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1998 African Cup of Nations

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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.

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)
Attendance412,800 (12,900 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hossam Hassan
Benni McCarthy
(7 goals each)
Best player(s) Benni McCarthy
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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
   
Ouagadougou
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 30,000
 

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   20'
Attendance: 30,000
Algeria  0–1  Guinea
Oularé   19'
Attendance: 3,000
Cameroon  2–2  Guinea
Tchami   9'
Womé   44'		 Oularé   46', 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Burkina Faso  2–1  Algeria
K. Ouédraogo   65' (pen.)
Traoré   77'		 Saïb   82' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
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
Referee: Kine Tibebu (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   57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai   90'
Attendance: 4,000
Ghana  2–0  Tunisia
Nyarko   8'
Gargo   90'
Attendance: 12,000
Tunisia  2–1  DR Congo
Ben Slimane   31'
Tlemcani   76'		 Kimoto   36'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)
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
Tunisia  3–1  Togo
Tlemcani   9'
Ben Slimane   12'
Gabsi   80'		 Assignon   4' (pen.)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (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
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)
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.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
Angola  3–3  Namibia
Lázaro   46'
Paulo Silva   67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira   86'		 Uri Khob   20', 51'
Nauseb   33'
Attendance: 2,000
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'
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   37' Chilumba   87'
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt  2–0  Mozambique
H. Hassan   14', 44'
Attendance: 20,000
Egypt  4–0  Zambia
H. Hassan   34', 57', 71'
Radwan   80'
Attendance: 5,000
Morocco  3–0  Mozambique
Chiba   39'
El Khattabi   40'
Fertout   82'
Attendance: 3,000
Zambia  3–1  Mozambique
Kilambe   16'
Bwalya   43'
Tembo   73'		 Avelino   57'
Attendance: 3,000
Morocco  1–0  Egypt
Hadji   90'
Attendance: 500

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 (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

Cameroon  0–1  DR Congo
Report Tondelua   30'
Attendance: 5,000
Attendance: 35,000
Ivory Coast  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
Report
Penalties
Domoraud  
Guel  
Diomandé  
Bakayoko  
Ouattara  		 4–5   Ramzy
  Radwan
  Kamouna
  Mostafa
  Imam
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco  1–2  South Africa
Chiba   36' Report McCarthy   22'
Nyathi   79'
Attendance: 2,000

Semifinals

DR Congo  1–2 (a.e.t.)  South Africa
Bembuana-Keve   48' McCarthy   60', 112'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
Burkina Faso  0–2  Egypt
H. Hassan   40', 71'
Attendance: 40,000

