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1998 African Cup of Nations

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]

1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryBurkina Faso
Dates7–28 February
Teams16
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 played32
Goals scored93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance388,800 (12,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Hossam Hassan
South Africa Benni McCarthy
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)South Africa Benni McCarthy
← 1996
2000 →

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]
  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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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
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
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
Burkina Faso  0–1  Cameroon
Tchami   20'
Attendance: 30,000
Algeria  0–1  Guinea
Oularé   19'
Attendance: 3,000
Cameroon  2–2  Guinea
Tchami   9'
Womé   44'		 Oularé   46', 77'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Burkina Faso  2–1  Algeria
K. Ouédraogo   65' (pen.)
Traoré   77'		 Saïb   82' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Burkina Faso  1–0  Guinea
Kambou   85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
Cameroon  2–1  Algeria
Job   47'
Tchami   65'		 Dziri   40'
Attendance: 1,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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]
DR Congo  2–1  Togo
Tondelua   57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Tchangai   90'
Attendance: 4,000
Ghana  2–0  Tunisia
Nyarko   8'
Gargo   90'
Attendance: 12,000
Tunisia  2–1  DR Congo
Ben Slimane   31'
Tlemcani   76'		 Kimoto   36'
Attendance: 1,000
Togo  2–1  Ghana
Doté   26'
Kader   90'		 Johnson   83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)
DR Congo  1–0  Ghana
Kisombe   77'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)
Tunisia  3–1  Togo
Tlemcani   9'
Ben Slimane   12'
Gabsi   80'		 Assignon   4' (pen.)
Attendance: 800

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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]
South Africa  0–0  Angola
Attendance: 20,000
Ivory Coast  4–3  Namibia
Tiéhi   2', 39'
Bakayoko   34'
Diabaté   83'		 Shivute   46', 73'
Mannetti   70'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
Ivory Coast  1–1  South Africa
Ouattara   88' Mkhalele   8' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Angola  3–3  Namibia
Lázaro   46'
Paulo Silva   67' (pen.)
Miguel Pereira   86'		 Uri Khob   20', 51'
Nauseb   33'
Attendance: 2,000
Ivory Coast  5–2  Angola
Guel   8', 23'
Tiéhi   43', 81' (pen.)
Bakayoko   56'		 Paulo Silva   27'
Quinzinho   52'
Attendance: 4,000
South Africa  4–1  Namibia
McCarthy   8', 11', 19', 21' Uutoni   68'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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]
Morocco  1–1  Zambia
Bahja   37' Chilumba   87'
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt  2–0  Mozambique
H. Hassan   14', 44'
Attendance: 20,000
Egypt  4–0  Zambia
H. Hassan   34', 57', 71'
Radwan   80'
Attendance: 5,000
Morocco  3–0  Mozambique
Chiba   39'
El Khattabi   40'
Fertout   82'
Attendance: 3,000
Zambia  3–1  Mozambique
Kilambe   16'
Bwalya   43'
Tembo   73'		 Avelino   57'
Attendance: 3,000
Morocco  1–0  Egypt
Hadji   90'
Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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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Cameroon  0–1  DR Congo
Report Tondelua   30'
Attendance: 5,000
Tunisia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Burkina Faso
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
Attendance: 37,000
Ivory Coast  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
Report
Penalties
Domoraud  
Guel  
Diomandé  
Bakayoko  
Ouattara  		 4–5   Ramzy
  Radwan
  Kamouna
  Mostafa
  Imam
Attendance: 7,000
Morocco  1–2  South Africa
Chiba   36' Report McCarthy   22'
Nyathi   79'
Attendance: 3,000

Semifinals

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DR Congo  1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)  South Africa
Bembuana-Keve   48' McCarthy   60',   112'
Attendance: 2,000
Burkina Faso  0–2  Egypt
H. Hassan   40', 71'
Attendance: 35,000

Third place match

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DR Congo  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Burkina Faso
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
Attendance: 25,000

Final

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Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final
South Africa  0–2  Egypt
A. Hassan   5'
Mostafa   13'
Attendance: 33,000

Goalscorers

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

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

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