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1998 African Cup of Nations

Coupe 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 →

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.

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
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

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

Squads

Venues

Ouagadougou
Stade du 4 Août	Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 30,000
Bobo-Dioulasso	OuagadougouBobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

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

Burkina Faso	0–1	Cameroon
		Tchami 20'

Algeria	0–1	Guinea
		Oularé 19'

Cameroon	2–2	Guinea
Tchami 9' Womé 44'		Oularé 46', 77'

Burkina Faso	2–1	Algeria
K. Ouédraogo 65' (pen.) Traoré 77'		Saïb 82' (pen.)

Burkina Faso	1–0	Guinea
Kambou 85'

Cameroon	2–1	Algeria
Job 47' Tchami 65'		Dziri 40'

Group B

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

DR Congo	2–1	Togo
Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.)		Tchangai 90'

Ghana	2–0	Tunisia
Nyarko 8' Gargo 90'

Tunisia	2–1	DR Congo
Ben Slimane 31' Tlemcani 76'		Kimoto 36'

Togo	2–1	Ghana
Doté 26' Kader 90'		Johnson 83' (pen.)

DR Congo	1–0	Ghana
Kisombe 77'

Tunisia	3–1	Togo
Tlemcani 9' Ben Slimane 12' Gabsi 80'		Assignon 4' (pen.)

Group C

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

South Africa	0–0	Angola

Ivory Coast	4–3	Namibia
Tiéhi 2', 39' Bakayoko 34' Diabaté 83'		Shivute 46', 73' Mannetti 70'

Ivory Coast	1–1	South Africa
Ouattara 88'		Mkhalele 8' (pen.)

Angola	3–3	Namibia
Lázaro 46' Paulo Silva 67' (pen.) Miguel Pereira 86'		Uri Khob 20', 51' Nauseb 33'

Ivory Coast	5–2	Angola
Guel 8', 23' Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen.) Bakayoko 56'		Paulo Silva 27' Quinzinho 52'

South Africa	4–1	Namibia
McCarthy 8', 11', 19', 21'		Uutoni 68'

Group D

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

Morocco	1–1	Zambia
Bahja 37'		Chilumba 87'

Egypt	2–0	Mozambique
H. Hassan 14', 44'

Egypt	4–0	Zambia
H. Hassan 34', 57', 71' Radwan 80'

Morocco	3–0	Mozambique
Chiba 39' El Khattabi 40' Fertout 82'

Zambia	3–1	Mozambique
Kilambe 16' Bwalya 43' Tembo 73'		Avelino 57'

Morocco	1–0	Egypt
Hadji 90'

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	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

Cameroon	0–1	DR Congo
	Report	Tondelua 30'

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

Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
	Report
Penalties
Domoraud Guel Diomandé Bakayoko Ouattara	4–5	Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa Imam

Morocco	1–2	South Africa
Chiba 36'	Report	McCarthy 22' Nyathi 79'

Semifinals

DR Congo	1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)	South Africa
Bembuana-Keve 48'		McCarthy 60', 112'

Burkina Faso	0–2	Egypt
		H. Hassan 40', 71'

Third place match

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

Final

South Africa	0–2	Egypt
		A. Hassan 5' Mostafa 13'

Goalscorers

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

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

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF

• 1998 African Cup of Nations
• International association football competitions hosted by Burkina Faso
• Africa Cup of Nations tournaments
• 1998 in Burkinabé sport
• 1998 in African football
• February 1998 sports events in Africa