

  • Benin / Togo
  • Malawi / Zambia
  • Tunisia
  • Zimbabwe

The organization of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.[3] Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.

This edition was awarded to Tunisia which represented Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by taking the majority of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee members which are 13 after its impressive success in the 1994 edition.

This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results
Nation(s) Votes
Tunisia 9
Zimbabwe 3
Malawi / Zambia 1
Benin / Togo Withdrew
Total votes 13

Sponsorship[]

On September 20, 2003 in Tunis, Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the “title sponsor” of the 24th edition,[4] which is therefore officially called NOKIA Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.[5]

Sponsors list[6]
Title sponsor Official sponsors Regional sponsors
  • Nokia

Mascot[]

To choose the tournament mascot, the organizing committee is launching a competition open to the entire Tunisian population. The only rules imposed, this mascot must be an eagle and must represent football, Africa and Tunisia.

Of the fifty or so proposals submitted to the committee, it is the work of Malek Khalfallah that is retained. It is an eagle, which the author baptized Nçayir. The colors of its equipment, red and white, refer to the colors of the Tunisian flag.[7]

I sent my proposal by post without even giving my phone number. I just wanted to participate. And one day someone knocks on the door telling me that I must urgently call a number. To my surprise I learned that it was my first mascot proposal that won the competition! I then had to modify some details requested by the organizing committee.

— Malek Khalfallah

Match ball[]

The official ball for the 2004 African Cup of Nations is the Adidas Fevernova. Designed two years earlier by Adidas for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the ball was reused during 2004 African Cup of Nations.[8]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 49 nations registered for the competition are divided into thirteen groups: ten groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The selections of Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe and Djibouti forfeit before the start of qualifying.

The first of each group qualify for the final tournament in Tunisia, as well as the best of the second. Cameroon, as defending champion, and Tunisia, as host country, are automatically qualified for the final phase of the competition.[9]

First participation[]

Benin and Rwanda manage to qualify for the AFCON for the first final phase of their history, after finishing at the top of their group in the qualifiers in front of two former African champions, Sudan and Ghana.[10][11]

Zimbabwe do the same after finishing first in the finalists in all qualifying groups.

Qualified teams[]

The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking at start of event
 Tunisia Hosts 11th 2002 Runners-up (1965, 1996) 45
 Cameroon Holders 13th 2002 Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) 14
 Nigeria Group 1 winners 13th 2002 Winners (1980 et 1994) 35
 Guinea Group 2 winners 7th 1998 Runners-up (1976) 102
 Benin Group 3 winners 1st None Debut 123
 Burkina Faso Group 4 winners 6th 2002 Fourth place (1998) 72
 Kenya Group 5 winners 5th 1992 Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992) 76
 Mali Group 6 winners 4th 2002 Runners-up (1972) 51
 Morocco Group 7 winners 11th 2002 Winners (1976) 38
 Senegal Group 8 winners 9th 2002 Runners-up (2002) 33
 DR Congo Group 9 winners 14th 2002 Winners (1968, 1974) 54
 Egypt Group 10 winners 19th 2002 Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998) 32
 South Africa Group 11 winners 5th 2002 Winners (1996) 36
 Algeria Group 12 winners 13th 2002 Winners (1990) 63
 Rwanda Group 13 winners 1st None Debut 109
 Zimbabwe Group 14 winners 1st None Debut 49

Venues[]

The six cities selected to host the event are coastal.[12]

2004 African Cup of Nations is located in Tunisia
Tunis
Tunis
Radès
Sousse
Sousse
Sfax
Sfax
Monastir
Monastir
Bizerte
Bizerte
 Radès Tunis Sousse
Stade 7 November Stade El Menzah Stade Olympique de Sousse
Capacity: 60,000[13] Capacity: 45,000[14] Capacity: 28,000[15]
Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès).jpg Stade El Menzah.jpg Stade olympique de Sousse.jpg
Monastir Sfax Bizerte
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Stade Taïeb Mhiri Stade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 22,000[16] Capacity: 22,000[17] Capacity: 20,000[18]
Stade Mustapha-Ben-Jennet.jpg Stade taieb mehiri.JPG Stade de bizerte.jpg

Match officials[]

The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees[]

Squads[]

Further information: 2004 African Cup of Nations squads

As is the case in all versions of the African Cup of Nations, each team participating in the tournament must consist of 23 players (including three goalkeepers). Participating national teams must confirm the final list of 23 players no later than ten days before the start of the tournament. In the event that a player suffers an injury which prevents him from participating in the tournament, his team has the right to replace him with another player at any time up to 24 hours before the team's first game.

