1990 African Cup of Nations

1990 African Cup of Nations
  • كأس أمم إفريقيا 1990
  • Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1990
African Cup of Nations 1990 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates2–16 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored30 (1.88 per match)
Attendance600,032 (37,502 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Djamel Menad (4 goals)
Best player(s)Algeria Rabah Madjer
← 1988
1992 →

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1–0.

Qualified teams

Participating nations
Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Algeria Hosts 6 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
 Cameroon Holders 27 March 1988 6 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
 Senegal 2nd round winners 16 July 1989 3 (1965, 1968, 1986)
 Kenya 2nd round winners 29 July 1989 2 (1988, 1990)
 Egypt 2nd round winners 30 July 1989 11 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,
1988)
 Ivory Coast 2nd round winners 30 July 1989 8 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988)
 Nigeria 2nd round winners 30 July 1989 7 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
 Zambia 2nd round winners 30 July 1989 4 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Algiers and Annaba.

Algiers
Stade du 5 Juillet
Capacity: 85,000
Annaba
Stade du 19 Mai
Capacity: 56,000

Match officials

Referees
Invited referees

Squads

Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations squads

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. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
  3. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
  4. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 4
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Algeria 5–1 Nigeria
Madjer 36', 58'
Menad 69', 72'
Amani 88'		 Report Okocha 82'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Ivory Coast 3–1 Egypt
A. Traoré 53', 60'
Maguy 73'		 Report Abdelrahman 75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
Nigeria 1–0 Egypt
Yekini 8' Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
Algeria 3–0 Ivory Coast
Menad 23'
Chérif El-Ouazzani 81'
Oudjani 82'		 Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Nigeria 1–0 Ivory Coast
Yekini 3' Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)
Algeria 2–0 Egypt
Amani 39'
Saïb 43'		 Report
Attendance: 86,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 5 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 4
3  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
4  Kenya 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia 1–0 Cameroon
Chikabala 58' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)
Senegal 0–0 Kenya
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Zambia 1–0 Kenya
Makwaza 40' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
Senegal 2–0 Cameroon
Diallo 45'
N'Dao 56'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Zambia 0–0 Senegal
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
Cameroon 2–0 Kenya
Maboang 28', 69' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 12 March – Annaba
 
 
  Zambia 0
 
 16 March – Algiers
 
  Nigeria 2
 
  Nigeria 0
 
 12 March – Algiers
 
  Algeria 1
 
  Algeria 2
 
 
  Senegal 1
 
Third place
 
 
 15 March – Algiers
 
 
  Zambia 1
 
 
  Senegal 0

Semi-finals

Zambia 0–2 Nigeria
Report Okechukwu 18'
Yekini 77'
Attendance: 12,000
Algeria 2–1 Senegal
Menad 4'
Amani 62'		 Report Serrar 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Third place match

Zambia 1–0 Senegal
Chikabala 73' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final

Main article: 1990 African Cup of Nations Final
Algeria 1–0 Nigeria
Oudjani 38' Report
Attendance: 105,032

Statistics and awards

Player of the Tournament

1 Algeria Rabah Madjer (76 pts)
2 Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
3 Algeria Djamel Menad
– Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
– Zambia Webster Chikabala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Algeria Antar Osmani

Algeria Ali Benhalima
Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Ivory Coast Arsène Hobou
Zambia Samuel Chomba

Algeria Djamel Amani
Algeria Rabah Madjer
Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Nigeria Moses Kpakor

Algeria Djamel Menad
Zambia Webster Chikabala

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.88 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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