1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of NationsCoupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998

African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo

Tournament details
Host country| Burkina Faso
Dates| 7–28 February
Teams| 16
Venue(s)| 3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up|  South Africa
Third place|  DR Congo
Fourth place|  Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 32
Goals scored| 93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance| 388,800 (12,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Hossam Hassan
Benni McCarthy
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Benni McCarthy

← 1996

2000 →

International football competition

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.[1]

## Qualification

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Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

### Participating teams

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

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Burkina Faso | Hosts |  | 2 (1978, 1996)
South Africa | Holders | 3 February 1996 | 1 (1996)
Ghana | Group 1 winners | 13 July 1997 | 11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994,
1996)
Guinea | Group 4 runners-up | 13 July 1997 | 5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
Tunisia | Group 4 winners | 13 July 1997 | 7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
Algeria | Group 2 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
Angola | Group 6 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 1 (1996)
Cameroon | Group 5 winners | 27 July 1997 | 9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
DR Congo | Group 6 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Egypt | Group 3 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast | Group 2 winners | 27 July 1997 | 12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992,
1994, 1996)
Morocco | Group 3 winners | 27 July 1997 | 7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Mozambique | Group 7 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 2 (1986, 1996)
Namibia | Group 5 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 0 (debut)
Togo | Group 6 winners | 27 July 1997 | 2 (1972, 1984)
Zambia | Group 7 winners | 27 July 1997 | 8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Notes

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

### Teams excluded

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*  Gambia
*  Guinea-Bissau
*  Lesotho
*  Madagascar
*  Niger
*  Nigeria

## Squads

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Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues

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Ouagadougou

Stade du 4 Août | Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 30,000

Bobo-Dioulasso |

Ouagadougou

Bobo-Dioulasso

Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000

## First round

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Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

### Group A

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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  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Burkina Faso (H) | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 6
3  |  Guinea | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4  |
4  |  Algeria | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

7 February 1998

16:00

Burkina Faso | 0–1|  Cameroon

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|  | Tchami 20'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

* * *

8 February 1998

20:30

Algeria | 0–1|  Guinea

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|  | Oularé 19'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

* * *

11 February 1998

15:00

Cameroon | 2–2|  Guinea

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Tchami 9'
Womé 44' |  | Oularé 46', 77'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

* * *

11 February 1998

20:00

Burkina Faso | 2–1|  Algeria

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K. Ouédraogo 65' (pen.)
Traoré 77' |  | Saïb 82' (pen.)

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

* * *

15 February 1998

16:00

Burkina Faso | 1–0|  Guinea

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Kambou 85' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

* * *

15 February 1998

16:00

Cameroon | 2–1|  Algeria

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Job 47'
Tchami 65' |  | Dziri 40'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

### Group B

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

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1  |  Tunisia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  DR Congo | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 6
3  |  Ghana | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 3  |
4  |  Togo | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

9 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo | 2–1|  Togo

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Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) |  | Tchangai 90'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

* * *

9 February 1998

20:30

Ghana | 2–0|  Tunisia

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Nyarko 8'
Gargo 90' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

* * *

12 February 1998

16:00

Tunisia | 2–1|  DR Congo

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Ben Slimane 31'
Tlemcani 76' |  | Kimoto 36'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

* * *

12 February 1998

20:30

Togo | 2–1|  Ghana

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Doté 26'
Kader 90' |  | Johnson 83' (pen.)

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

* * *

16 February 1998

17:00

DR Congo | 1–0|  Ghana

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Kisombe 77' |  |

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

* * *

16 February 1998

17:00

Tunisia | 3–1|  Togo

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Tlemcani 9'
Ben Slimane 12'
Gabsi 80' |  | Assignon 4' (pen.)

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 800

Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

### Group C

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

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1  |  Ivory Coast | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  South Africa | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 2  | +3  | 5
3  |  Angola | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 8  | −3  | 2  |
4  |  Namibia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 11  | −4  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

8 February 1998

15:00

South Africa | 0–0|  Angola

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Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

* * *

8 February 1998

18:00

Ivory Coast | 4–3|  Namibia

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Tiéhi 2', 39'
Bakayoko 34'
Diabaté 83' |  | Shivute 46', 73'
Mannetti 70'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

* * *

11 February 1998

17:15

Ivory Coast | 1–1|  South Africa

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Ouattara 88' |  | Mkhalele 8' (pen.)

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

* * *

12 February 1998

18:15

Angola | 3–3|  Namibia

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Lázaro 46'
Paulo Silva 67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira 86' |  | Uri Khob 20', 51'
Nauseb 33'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

* * *

16 February 1998

20:00

Ivory Coast | 5–2|  Angola

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Guel 8', 23'
Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko 56' |  | Paulo Silva 27'
Quinzinho 52'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)

* * *

16 February 1998

20:00

South Africa | 4–1|  Namibia

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McCarthy 8', 11', 19', 21' |  | Uutoni 68'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

### Group D

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

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1  |  Morocco | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Egypt | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 6
3  |  Zambia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 4  |
4  |  Mozambique | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 8  | −7  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

9 February 1998

18:15

Morocco | 1–1|  Zambia

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Bahja 37' |  | Chilumba 87'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

* * *

10 February 1998

18:00

Egypt | 2–0|  Mozambique

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H. Hassan 14', 44' |  |

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)

* * *

13 February 1998

17:00

Egypt | 4–0|  Zambia

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H. Hassan 34', 57', 71'
Radwan 80' |  |