Third place match

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

Final

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final
South Africa  0–2  Egypt
A. Hassan   5'
Mostafa   13'
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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played32Goals scored93 2 91 per match Attendance412 800 12 900 per match Top scorer s Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy 7 goals each Best player s Benni McCarthy 19962000 Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Participating teams 1 2 Teams excluded 2 Squads 3 Venues 4 First round 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 4 4 Group D 5 Knockout stage 5 1 Quarterfinals 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Third place match 5 4 Final 6 Scorers 7 CAF Team of the Tournament 8 External linksQualification EditMain article 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification Participating teams Edit Participating nations Algeria Angola Burkina Faso hosts Cameroon DR Congo Ivory Coast Egypt Ghana Guinea Morocco Mozambique Namibia South Africa holders Togo Tunisia Zambia Teams excluded Edit Gambia Guinea Bissau Lesotho Madagascar Niger Nigeria 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 EditMain article 1998 African Cup of Nations squadsVenues EditBobo Dioulasso OuagadougouStade Municipal Stade du 4 AoutCapacity 40 000 Capacity 40 000 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou Bobo DioulassoStade MunicipalCapacity 30 000 First round EditTeams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals Group A Edit 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 0Source citation needed 7 February 199816 00Burkina Faso 0 1 CameroonTchami 20 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 30 000Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt 8 February 199820 30Algeria 0 1 GuineaOulare 19 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 3 000Referee Lim Kee Chong Mauritius 11 February 199815 00Cameroon 2 2 GuineaTchami 9 Wome 44 Oulare 46 77 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 2 000Referee Young Joo Kim South Korea 11 February 199820 00Burkina Faso 2 1 AlgeriaK Ouedraogo 65 pen Traore 77 Saib 82 pen Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 35 000Referee Pierre Mounguegui Gabon 15 February 199816 00Burkina Faso 1 0 GuineaKambou 85 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 40 000Referee Omer Yengo Congo 15 February 199816 00Cameroon 2 1 AlgeriaJob 47 Tchami 65 Dziri 40 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 1 000Referee Kine Tibebu Ethiopia Group B Edit 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 3Source citation needed 9 February 199816 00DR Congo 2 1 TogoTondelua 57 pen 73 pen Tchangai 90 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 4 000Referee Said Belqola Morocco 9 February 199820 30Ghana 2 0 TunisiaNyarko 8 Gargo 90 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 12 000Referee Ian McLeod South Africa 12 February 199816 00Tunisia 2 1 DR CongoBen Slimane 31 Tlemcani 76 Kimoto 36 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 1 000Referee Kine Tibebu Ethiopia 12 February 199820 30Togo 2 1 GhanaDote 26 Kader 90 Johnson 83 pen Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 3 000Referee Omer Yengo Congo 16 February 199817 00DR Congo 1 0 GhanaKisombe 77 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 3 000Referee Young Joo Kim South Korea 16 February 199817 00Tunisia 3 1 TogoTlemcani 9 Ben Slimane 12 Gabsi 80 Assignon 4 pen Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 800Referee Pierre Mounguegui Gabon Group C Edit 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 1Source citation needed 8 February 199815 00South Africa 0 0 AngolaStade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 20 000Referee Sidi Bekaye Magassa Mali 8 February 199818 00Ivory Coast 4 3 NamibiaTiehi 2 39 Bakayoko 34 Diabate 83 Shivute 46 73 Mannetti 70 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 20 000Referee Karim Dahou Algeria 11 February 199817 15Ivory Coast 1 1 South AfricaOuattara 88 Mkhalele 8 pen Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 10 000Referee Charles Masembe Uganda 12 February 199818 15Angola 3 3 NamibiaLazaro 46 Paulo Silva 67 pen Miguel Pereira 86 Uri Khob 20 51 Nauseb 33 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 2 000Referee Falla N Doye Senegal 16 February 199820 00Ivory Coast 5 2 AngolaGuel 8 23 Tiehi 43 81 pen Bakayoko 56 Paulo Silva 27 Quinzinho 52 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 4 000Referee Maxime Camara Guinea 16 February 199820 00South Africa 4 1 NamibiaMcCarthy 8 11 19 21 Uutoni 68 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 9 500Referee Karim Dahou Algeria