1998 African Cup of Nations

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 →

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]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying 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[edit]

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[edit]

Squads[edit]

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues[edit]

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

First round[edit]

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A[edit]

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
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[edit]

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
Tunisia 3–1 Togo
Tlemcani 9'
Ben Slimane 12'
Gabsi 80'		 Assignon 4' (pen.)
Attendance: 800

Group C[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

 
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[edit]

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 soccer ball with check mark
Badra soccer ball with check mark
Bouazizi soccer ball with check mark
Chihi soccer ball with red X
Jelassi soccer ball with check mark
Baya soccer ball with red X
Gabsi soccer ball with check mark
Ghodhbane soccer ball with check mark
Hicheri soccer ball with check mark
Trabelsi soccer ball with red X		 7–8 soccer ball with check mark S. Traoré
soccer ball with check mark F. Sanou
soccer ball with check mark Nana
soccer ball with red X Tallé
soccer ball with check mark A. Ouédraogo
soccer ball with red X Zongo
soccer ball with check mark B. Traoré
soccer ball with check mark Diabaté
soccer ball with check mark Liade Gnonka
soccer ball with check mark Coulibaly
Attendance: 37,000
Ivory Coast 0–0 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Report
Penalties
Domoraud soccer ball with check mark
Guel soccer ball with check mark
Diomandé soccer ball with red X
Bakayoko soccer ball with check mark
Ouattara soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Ramzy
soccer ball with check mark Radwan
soccer ball with check mark Kamouna
soccer ball with check mark Mostafa
soccer ball with check mark Imam
Attendance: 7,000
Morocco 1–2 South Africa
Chiba 36' Report McCarthy 22'
Nyathi 79'
Attendance: 3,000

Semifinals[edit]

DR Congo 1–2 (a.e.t.) 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[edit]

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 soccer ball with check mark
Mamale soccer ball with check mark
Kisombe soccer ball with check mark
Selenge soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 soccer ball with red X S. Traoré
soccer ball with check mark F. Sanou
soccer ball with red X Diabaté
Attendance: 25,000

Final[edit]

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

Scorers[edit]

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament[edit]

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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