1984 African Cup of Nations

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The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroon won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 3-1.

Contents 1 Participants 2 Final Round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Semi-Finals 2.4 3rd/4th places 2.5 Final 3 Best Scorers 4 External links

[edit] Participants

•  Egypt (9th participation in CAN)
•  Ghana (8th participation in CAN)
•  Nigeria (6th participation in CAN)
•  Côte d'Ivoire (5th participation in CAN)
•  Algeria (4th participation in CAN)
•  Cameroon (4th participation in CAN)
•  Togo (2nd participation in CAN)
•  Malawi (1st participation in CAN)

[edit] Final Round

[edit] Group A

All matches played in Abidjan.

4 March 1984

Côte d'Ivoire	3 - 0	Togo
Egypt	1 - 0	Cameroon

7 March 1984

Cameroon	4 - 1	Togo
Egypt	2 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire

10 March 1984

Egypt	0 - 0	Togo
Cameroon	2 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	5
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	4
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	4	4	2
Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	1

[edit] Group B

All matches played in Bouaké.

5 March 1984

Nigeria	2 - 1	Ghana
Algeria	3 - 0	Malawi

8 March 1984

Malawi	2 - 2	Nigeria
Algeria	2 - 0	Ghana

11 March 1984

Algeria	0-0	Nigeria
Ghana	1-0	Malawi

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	5	0	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	4
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	4	2
Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	1

[edit] Semi-Finals

14 March 1984

Egypt	2 - 2	Nigeria	(extra time) (7-8 p.k.)
Algeria	0 - 0	Cameroon	(extra time) (4-5 p.k.)

[edit] 3rd/4th places

17 March in Abidjan

Algeria

3 - 1

Egypt

[edit] Final

18 March in Abidjan

Cameroon

3 - 1

Nigeria

[edit] Best Scorers

• Taher Abouzaid (4 goals)
• Théophile Abéga (3 goals)

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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