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 (from 1 confederation)
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) Cameroon Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player Cameroon Roger Milla

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

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Cairo
Locations of the 1986 African Cup of Nations venues
Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 15,000

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 320141+34
 Ivory Coast 320142+24
 Senegal 320131+24
 Mozambique 300307−70

7 March 1986
Senegal  1–0  Egypt
Youm  67' Report

7 March 1986
Ivory Coast  3–0  Mozambique
A. Traoré  25', 74'
N'Dri  86'
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

10 March 1986
Senegal  2–0  Mozambique
Fall  28'
Bocandé  83'
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

10 March 1986
Egypt  2–0  Ivory Coast
Ghareeb  73'
Abdelhamid  83'
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

13 March 1986
Ivory Coast  1–0  Senegal
A. Traoré  71' Report

13 March 1986
Egypt  2–0  Mozambique
Abouzaid  13', 15' Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 321075+25
 Morocco 312021+14
 Algeria 302123−12
 Zambia 301224−21

8 March 1986
Algeria  0–0  Morocco
Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

8 March 1986
Cameroon  3–2  Zambia
Milla  46'
M'Fédé  67', 82' (pen.)
Report Chabala  65'
Bwalya  77' (pen.)
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

11 March 1986
Algeria  0–0  Zambia
Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

11 March 1986
Cameroon  1–1  Morocco
Milla  89' Report Krimau  63'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

14 March 1986
Morocco  1–0  Zambia
Chilengi  18' (o.g.) Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

14 March 1986
Cameroon  3–2  Algeria
Kana-Biyik  66', 70'
Milla  72'
Report Madjer  61'
Maroc  73'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
17 March – Alexandria
   Cameroon   1  
   Ivory Coast   0  
 
21 March – Cairo
       Cameroon   0 (4)
     Egypt (p)   0 (5)
Third place
17 March – Cairo 20 March – Cairo
   Egypt   1    Ivory Coast   3
   Morocco   0      Morocco   2

Semifinals

17 March 1986
Cameroon  1–0  Ivory Coast
Milla  46' Report

17 March 1986
Egypt  1–0  Morocco
Abouzaid  79' Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: 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, Cairo
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1986 Champions 

Egypt
3rd title

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

  • Ivory Coast Lucien Kassi-Kouadio

1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Thomas N'Kono

Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Egypt Ali Shehata
Senegal Roger Mendy
Egypt Rabei Yassin

Cameroon Emile Mbouh
Egypt Magdi Abdelghani
Egypt Moustafa Abdou
Egypt Taher Abouzaid

Cameroon Roger Milla
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

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