The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1-0.

Final Round

Group A

All matches played in Algiers.

2 March 1990

Algeria	5 - 1	Nigeria
Côte d'Ivoire	3 - 1	Egypt

5 March 1990

Algeria	3 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire
Nigeria	1 - 0	Egypt

8 March 1990

Nigeria	1 - 0	Côte d'Ivoire
Algeria	2 - 0	Egypt

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Algeria	3	3	0	0	10	1	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	3	5	4
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	3	5	2
Egypt	3	1	0	2	3	6	0

Group B

All matches played in Annaba.

3 March 1990

Zambia	1 - 0	Cameroon
Senegal	0 - 0	Kenya

6 March 1990

Zambia	1 - 0	Kenya
Senegal	2 - 0	Cameroon

9 March 1990

Zambia	0 - 0	Senegal
Cameroon	2 - 0	Kenya

	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Zambia	3	2	1	0	2	0	5
Senegal	3	1	2	0	2	0	4
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	3	2
Kenya	3	0	1	2	0	3	1

Semi-Finals

12 March 1990 in Annaba.

Zambia

0 - 2

Nigeria

12 March 1990 in Algiers.

Algeria

2 - 1

Senegal

3rd/4th places

12 March 1990 in Algiers.

Zambia

1 - 0

Senegal

Final

16 March 1990 in Casablanca.

Algeria

1 - 0

Nigeria

Individual scorers

4 goals Djamel Menad 3 goals Djanel Amani Rashidi Yekini 2 goals Rabah Madjer Chérif Oudjani Emmanuel Maboang Abdoulaye Traoré Webby Chikabala

External links

• Details at RSSSF

African Cup of Nations

Sudan 1957 | Egypt 1959 | Ethiopia 1962 | Ghana 1963 | Tunisia 1965 | Ethiopia 1968 | Sudan 1970 | Cameroon 1972 | Egypt 1974 | Ethiopia 1976 | Ghana 1978 | Nigeria 1980 | Libya 1982 | Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) 1984 | Egypt 1986 | Morocco 1988 | Algeria 1990 | Senegal 1992 | Tunisia 1994 | South Africa 1996 | Burkina Faso 1998 | Ghana/Nigeria 2000 | Mali 2002 | Tunisia 2004 | Egypt 2006 | Ghana 2008 | Angola 2010 | Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 | Libya 2014

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