1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations1986 كأس الأمم الأفريقية

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

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International football competition

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

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Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in tournament[a]

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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

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Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues

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

Cairo |

Cairo

Alexandria

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

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

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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Youm 67' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

* * *

7 March 1986

Ivory Coast | 3–0|  Mozambique

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A. Traoré 25', 74'
N'Dri 86' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

* * *

10 March 1986

Senegal | 2–0|  Mozambique

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Fall 28'
Bocandé 83' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

* * *

10 March 1986

Egypt | 2–0|  Ivory Coast

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Gharieb 73'
Abdelhamid 83' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

* * *

13 March 1986

Ivory Coast | 1–0|  Senegal

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A. Traoré 71' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

* * *

13 March 1986

Egypt | 2–0|  Mozambique

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Abouzaid 13', 15' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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| Report |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

* * *

8 March 1986

Cameroon | 3–2|  Zambia

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Milla 46'
M'Fédé 67' (pen.), 82' (pen.) | Report | Chabala 65'
Bwalya 77' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

* * *

11 March 1986

Algeria | 0–0|  Zambia

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| Report |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

* * *

11 March 1986

Cameroon | 1–1|  Morocco

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Milla 89' | Report | Krimau 63'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

* * *

14 March 1986

Morocco | 1–0|  Zambia

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Chilengi 18' (o.g.) | Report |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

* * *

14 March 1986

Cameroon | 3–2|  Algeria

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Kana-Biyik 66', 70'
Milla 72' | Report | Madjer 61'
Maroc 73'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  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

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17 March 1986

Cameroon | 1–0|  Ivory Coast

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Milla 46' | Report |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

* * *

17 March 1986

Egypt | 1–0|  Morocco

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Abouzaid 79' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

### Third place match

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20 March 1986

Ivory Coast | 3–2|  Morocco

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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

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Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations Final

21 March 1986

Egypt | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Cameroon

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| 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

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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

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Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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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

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* Details at RSSSF

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Africa Cup of Nations

Editions|

* Sudan 1957
* United Arab Republic 1959
* Ethiopia 1962
* Ghana 1963
* Tunisia 1965
* Ethiopia 1968
* Sudan 1970
* Cameroon 1972
* Egypt 1974
* Ethiopia 1976
* Ghana 1978
* Nigeria 1980
* Libya 1982
* Ivory Coast 1984
* Egypt 1986
* Morocco 1988
* Algeria 1990
* Senegal 1992
* Tunisia 1994
* South Africa 1996
* Burkina Faso 1998
* Ghana/Nigeria 2000
* Mali 2002
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* Egypt 2006
* Ghana 2008
* Angola 2010
* Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
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* Gabon 2017
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* Morocco 2025
* Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
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Squads|

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Statistics|

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Miscellaneous|

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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.

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