Format[]

Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot; the other 15 teams qualified through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third place match, while the semi-final winners played in the final.

Draw[]

The draw took place on 20 september 2003 in Tunis.[19][20][21] In parentheses, the FIFA World Rankings as of January 14, 2004.[22]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Tunisia (45) (hosts)
 Cameroon (14) (title holders)
 Nigeria (35)
 Senegal (33)

 Algeria (63)
 South Africa (36)
 Egypt (32)
 DR Congo (54)

 Morocco (38)
 Burkina Faso (72)
 Mali (51)
 Guinea (102)

 Kenya (76)
 Rwanda (109)
 Benin (123)
 Zimbabwe (49)

Match summary[]

The 16 national teams participating in the tournament together played a total of 32 matches ranging from group stage and progression matches to knockout matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages. Rest days are set aside during the different stages to allow players to recover during the tournament.

Group stage[]

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.[23]

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Tiebreakers[]

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):[24]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Guinea 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Tunisia 2–1 Rwanda
Jaziri Goal 27'
Santos Goal 57'		 Goal 41'
Stade 7 November, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: (Cameroon)
DR Congo 1–2 Guinea
Masudi Goal 35' T. Camara Goal 68'
Feindouno Goal 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
Rwanda 1–1 Guinea
K. Kamanzi Goal 90+3' T. Camara Goal 49'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Tunisia 3–0 DR Congo
Santos Goal 55', 87'
Braham Goal 65'
Stade 7 November, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Tunisia 1–1 Guinea
Ben Achour Goal 58' T. Camara Goal 84'
Stade 7 November, Radès
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Ethiopia)
Rwanda 1–0 DR Congo
Makasi Goal 74'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Kenya 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Kenya 1–3 Mali
Mulama Goal 58' Sissoko Goal 28'
Kanouté Goal 63', 81'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Ethiopia)
Senegal 0–0 Burkina Faso
Attendance: 2,000
Senegal 3–0 Kenya
Niang Goal 4', 31'
P. B. Diop Goal 19'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Burkina Faso 1–3 Mali
Minoungou Goal 50' Kanouté Goal 34'
Diarra Goal 37'
S. Coulibaly Goal 78'
Attendance: 1,500
Senegal 1–1 Mali
Beye Goal 45+2' D. Traoré Goal 34'
Attendance: 7,550
Referee: (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 0–3 Kenya
Ake Goal 51'
Oliech Goal 64'
Baraza Goal 83'
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
Zimbabwe 1–2 Egypt
P. Ndlovu Goal 46' T. Abdel Hamid Goal 58'
Barakat Goal 63'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Cameroon 1–1 Algeria
M'Boma Goal 43' Zafour Goal 52'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Cameroon 5–3 Zimbabwe
M'Boma Goal 31', 44', 65'
M'Bami Goal 40', 67'		 P. Ndlovu Goal 8', 47' (pen.)
Nyandoro Goal 89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
Algeria 2–1 Egypt
Mamouni Goal 13'
Achiou Goal 86'		 Belal Goal 25'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
Cameroon 0–0 Egypt
Attendance: 20,000
Algeria 1–2 Zimbabwe
Achiou Goal 73' A. Ndlovu Goal 65'
Lupahla Goal 71'
Attendance: 10,000