Group D Edit 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 0Source citation needed 9 February 199818 15Morocco 1 1 ZambiaBahja 37 Chilumba 87 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 10 000Referee Abdul Rahman Al Zaid Saudi Arabia 10 February 199818 00Egypt 2 0 MozambiqueH Hassan 14 44 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 20 000Referee Maxime Camara Guinea 13 February 199817 00Egypt 4 0 ZambiaH Hassan 34 57 71 Radwan 80 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 5 000Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark 13 February 199820 00Morocco 3 0 MozambiqueChiba 39 El Khattabi 40 Fertout 82 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 3 000Referee Lucien Bouchardeau Niger 17 February 199816 00Zambia 3 1 MozambiqueKilambe 16 Bwalya 43 Tembo 73 Avelino 57 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 3 000Referee Falla N Doye Senegal 17 February 199816 00Morocco 1 0 EgyptHadji 90 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 500Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Knockout stage Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal February 20 Bobo Dioulasso Cameroon0 February 25 Ouagadougou DR Congo1 DR Congo1 February 22 Ouagadougou South Africa a e t 2 Morocco1 February 28 Ouagadougou South Africa2 South Africa0 February 21 Ouagadougou Egypt2 Tunisia1 7 February 25 Bobo Dioulasso Burkina Faso pen 1 8 Burkina Faso0 February 21 Ouagadougou Egypt2Third place Ivory Coast0 4 February 27 Ouagadougou Egypt pen 0 5 DR Congo pen 4 4 Burkina Faso4 1 Quarterfinals Edit 20 February 199816 00Cameroon 0 1 DR CongoReport Tondelua 30 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 5 000Referee Abdul Rahman Al Zaid Saudi Arabia 21 February 199817 00Tunisia 1 1 a e t Burkina FasoGabsi 89 Report K Ouedraogo 45 pen PenaltiesRouissi Badra Bouazizi Chihi Jelassi Baya Gabsi Ghodhbane Hicheri Trabelsi 7 8 S Traore F Sanou Nana Talle A Ouedraogo Zongo B Traore Diabate Liade Gnonka CoulibalyStade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 35 000Referee Lim Kee Chong Mauritius 21 February 199820 00Ivory Coast 0 0 a e t EgyptReportPenaltiesDomoraud Guel Diomande Bakayoko Ouattara 4 5 Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa ImamStade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 20 000Referee Ian McLeod South Africa 22 February 199816 00Morocco 1 2 South AfricaChiba 36 Report McCarthy 22 Nyathi 79 Stade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 2 000Referee Lucien Bouchardeau Niger Semifinals Edit 25 February 199816 00DR Congo 1 2 a e t South AfricaBembuana Keve 48 McCarthy 60 112 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 4 000Referee Charles Masembe Uganda 25 February 199820 00Burkina Faso 0 2 EgyptH Hassan 40 71 Stade Municipal Bobo DioulassoAttendance 40 000Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Third place match Edit 27 February 199816 00DR Congo 4 4 a e t Burkina FasoMungongo 76 90 Kasongo 88 Tondelua 89 Report A Ouedraogo 6 Barro 52 Napon 56 Talle 86 PenaltiesSimba Mamale Kisombe Selenge 4 1 S Traore F Sanou DiabateStade Municipal OuagadougouAttendance 25 000Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt Final Edit Main article 1998 African Cup of Nations Final February 28 199816 00South Africa 0 2 EgyptA Hassan 5 Mostafa 13 Stade du 4 Aout OuagadougouAttendance 40 000Referee Said Belqola Morocco Scorers Edit7 goals Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy 4 goals Jerry Tondelua Joel Tiehi 3 goals Alphonse Tchami Souleymane Oulare 2 goals Paulo Silva Kassoum Ouedraogo Lokenge Mungongo Ibrahima Bakayoko Tchiressoua Guel Said Chiba Eliphas Shivute Gervatius Uri Khob Mehdi Ben Slimane Hassen Gabsi Ziad Tlemcani 1 goal Billel Dziri Moussa Saib Lazaro Miguel Pereira Quinzinho Oumar Barro Romeo Kambou Sidi Napon Alassane Ouedraogo Ibrahima Talle Seydou Traore Joseph Desire Job Pierre Wome Eddy Bembuana Keve Jean Kasongo Banza Okitankoyi Kimoto Mundaba Kisombe Lassina Diabate Ahmed Ouattara Ahmed Hassan Tarek Mostafa Yasser Radwan Mohammed Gargo Samuel Johnson Alex Nyarko Ahmed Bahja Ali Elkhattabi Youssef Fertout Mustapha Hadji Avelino Ricardo Mannetti Robert Nauseb Simon Uutoni Helman Mkhalele David Nyathi Komlan Assignon Franck Dote Massamasso Tchangai Mohamed Coubadja Toure Kalusha Bwalya Tenant Chilumba Rotson Kilambe Masauso TemboCAF Team of the Tournament EditGoalkeeper Nader El SayedDefenders Mark Fish Jojo Noureddine Naybet Mohamed EmaraMidfielders Charles Akonnor Hassen Gabsi Tchiressoua Guel Didier Ekanza SimbaForwards Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthyExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1998 African Cup of Nations Details at RSSSF Retrieved from https en 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