1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986

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
← 1984 1988 →

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

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
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

Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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

Alexandria
Cairo	CairoAlexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 90,000

Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

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:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	3	2	1	4	1	+3	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Senegal	3	2	1	3	1	+2	4
4	Mozambique	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts 7 March 1986

Senegal	1–0	Egypt
Youm 67'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 45,000Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

7 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–0	Mozambique
A. Traoré 25', 74' N'Dri 86'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 20,000Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

10 March 1986

Senegal	2–0	Mozambique
Fall 28' Bocandé 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 30,000Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

10 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Ivory Coast
Gharieb 73' Abdelhamid 83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 50,000Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

13 March 1986

Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal
A. Traoré 71'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 15,000Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

13 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Mozambique
Abouzaid 13', 15'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 55,000Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 8 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 12,000Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

8 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Zambia
Milla 46' M'Fédé 67' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Report	Chabala 65' Bwalya 77' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

11 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 4,000Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1986

Cameroon	1–1	Morocco
Milla 89'	Report	Krimau 63'

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 8,000Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

14 March 1986

Morocco	1–0	Zambia
Chilengi 18' (o.g.)	Report

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

14 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Algeria
Kana-Biyik 66', 70' Milla 72'	Report	Madjer 61' Maroc 73'

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

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

17 March 1986

Cameroon	1–0	Ivory Coast
Milla 46'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 12,000Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

17 March 1986

Egypt	1–0	Morocco
Abouzaid 79'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 95,000Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match

20 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–2	Morocco
Ben Salah 8' Kassi-Kouadio 38', 68' (pen.)	Report	Rhiati 44' Sahil 85'

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 1,000Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations Final 21 March 1986

Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kassem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, CairoAttendance: 95,000 or 120,000Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Goalscorers

There were 31 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.

4 goals

Roger Milla

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
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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