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Nigeria 0–1 Morocco
Hadji Goal 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
South Africa 2–0 Benin
Nomvethe Goal 58', 76'
Attendance: 12,000
Nigeria 4–0 South Africa
Yobo Goal 4'
Okocha Goal 64' (pen.)
Odemwingie Goal 81', 83'
Attendance: 15,000
Morocco 4–0 Benin
Chamakh Goal 17'
Adjamossi Goal 73' (o.g.)
Ouaddou Goal 75'
El Karkouri Goal 80'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 1–1 South Africa
Safri Goal 38' (pen.) Mayo Goal 29'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Tunisia)
Nigeria 2–1 Benin
Lawal Goal 35'
Utaka Goal 76'		 Latoundji Goal 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 7 February – Radès
 
 
  Tunisia 1
 
 11 February – Radès
 
  Senegal 0
 
  Tunisia (p) 1 (5)
 
 8 February – Monastir
 
  Nigeria 1 (3)
 
  Cameroon 1
 
 14 February – Radès
 
  Nigeria 2
 
  Tunisia 2
 
 8 February – Sfax
 
  Morocco 1
 
  Morocco (a.e.t.) 3
 
 11 February – Sousse
 
  Algeria 1
 
  Morocco 4
 
 7 February – Tunis
 
  Mali 0 Third place
 
  Mali 2
 
 13 February – Monastir
 
  Guinea 1
 
  Nigeria 2
 
 
  Mali 1
 

Quarter-finals[]

Mali 2–1 Guinea
Kanouté Goal 45'
Diarra Goal 90'		 Feindouno Goal 15'
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Tunisia 1–0 Senegal
Mnari Goal 65'
Stade 7 November, Rades
Attendance: 57,000
Cameroon 1–2 Nigeria
Eto'o Goal 42' Okocha Goal 45'
Utaka Goal 73'
Attendance: 14,750
Morocco 3–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Chamakh Goal 90'
Hadji Goal 113'
Zairi Goal 120'		 Cherrad Goal 84'
Attendance: 22,000

Semi-finals[]

Tunisia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Badra Goal 82' Report Okocha Goal 67'
Penalties
Badra Penalty scored
Santos Penalty scored
Mhedhebi Penalty scored
Ben Achour Penalty scored
Haggui Penalty scored		 5–3 Penalty scored Utaka
Penalty missed Odemwingie
Penalty scored Yobo
Penalty scored Udeze
Stade 7 November, Radès
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Morocco 4–0 Mali
Mokhtari Goal 44', 58'
Hadji Goal 80'
Baha Goal 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)

Third place match[]

Nigeria 2–1 Mali
Okocha Goal 16'
Odemwingie Goal 52'		 Abouta Goal 70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Final[]

Main article: 2004 African Cup of Nations Final
Tunisia 2–1 Morocco
Santos Goal 5'
Jaziri Goal 52'		 Mokhtari Goal 38'
Stade 7 November, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)


 2004 Africa Cup of Nations
Champions 

Tunisia
First title

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

There were 88 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.[25][26]

4 goals
3 goals
  • Guinea Aboubacar Titi Camara
  • Morocco Youssouf Hadji
  • Nigeria Osaze Odemwingie
  • Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Tournament team rankings[]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
  Quarter-finals
  Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Tunisia (H) 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16 Champions
2  Morocco 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 Runner-up
3  Nigeria 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Third place
4  Mali 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 Fourth place
5  Senegal 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Cameroon 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5
7  Guinea 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
8  Algeria 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
9  Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
11  South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
12  Kenya 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
13  Zimbabwe 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
14  Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
15  DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
16  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Host

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Man of the Competition
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha[27]
Top Scorer
Tunisia Francileudo Santos[28]
(4 goals)

CAF AFCON Team of the Tournament[]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Nigeria Vincent Enyeama Morocco Walid Regragui
Tunisia Khaled Badra
Morocco Abdeslam Ouaddou
Cameroon Timothée Atouba 		Algeria Karim Ziani
Tunisia Riadh Bouazizi
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Nigeria John Utaka 		Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Tunisia Francileudo Santos

Media[]

Broadcasting[]

Territory Channel Ref
 Tunisia Tunis 7 [6]
 France Canal+
Arab League MENA ART
 Sub-Saharan Africa

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