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1998 African Cup of Nations

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1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
Dates7–28 February
Teams16
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)
Attendance388,800 (12,150 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.[1]

Qualification

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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.

Participating teams

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Participating nations
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Burkina Faso Hosts 2 (1978, 1996)
 South Africa Holders 3 February 1996 1 (1996)
 Ghana Group 1 winners 13 July 1997 11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994,
1996)
 Guinea Group 4 runners-up 13 July 1997 5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
 Tunisia Group 4 winners 13 July 1997 7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
 Algeria Group 2 runners-up 27 July 1997 9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
 Angola Group 6 runners-up 27 July 1997 1 (1996)
 Cameroon Group 5 winners 27 July 1997 9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
 DR Congo Group 6 runners-up 27 July 1997 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
 Egypt Group 3 runners-up 27 July 1997 15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
 Ivory Coast Group 2 winners 27 July 1997 12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992,
1994, 1996)
 Morocco Group 3 winners 27 July 1997 7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
 Mozambique Group 7 runners-up 27 July 1997 2 (1986, 1996)
 Namibia Group 5 runners-up 27 July 1997 0 (debut)
 Togo Group 6 winners 27 July 1997 2 (1972, 1984)
 Zambia Group 7 winners 27 July 1997 8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Teams excluded

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Squads

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Venues

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Ouagadougou
Stade du 4 Août Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 30,000
Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000

First round

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Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso (H) 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Burkina Faso 0–1 Cameroon
Tchami 20'

Algeria 0–1 Guinea
Oularé 19'

Cameroon 2–2 Guinea
Tchami 9'
Womé 44'
Oularé 46', 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

Burkina Faso 2–1 Algeria
K. Ouédraogo 65' (pen.)
Traoré 77'
Saïb 82' (pen.)

Burkina Faso 1–0 Guinea
Kambou 85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

Cameroon 2–1 Algeria
Job 47'
Tchami 65'
Dziri 40'
Attendance: 1,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  DR Congo 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
DR Congo 2–1 Togo
Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai 90'
Attendance: 4,000

Ghana 2–0 Tunisia
Nyarko 8'
Gargo 90'

Tunisia 2–1 DR Congo
Ben Slimane 31'
Tlemcani 76'
Kimoto 36'
Attendance: 1,000

Togo 2–1 Ghana
Doté 26'
Kader 90'
Johnson 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

DR Congo 1–0 Ghana
Kisombe 77'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

Tunisia 3–1 Togo
Tlemcani 9'
Ben Slimane 12'
Gabsi 80'
Assignon 4' (pen.)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Africa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2
4  Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
South Africa 0–0 Angola

Ivory Coast 4–3 Namibia
Tiéhi 2', 39'
Bakayoko 34'
Diabaté 83'
Shivute 46', 73'
Mannetti 70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

Ivory Coast 1–1 South Africa
Ouattara 88' Mkhalele 8' (pen.)

Angola 3–3 Namibia
Lázaro 46'
Paulo Silva 67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira 86'
Uri Khob 20', 51'
Nauseb 33'

Ivory Coast 5–2 Angola
Guel 8', 23'
Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko 56'
Paulo Silva 27'
Quinzinho 52'
Attendance: 4,000

South Africa 4–1 Namibia
McCarthy 8', 11', 19', 21' Uutoni 68'

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
3  Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Morocco 1–1 Zambia
Bahja 37' Chilumba 87'

Egypt 2–0 Mozambique
H. Hassan 14', 44'
Attendance: 20,000

Egypt 4–0 Zambia
H. Hassan 34', 57', 71'
Radwan 80'

Morocco 3–0 Mozambique
Chiba 39'
El Khattabi 40'
Fertout 82'

Zambia 3–1 Mozambique
Kilambe 16'
Bwalya 43'
Tembo 73'
Avelino 57'

Morocco 1–0 Egypt
Hadji 90'

Knockout stage

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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 (pen.) 1 (8)
 
 Burkina Faso 0
 
February 21 – Ouagadougou
 
 Egypt 2 Third place
 
 Ivory Coast 0 (4)
 
February 27 – Ouagadougou
 
 Egypt (pen.) 0 (5)
 
 DR Congo (pen.) 4 (4)
 
 
 Burkina Faso 4 (1)
 

Quarterfinals

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Cameroon 0–1 DR Congo
Report Tondelua 30'



Morocco 1–2 South Africa
Chiba 36' Report McCarthy 22'
Nyathi 79'

Semifinals

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DR Congo 1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.) South Africa
Bembuana-Keve 48' McCarthy 60', gold-colored soccer ball 112'

Burkina Faso 0–2 Egypt
H. Hassan 40', 71'

Third place match

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Final

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South Africa 0–2 Egypt
A. Hassan 5'
Mostafa 13'
Attendance: 33,000

Goalscorers

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There were 93 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

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  1. ^ "Egypt beats South Africa 2-0 to win 1998 AFCON". 28 February 1998. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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