1984 African Cup of Nations

1984 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
	Afcon 1984 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	4–18 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taher Abouzaid ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Théophile Abega
Best goalkeeper	Joseph-Antoine Bell
	← 1982 1986 →

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. 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.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Ivory Coast	Hosts		5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
Ghana	Holders	19 March 1982	7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Algeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1968, 1980, 1982)
Cameroon	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	3 (1970, 1972, 1982)
Egypt	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
Malawi	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	0 (debut)
Nigeria	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	5 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Togo	2nd round winners	28 August 1983	1 (1972)

Notes

^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Bouaké
Abidjan	Abidjan Bouaké
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Capacity: 40,000

Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast (H)	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
4	Togo	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 March 1984

Ivory Coast	3–0	Togo
Koffi 27' Fofana 62' Goba 75'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

4 March 1984

Egypt	1–0	Cameroon
Abouzaid 78'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

7 March 1984

Cameroon	4–1	Togo
Djonkep 7' Abega 21', 61' Aoudou 45'	Report	Moutairou 56'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mulenga Rezzin (Zambia)

7 March 1984

Ivory Coast	1–2	Egypt
Miézan 53'	Report	Abouzaid 66', 72'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

10 March 1984

Egypt	0–0	Togo
	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

10 March 1984

Ivory Coast	0–2	Cameroon
	Report	Milla 42' Djonkep 61'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
4	Malawi	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

5 March 1984

Ghana	1–2	Nigeria
Opoku N'ti 19'	Report	Nwosu 13' Ehilegbu 31'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

5 March 1984

Algeria	3–0	Malawi
Bouiche 29' Belloumi 36' Fergani 38'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

8 March 1984

Malawi	2–2	Nigeria
Waya 7' (pen.) Msiya 35'	Report	Temile 39', 41'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hassan Abdel Hafiz (Sudan)

8 March 1984

Algeria	2–0	Ghana
Menad 75' Bensaoula 85'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohamed Bahhou (Morocco)

11 March 1984

Algeria	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1984

Ghana	1–0	Malawi
Amphadu 32'	Report

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Salem Mohamed Adal (Libya)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

14 March – Abidjan

Egypt	2 (7)
		18 March – Abidjan
Nigeria (pen.)	2 (8)
		Nigeria	1
14 March – Abidjan
		Cameroon	3
Algeria	0 (4)

Cameroon (pen.)	0 (5)
		Third place

		17 March – Abidjan

		Egypt	1

		Algeria	3

Semifinals

14 March 1984

Egypt	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Sulaiman 25' Abouzaid 38'	Report	Keshi 43' (pen.) Bala 75'
Penalties
Abdelghani Shehata Ghareeb El Khatib Abouzeid Nassef Yassin Hassan Youssef	7–8	Kingsley Edobor Shofoluwe Ali Keshi Yekini Temile Adeshina Lawal

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

14 March 1984

Algeria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Belloumi Yahi Kaci-Saïd Guendouz Madjer	4–5	Kundé Ebongué Aoudou Bell Ndoumbé

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Third place match

17 March 1984

Algeria	3–1	Egypt
Madjer 68' Belloumi 71' Yahi 90'	Report	Abdelghani 76' (pen.)

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mohammed Larache (Morocco)

Final

18 March 1984

Cameroon	3–1	Nigeria
N'Djeya 32' Abega 79' Ebongué 84'	Report	Lawal 10'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 27,456

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.

4 goals

Taher Abouzeid

3 goals

Théophile Abéga

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Joseph-Antoine Bell	Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi	Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzeid Clement Temile	Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya

External links

Details at RSSSF

[1] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

[a]

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Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
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Notes The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages. Football in Africa portal