1980 African Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country| Nigeria
Dates| 8−22 March
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up|  Algeria
Third place|  Morocco
Fourth place|  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 16
Goals scored| 33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Khalid Labied
Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Christian Chukwu

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International football competition

The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.

## Qualified teams[edit]

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

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

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Nigeria | Hosts |  | 3 (1963, 1976, 1978)
Ghana | Holders | 16 March 1978 | 5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
Morocco | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
Algeria | 2nd round winners | 8 July 1979 | 1 (1968)
Egypt | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1979 | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Guinea | 2nd round winners | 19 August 1979 | 3 (1970, 1974, 1976)
Tanzania | 2nd round winners | 26 August 1979 | 0 (debut)

Notes

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

## Squads[edit]

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues[edit]

The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.

Lagos |

Lagos

Ibadan

| Ibadan

|
|

Surulere Stadium | Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 35,000

## Group stage[edit]

### Group A[edit]

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

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Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 1  | +3  | 5
Egypt | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4
Ivory Coast | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 2
Tanzania | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

8 March 1980

Nigeria | 3–1|  Tanzania

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Lawal 11'
Onyedika 35'
Odegbami 85' | Report | Mkambi 54'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

8 March 1980

Egypt | 2–1|  Ivory Coast

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Hammam 8'
Mokhtar 20' | Report | Gome 7'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)

* * *

12 March 1980

Egypt | 2–1|  Tanzania

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Shehata 32'
Nour 38' | Report | Waziri 86'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

12 March 1980

Nigeria | 0–0|  Ivory Coast

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| Report |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

* * *

15 March 1980

Ivory Coast | 1–1|  Tanzania

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Koma 7' | Report | Waziri 59'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon)

15 March 1980

Nigeria | 1–0|  Egypt

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Isima 15' | Report |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

### Group B[edit]

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

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Algeria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 5
Morocco | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 3
Ghana | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3
Guinea | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

9 March 1980

Ghana | 0–0|  Algeria

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| Report |

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Youssef El Ghoul (Libya)

9 March 1980

Morocco | 1–1|  Guinea

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Mustapha 7' | Report | M. Camara 8'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Paul Preira (Senegal)

* * *

13 March 1980

Algeria | 1–0|  Morocco

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Belloumi 90+3' | Report |

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisia)

13 March 1980

Ghana | 1–0|  Guinea

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Klutse 69' | Report |

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

* * *

16 March 1980

Algeria | 3–2|  Guinea

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Bensaoula 12', 49'
Belloumi 37' | Report | Diawara 82'
Bangoura 90+1'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

16 March 1980

Morocco | 1–0|  Ghana

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Labied 44' | Report |

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

## Knockout phase[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

|  19 March – Lagos | |

|  Nigeria |  1

| 22 March – Lagos

|  Morocco |  0 |

|  Nigeria |  3

|  19 March – Ibadan

| |  Algeria |  0

|  Algeria (pen.) |  2 (4)

|  Egypt |  2 (2) |

| Third place

|  21 March – Lagos

|  Morocco |  2

|  Egypt |  0

### Semi-finals[edit]

19 March 1980

Nigeria | 1–0|  Morocco

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Owolabi 9' | Report |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

* * *

19 March 1980

Algeria | 2–2|  Egypt

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Assad 55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi 62' | Report | El Khatib 32'
El Sayed 47'
Penalties
Belloumi
Fergani
Khedis
Larbès
Assad | 4–2 |  Shehata
Mokhtar
El Khatib
Amer

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

### Third place match[edit]

21 March 1980

Morocco | 2–0|  Egypt

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Labied 9', 78' | Report |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

### Final[edit]

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations Final

22 March 1980

Nigeria | 3–0|  Algeria

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Odegbami 2', 42'
Lawal 50' | Report |

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

## CAF Team of the Tournament[edit]

Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Best Ogedegbe

Mustapha Kouici
Mohamed Salah El-Din
Moussa Camara
Christian Chukwu

Lakhdar Belloumi
Ali Fergani
Mahmoud El Khatib
Shawky Gharieb

Salah Assad
Segun Odegbami

## Scorers[edit]

There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

3 goals

* Khalid Labied
* Segun Odegbami

2 goals

* Lakhdar Belloumi
* Tedj Bensaoula
* Muda Lawal
* Thuwein Waziri

1 goal

* Salah Assad
* Hocine Benmiloudi
* Mahmoud El Khatib
* Ramadan El Sayed
* Maher Hammam
* Mokhtar Mokhtar
* Mosaad Nour
* Hassan Shehata
* Willie Klutse
* Moussa Camara
* Ibrahima Diawara
* Sidouba Bangoura.
* Ani Gome
* Kouman Kobenan
* Tahir Mustapha
* Okey Isima
* Ifeanyi Onyedika
* Felix Owolabi
* Juma Mkambi

## External links[edit]

* Details at RSSSF

* v
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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
* Tunisia 2004
* Egypt 2006
* Ghana 2008
* Angola 2010
* Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
* South Africa 2013
* Equatorial Guinea 2015
* Gabon 2017
* Egypt 2019
* Cameroon 2021
* Ivory Coast 2023
* Morocco 2025
* Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
* TBD 2029

Qualification|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Finals|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Bids|

* 2027

Squads|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Statistics|

* Finals
* Appearances
* Awards
* Records and statistics
* Hat-tricks

Miscellaneous|

* Balls
* Mascots
* Music

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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