1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	7–21 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Roger Milla
← 1984 1988 →

The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Egypt	Hosts		7 (1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984)
Cameroon	Holders	18 March 1984	4 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984)
Algeria	2nd round winners	13 August 1985	4 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984)
Zambia	2nd round winners	18 August 1985	3 (1974, 1978, 1982)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	1 September 1985	6 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984)
Senegal	2nd round winners	1 September 1985	2 (1965, 1968)
Morocco	2nd round winners	8 September 1985	4 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980)
Mozambique	2nd round winners	15 September 1985	0 (debut)

Notes

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

Squads

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

Cairo	Cairo Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 90,000
Alexandria
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

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:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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

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

7 March 1986

Senegal	1–0	Egypt
Youm 67'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

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7 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–0	Mozambique
A. Traoré 25', 74' N'Dri 86'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

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10 March 1986

Senegal	2–0	Mozambique
Fall 28' Bocandé 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

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10 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Ivory Coast
Gharieb 73' Abdelhamid 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

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13 March 1986

Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal
A. Traoré 71'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

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13 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Mozambique
Abouzaid 13', 15'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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

8 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

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8 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Zambia
Milla 46' M'Fédé 67' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Report	Chabala 65' Bwalya 77' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

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11 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

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11 March 1986

Cameroon	1–1	Morocco
Milla 89'	Report	Krimau 63'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

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14 March 1986

Morocco	1–0	Zambia
Chilengi 18' (o.g.)	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

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14 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Algeria
Kana-Biyik 66', 70' Milla 72'	Report	Madjer 61' Maroc 73'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 March – Alexandria
	Cameroon	1
					21 March – Cairo
	Ivory Coast	0
					Cameroon	0 (4)
	17 March – Cairo
					Egypt (pen.)	0 (5)
	Egypt	1
	Morocco	0
					Third place
					20 March – Cairo
					Ivory Coast	3
					Morocco	2

Semifinals

17 March 1986

Cameroon	1–0	Ivory Coast
Milla 46'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

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17 March 1986

Egypt	1–0	Morocco
Abouzaid 79'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match

20 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–2	Morocco
Ben Salah 8' Kassi-Kouadio 38', 68' (pen.)	Report	Rhiati 44' Sahil 85'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations Final

21 March 1986

Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kassem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000 or 120,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.

4 goals

• Roger Milla

3 goals

• Taher Abouzaid
• Abdoulaye Traoré

2 goals

• André Kana-Biyik
• Louis-Paul M'Fédé
• Lucien Kassi-Kouadio

1 goal

• Rabah Madjer
• Karim Maroc
• Shawky Gharib
• Gamal Abdelhamid
• Kouassi N'Dri
• Oumar Ben Salah
• Abdelkrim Merry "Krimau"
• Abdelfettah Rhiati
• Mohammed Sahil
• Jules Bocandé
• Pape Fall
• Thierno Youm
• Kalusha Bwalya
• Michael Chabala

1 own goal

• Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thomas N'Kono	André Kana-Biyik Ali Shehata Roger Mendy Rabei Yassin	Emile Mbouh Magdi Abdelghani Moustafa Abdou Taher Abouzaid	Roger Milla Kalusha Bwalya

External links

• Details at RSSSF