African Nations Cup 1980


Qualifying Tournament

Ghana qualify as holders
Nigeria qualify as hosts   

Preliminary Round
    
         Benin          w/o Niger
   
 3-12-78 Madagascar     2-1 Malawi
17-12-78 Malawi         5-1 Madagascar
   
12- 8-79 Mauritius      0-1 Lesotho
26- 8-79 Lesotho        1-2 Mauritius


First Round

         Algeria        w/o Burundi

16- 9-79 Benin          1-0 Ivory Coast
30- 9-79 Ivory Coast    4-1 Benin

16- 9-79 Congo          4-2 Zaire
30- 9-79 Zaire          4-1 Congo

         Egypt          w/o Somalia

16- 9-79 Guinea         3-0 Cameroon
30- 9-79 Cameroon       3-0 Guinea
[Guinea advance on penalties]

         Kenya          w/o Tunisia

16- 9-79 Libya          2-1 Ethiopia
30- 9-79 Ethiopia       1-1 Libya

15- 4-79 Malawi         0-2 Zambia
29- 4-79 Zambia         2-0 Malawi

16- 9-79 Mauritania     2-2 Morocco
30- 9-79 Morocco        4-1 Mauritania

16- 9-79 Mauritius      3-2 Tanzania
30- 9-79 Tanzania       4-0 Mauritius

         Sudan          w/o Uganda

16- 9-79 Togo           2-0 Gambia
30- 9-79 Gambia         1-0 Togo


Second Round
    
24-10-79 Algeria        3-1 Libya
 6-11-79 Libya          1-0 Algeria 
         [Algeria qualify]
    
24-10-79 Kenya          3-1 Egypt
 6-11-79 Egypt          3-0 Kenya
         [Egypt qualify]
   
28-10-79 Morocco        7-0 Togo  
11-11-79 Togo           2-1 Morocco
         [Morocco qualify]

28-10-79 Sudan          2-0 Ivory Coast
11-11-79 Ivory Coast    4-0 Sudan
         [Ivory Coast qualify]

28-10-79 Tanzania       1-0 Zambia
11-11-79 Zambia         1-1 Tanzania
         [Tanzania qualify]

28-10-79 Zaire          3-2 Guinea
11-11-79 Guinea         3-1 Zaire
         [Guinea qualify]

Final Tournament (Nigeria)

Ghana qualify as holders
Nigeria qualify as hosts

Group A (Lagos)
 8- 3-80 Nigeria        3-1 Tanzania          
           [Lawal 11, Onyedika 35, Odegbami 85; Mkambi 54]
 8- 3-80 Egypt          2-1 Ivory Coast      
           [Hammam 8, Mokhtar 20; Ani Gome 7]
12- 3-80 Egypt          2-1 Tanzania       
           [Chehata 32, Nour 38; Wazir 86]
12- 3-80 Nigeria        0-0 Ivory Coast     
15- 3-80 Ivory Coast    1-1 Tanzania
           [Kobenan 7; Wazir 59]
15- 3-80 Nigeria        1-0 Egypt
           [Isima 15]

 1.NIGERIA         3  2  1  0   4- 1  5
 2.EGYPT           3  2  0  1   4- 3  4
 3.Ivory Coast     3  0  2  1   2- 3  2
 4.Tanzania        3  0  1  2   3- 6  1

Group B (Ibadan)
 9- 3-80 Ghana          0-0 Algeria           
 9- 3-80 Morocco        1-1 Guinea            
           [Tahir Mustapha 7; Moussa Camara 8]
13- 3-80 Algeria        1-0 Morocco           
           [Belloumi 90]
13- 3-80 Ghana          1-0 Guinea            
           [Kluse 69]
16- 3-80 Algeria        3-2 Guinea
           [Bensaoula 12, 49, Benmiloudi 37 (*); Diawara 82, Bangoura 90;
            (*) some sources credit Algeria's second goal to Belloumi instead]
16- 3-80 Morocco        1-0 Ghana
           [Labied 44]

 1.ALGERIA         3  2  1  0   4- 2  5
 2.MOROCCO         3  1  1  1   2- 2  3
 3.Ghana           3  1  1  1   1- 1  3
 4.Guinea          3  0  1  2   3- 5  1

Semifinals 
(Lagos)
19- 3-80 Nigeria        1-0 Morocco
           [Owolabi 9]
(Ibadan)
19- 3-80 Algeria        2-2 Egypt           [aet]
           [Assad (pen) 55, Benmiloudi 62; El Khatib 32, El Sayed 47]
         Algeria won 4-2 on penalties

Third Place Match (Lagos)
21- 3-80 Morocco        2-0 Egypt
           [Labied 9, 78]

Final (Lagos, National stadium; att: 80,000)
22- 3-80 Nigeria        3-0 Algeria
           [Segun Odegbami 2, 42, Muda Lawal 50]
           [Nigeria: Best Ogedengbe, David Adiele, Christian Chukwu,
                     Babatunde Bamidele, Alloysius Atuegbu, Godwin Odiye
                     (Ikhana Kadiri), Felix Owolabi, Okey Isima, Segun
                     Odegbami, Muda Lawal, Adokie Amiesemeka;
            Algeria: Mehdi Cerbah, Chaâbane Merzekane, Abdelkader Horr,
                     Mohamed Kheddis, Mustapha Kouici, Bouzid Mahyouz, Ali
                     Fergani, Lakhdar Belloumi (Mohamed Redouane Guemri),
                     Salah Assad, Tadj Bensaoula (Rabah Madjer),
                     Hocine Benmiloudi;
            referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)]

overview file

1978

1980 Details Final Tournament

1982


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