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

* * *

13 February 1998

20:00

Morocco | 3–0|  Mozambique

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Chiba 39'
El Khattabi 40'
Fertout 82' |  |

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

* * *

17 February 1998

16:00

Zambia | 3–1|  Mozambique

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Kilambe 16'
Bwalya 43'
Tembo 73' |  | Avelino 57'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

* * *

17 February 1998

16:00

Morocco | 1–0|  Egypt

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Hadji 90' |  |

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

## Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  February 20 – Bobo-Dioulasso | | | | |

|   Cameroon |  0

|  February 25 – Ouagadougou

|   DR Congo |  1 |

|   DR Congo |  1

|  February 22 – Ouagadougou

| |   South Africa (a.e.t.) |  2 |

|   Morocco |  1

| |  February 28 – Ouagadougou

|   South Africa |  2 |

|   South Africa |  0

|  February 21 – Ouagadougou

| |   Egypt |  2

|   Tunisia |  1 (7)

|  February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso |

|   Burkina Faso (pen.) |  1 (8) |

|   Burkina Faso |  0

|  February 21 – Ouagadougou

| |   Egypt |  2 | | Third place

|   Ivory Coast |  0 (4)

| |  February 27 – Ouagadougou

|   Egypt (pen.) |  0 (5) |

|   DR Congo (pen.)|  4 (4)

|   Burkina Faso |  4 (1)

### Quarterfinals

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20 February 1998

16:00

Cameroon | 0–1|  DR Congo

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| Report | Tondelua 30'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

* * *

21 February 1998

17:00

Tunisia | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Burkina Faso

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Gabsi 89' | Report | K. Ouédraogo 45' (pen.)
Penalties
Rouissi
Badra
Bouazizi
Chihi
Jelassi
Baya
Gabsi
Ghodhbane
Hicheri
Trabelsi | 7–8 |  S. Traoré
F. Sanou
Nana
Tallé
A. Ouédraogo
Zongo
B. Traoré
Diabaté
Liade Gnonka
Coulibaly

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

* * *

21 February 1998

20:00

Ivory Coast | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Egypt

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| Report |
Penalties
Domoraud
Guel
Diomandé
Bakayoko
Ouattara | 4–5 |  Ramzy
Radwan
Kamouna
Mostafa
Imam

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

* * *

22 February 1998

16:00

Morocco | 1–2|  South Africa

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Chiba 36' | Report | McCarthy 22'
Nyathi 79'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

### Semifinals

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25 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo | 1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)|  South Africa

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Bembuana-Keve 48' |  | McCarthy 60',  112'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

* * *

25 February 1998

20:00

Burkina Faso | 0–2|  Egypt

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|  | H. Hassan 40', 71'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

### Third place match

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27 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo | 4–4 (a.e.t.)|  Burkina Faso

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Mungongo 76', 90'
Kasongo 88'
Tondelua 89' | Report | A. Ouédraogo 6'
Barro 52'
Napon 56'
Tallé 86'
Penalties
Simba
Mamale
Kisombe
Selenge | 4–1 |  S. Traoré
F. Sanou
Diabaté

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

### Final

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Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final

February 28, 1998

16:00

South Africa | 0–2|  Egypt

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|  | A. Hassan 5'
Mostafa 13'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

## Goalscorers

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There were 93 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

7 goals

* Hossam Hassan
* Benni McCarthy

4 goals

* Jerry Tondelua
* Joël Tiéhi

3 goals

* Alphonse Tchami
* Souleymane Oularé

2 goals

* Paulo Silva
* Kassoum Ouédraogo
* Lokenge Mungongo
* Ibrahima Bakayoko
* Tchiressoua Guel
* Saïd Chiba
* Eliphas Shivute
* Gervatius Uri Khob
* Mehdi Ben Slimane
* Hassen Gabsi
* Ziad Tlemçani

1 goal

* Billel Dziri
* Moussa Saïb
* Lázaro
* Miguel Pereira
* Quinzinho
* Oumar Barro
* Romeo Kambou
* Sidi Napon
* Alassane Ouédraogo
* Ibrahima Tallé
* Seydou Traoré
* Joseph-Désiré Job
* Pierre Womé
* Eddy Bembuana-Keve
* Jean-Kasongo Banza
* Okitankoyi Kimoto
* Mundaba Kisombe
* Lassina Diabaté
* Ahmed Ouattara
* Ahmed Hassan
* Tarek Mostafa
* Yasser Radwan
* Mohammed Gargo
* Samuel Johnson
* Alex Nyarko
* Ahmed Bahja
* Ali Elkhattabi
* Youssef Fertout
* Mustapha Hadji
* Avelino
* Ricardo Mannetti
* Robert Nauseb
* Simon Uutoni
* Helman Mkhalele
* David Nyathi
* Komlan Assignon
* Franck Doté
* Massamasso Tchangai
* Mohamed Coubadja Touré
* Kalusha Bwalya
* Tenant Chilumba
* Rotson Kilambe
* Masauso Tembo

## CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeeper

* Nader El-Sayed

Defenders

* Mark Fish
* Jojo
* Noureddine Naybet
* Mohamed Emara

Midfielders

* Charles Akonnor
* Hassen Gabsi
* Tchiressoua Guel
* Didier Ekanza Simba

Forwards

* Hossam Hassan
* Benni McCarthy

## References

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1. ^ "Egypt beats South Africa 2-0 to win 1998 AFCON". 28 February 1998. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

## External links

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