African Nations Cup 1982


Qualifying Tournament

Nigeria qualify as holders   
Libya qualify as hosts
    
Preliminary Round
    
Angola         1-1 Congo
Congo          0-0 Angola
   
Equat. Guinea  w/o Benin
   
Liberia        0-0 Gambia  
Gambia         1-1 Liberia

Madagascar     0-0 Mauritius
Mauritius      1-1 Madagascar

Malawi         0-1 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe       1-1 Malawi

Mali           2-0 Mauritania
Mauritania     2-1 Mali

Mozambique     6-1 Lesotho
Lesotho        2-1 Mozambique

Rwanda         w/o Uganda

Senegal        2-0 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone   1-2 Senegal

Upper Volta    w/o Gabon


First Round

Algeria        5-1 Mali
Mali           3-0 Algeria

Cameroon       4-0 Togo
Togo           2-2 Cameroon

Ethiopia       1-0 Rwanda
Rwanda         1-0 Ethiopia
[Ethiopia 4-3 pen.]

Ghana          1-1 Congo
Congo          0-1 Ghana

Guinea         w/o Equatorial Guinea

Kenya          3-5 Egypt  
Egypt          2-0 Kenya

Madagascar     w/o Tanzania
    
Morocco        3-1 Liberia
Liberia        0-5 Morocco
    
Tunisia        1-0 Senegal
Senegal        0-0 Tunisia
   
Zaire          2-1 Mozambique
Mozambique     3-3 Zaire

Zimbabwe       0-1 Zambia 
Zambia         2-0 Zimbabwe


Second Round

Algeria        7-0 Upper Volta
Upper Volta    1-1 Algeria
[Algeria qualify]

Cameroon       5-1 Madagascar
Madagascar     2-1 Cameroon
[Cameroon qualify] 

Ghana          2-2 Zaire
Zaire          1-2 Ghana
[Ghana qualify]

Guinea         2-2 Ethiopia
Ethiopia       1-1 Guinea
[Ethiopia qualify]

Morocco        2-1 Zambia
Zambia         2-0 Morocco
[Zambia qualify]

Tunisia        w/o Egypt
[Tunisia qualify]

Final Tournament (Libya)

Nigeria qualify as holders
Libya qualify as hosts

Group A (Tripoli)
 5- 3-82 Libya          2-2 Ghana             
           [Jaranah 58, Isswai 76; Alhassan 28, Opoku N'ti 89]
 5- 3-82 Cameroon       1-1 Tunisia           
           [Mbida 50; Gabsi 49]
 9- 3-82 Cameroon       0-0 Ghana             
 9- 3-82 Libya          2-0 Tunisia           
           [Kamel (og) 42, El Borosi 83]
12- 3-82 Ghana          1-0 Tunisia
           [Essien 28]
12- 3-82 Libya          0-0 Cameroon

 1.LIBYA           3  1  2  0   4- 2  4
 2.GHANA           3  1  2  0   3- 2  4
 3.Cameroon        3  0  3  0   1- 1  3
 4.Tunisia         3  0  1  2   1- 4  1

Group B (Benghazi)
 7- 3-82 Nigeria        3-0 Ethiopia          
           [Keshi 27, 82, Ademola 40]
 7- 3-82 Algeria        1-0 Zambia            
           [Merzekane 85]
10- 3-82 Zambia         1-0 Ethiopia          
           [Munshya 68]
10- 3-82 Algeria        2-1 Nigeria           
           [Isima 44og, Assad 65; Osigwe 40]
13- 3-82 Algeria        0-0 Ethiopia
13- 3-82 Zambia         3-0 Nigeria
           [Kaumba 25, Njovu 80, Fregene (og) 81]

 1.ALGERIA         3  2  1  0   3- 1  5
 2.ZAMBIA          3  2  0  1   4- 1  4
 3.Nigeria         3  1  0  2   4- 5  2
 4.Ethiopia        3  0  1  2   0- 4  1

Semifinals
(Benghazi)
16- 3-82 Algeria        2-3 Ghana           [aet]
           [Zidane 29, Assad 62; Alhassan 64, 103, Opoku N'ti 90]
(Tripoli)
16- 3-82 Libya          2-1 Zambia
           [Beshari 38, 84; Kaumba 29]

Third Place Match (Tripoli)
18- 3-82 Zambia         2-0 Algeria
           [Kaumba 2, Munshya 25]

Final (Tripoli)
19- 3-82 Ghana          1-1 Libya           [aet]
           [Alhassan 35; Beshari 70]
         Ghana won 7-6 on penalties

overview file

1980

1982 Details Final Tournament

1984


About this document

Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio for corrections

Prepared and maintained by Eric Boesenberg, Karel Stokkermans and François Mazet for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Eric Boesenberg, Karel Stokkermans and François Mazet
Last updated: 16 Dec 2020

(C) Copyright Eric Boesenberg, Karel Stokkermans, François Mazet and RSSSF 1995/2020
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.