1994 African Cup of Nations

1994 African Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الإفريقية 1994
The official tournament poster.
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates26 March – 10 April
Teams12
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up Zambia
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored44 (2.2 per match)
Attendance267,400 (13,370 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
← 1992
1996 →

The 1994 African Cup of Nations, known as the Nescafé 1994 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was played between 26 March and 10 April 1994 in Tunisia, taking place in the country for the second time following the 1965 editions. Tunisia host the tournament, who replaced original hosts Zaire. The Zambian team was recently formed, following an air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members of the previous team had been killed.

The defending champions were Ivory Coast from the 1992 edition. A total of 20 matches were played, in which 44 goals were scored, at an average of 2.2 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 267,400, averaging 13,370 viewers per match. Qualification took place from 14 June 1992 to 24 October 1993. Ivory Coast as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament. As in the 1992 edition, twelve teams, divided into four groups each comprising tree teams, took part in the competition. Host Tunisia were eliminated from the group stage, which became the biggest failure in the history of the team. The defending champions Ivory Coast were eliminated in the semi-finals after losing in penalties against Nigeria.

Nigeria won the title for the second time in their history, after beating Zambia in the final match with a score of 2–1. Ivory Coast secured third place after beating Mali in the third place match, which placed them fourth. Nigerian Rashidi Yekini scored 5 goals at the end of the tournament, so he won the top scorer award, also he won the best player award. As champions, Nigeria qualified for the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia, as a representative of African continent.

Teams

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Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification

Ten tickets are to be distributed to the 37 countries participating in these qualifications. Tunisia, the tournament organizer, and the Ivory Coast, the defending champion, are exempt from these games. After a preliminary round played in two-way matches involving four teams (two qualified for the main round), the teams are divided into eight groups of four. The first in each group as well as the second in groups of 5 or 6 obtain their ticket for the final tournament in Tunisia. In addition to the withdrawals during the competition of Togo, Chad, Tanzania and Burkina Faso, the selections of Mauritania and Libya, initially registered, withdraw before the start of the qualifications.

Note for these qualifiers the debut in official international competition of the selection of Cape Verde, eliminated in the preliminary round, and the first participation of South Africa, banned from world football since the establishment of apartheid. The end of South Africa's segregationist policy allows the reintegration of Bafana Bafana into the CAF.

Qualified teams

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Participating nations

The 12 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Tunisia Hosts 5 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
 Ivory Coast Holders 26 January 1992 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992)
 Nigeria Group 2 winners 24 July 1993 9 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992)
 Egypt Group 8 runners-up 25 July 1993 13 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1990, 1992)
 Gabon Group 1 winners 25 July 1993 0 (debut)
 Ghana Group 7 winners 25 July 1993 9 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992)
 Mali Group 8 winners 25 July 1993 1 (1972)
 Senegal[b] Group 3 third place 25 July 1993 5 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992)
 Zaire Group 4 winners 25 July 1993 8 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992)
 Zambia Group 5 winners 25 July 1993 6 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992)
 Sierra Leone Group 3 winners 26 July 1993 0 (debut)
 Guinea Group 6 winners 24 October 1993 4 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
  2. ^ Senegal replaced Algeria (disqualified).

Squads

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Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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Tunis
El Menzah Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
Tunis
Chedly Zouiten Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
Sousse
Sousse Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 21,000

Group stage

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Tiebreakers

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zaire 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Mali 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
3  Tunisia (H) 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Tunisia 0–2 Mali
Report Coulibaly 25'
Sidibé 34'
Attendance: 45,000
Mali 0–1 Zaire
Report Basaula 48'
Attendance: 8,000
Tunisia 1–1 Zaire
Rouissi 43' (pen.) Report Ngoy 55'
Attendance: 45,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 2 1 1 0 4 0 +4 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
3  Gabon 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 3–0 Gabon
Yekini 18', 88'
Adepoju 72'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Egypt 4–0 Gabon
Mansour 1'
El-Gamal 22'
Abdel Samad 55', 59'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Nigeria 0–0 Egypt
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
3  Sierra Leone 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ivory Coast 4–0 Sierra Leone
Tiéhi 19', 63', 70'
Guel 35'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Zambia 0–0 Sierra Leone
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Zambia 1–0 Ivory Coast
Malitoli 79' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Senegal 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3  Guinea 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ghana 1–0 Guinea
Akunnor 87' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Senegal 2–1 Guinea
Gueye 46' (pen.)
Tendeng 50'		 Report A. Camara 44'
Attendance: 6,000
Ghana 1–0 Senegal
Polley 42' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 April 2 – Tunis
 
 
  Zaire 0
 
 April 6 – Tunis
 
  Nigeria 2
 
  Nigeria (pen.) 2 (4)
 
 April 3 – Sousse
 
  Ivory Coast 2 (2)
 
  Ghana 1
 
 April 10 – Tunis
 
  Ivory Coast 2
 
  Nigeria 2
 
 April 2 – Tunis
 
  Zambia 1
 
  Egypt 0
 
 April 6 – Tunis
 
  Mali 1
 
  Mali 0
 
 April 3 – Sousse
 
  Zambia 4 Third place
 
  Zambia 1
 
 April 10 – Tunis
 
  Senegal 0
 
  Ivory Coast 3
 
 
  Mali 1
 

Quarterfinals

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Zaire 0–2 Nigeria
Report Yekini 51', 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Egypt 0–1 Mali
Report S. Traoré 64'
Attendance: 1,400
Zambia 1–0 Senegal
Sakala 38' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Ghana 1–2 Ivory Coast
Akonnor 77' Report Tiéhi 30'
A. Traoré 81'
Attendance: 8,000

Semifinals

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Nigeria 2–2 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Iroha 26'
Yekini 40'		 Report Bassolé 19', 31'
Penalties
Finidi soccer ball with check mark
Siasia soccer ball with red X
Amokachi soccer ball with check mark
Iroha soccer ball with check mark
Yekini soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Kouamé
soccer ball with check mark Fallet
soccer ball with red X Bassolé
soccer ball with red X Amani
Attendance: 3,000
Zambia 4–0 Mali
Litana 8'
Saileti 30'
K. Bwalya 47'
Malitoli 73'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000

Third place match

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Ivory Coast 3–1 Mali
Koné 2'
Ouattara 67'
Sie 70'		 Report Diallo 46'
Attendance: 15,000

Final

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Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations final
Nigeria 2–1 Zambia
Amuneke 5', 47' Report Litana 3'
Attendance: 25,000

Goalscorers

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There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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