1994 African Cup of Nations

1994 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة القدم 1994 Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1994
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	26 March – 10 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	44 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	273,000 (13,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
Best player	Rashidi Yekini
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The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia, who replaced original hosts Zaire. Just as in 1992, the field of twelve teams was split into four groups of three. Nigeria won its second championship, beating Zambia in the final 2-1.

The Zambian team was recently constituted, following an air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members of the previous team had been killed.

Host Cities & Venues

Tunis	Sousse	Tunis
Stade El Menzah	Stade Olympique de Sousse	Stade Chedli Zouiten
Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 18,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1994 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Participating teams

Participating nations

Rq: Senegal replaced Algeria (disqualified)

Final tournament

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zaire	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Mali	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Tunisia	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2

March 26, 1994	Tunisia	0-2	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Coulibaly  25' Sidibé  34'

March 28, 1994	Mali	0-1	Zaire	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
			Basaula  48'

March 30, 1994	Tunisia	1-1	Zaire	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
	Rouissi 43' (pen)		Ngoy 55'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	3	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Nigeria	3	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Gabon	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	-7

March 26, 1994	Nigeria	3-0	Gabon	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mohamed Bahar (Morocco)
	Yekini 18', 88' Adepoju 72'

March 28, 1994	Egypt	4-0	Gabon	Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Ayman Mansour 1' Hamza El-Gamal 22' Bashir Abdel Samad 55', 59'

March 30, 1994	Nigeria	0-0	Egypt	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zambia	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
Sierra Leone	1	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4

March 27, 1994	Côte d'Ivoire	4-0	Sierra Leone	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
	Tiéhi 19', 63', 70' Guel 35'

March 29, 1994	Zambia	0-0	Sierra Leone	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

March 31, 1994	Zambia	1-0	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Malitoli 79'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Senegal	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Guinea	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2

March 27, 1994	Ghana	1-0	Guinea	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Akonnor 87'

March 29, 1994	Senegal	2-1	Guinea	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hussein Ali Moussa (Egypt)
	Gueye 46' (pen) Tendeng 50'		A. Camara 44'

March 31, 1994	Ghana	1-0	Senegal	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Polley 42'

Knockout Stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	April 2 - Tunis
	Zaire	0
					April 6 - Tunis
	Nigeria	2
					Nigeria (pso)	2 (4)
	April 3 - Sousse
					Côte d'Ivoire	2 (2)
	Ghana	1
									April 10 - Tunis
	Côte d'Ivoire	2
									Nigeria	2
	April 2 - Tunis
									Zambia	1
	Egypt	0
					April 6 - Tunis
	Mali	1
					Mali	0			Third place
	April 3 - Sousse
					Zambia	4
	Zambia	1							Côte d'Ivoire	3
	Senegal	0							Mali	1
									April 10 - Tunis

Quarterfinals

April 2, 1994	Zaire	0-2	Nigeria	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Yekini 51', 71' (pen)

April 2, 1994	Egypt	0-1	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
			S. Traoré 64'

April 3, 1994	Zambia	1-0	Senegal	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jamal Al-Sharaf (Syria)
	Sakala 38'

April 3, 1994	Ghana	1-2	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Akonnor 77'		Tiéhi 30' Traoré 81'

Semifinals

April 6, 1994	Nigeria	2-2 (AET) 4-2 (PSO)	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Iroha 26' Yekini 40'		Bassolé 19', 31'
		Penalties
	George: scored Siasia: missed :Amokachi scored :Iroha scored Yekini: scored	4-2	Kouamé: scored Fallet: scored Bassolé: missed Amani: missed

April 6, 1994	Zambia	4-0	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Litana 8' Saileti 30' K. Bwalya 47' Malitoli 73'

Third place playoff

April 10, 1994	Côte d'Ivoire	3-1	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Koné 2' Ouattara 67' Sie 70'		Diallo 46'

Final

April 10, 1994	Nigeria	2-1	Zambia	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Amunike 5', 47'		Litana 3'

African Cup of Nations 1994 Champions
Nigeria 2nd title

Scorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Ousmane Farota

Defenders

• Frank Amankwah
• Harrison Chongo
• Uche Okechukwu
• Benedict Iroha

Midfielders

• Yasser Radwan
• Jay-Jay Okocha
• Sunday Oliseh
• Charles Akonnor

Forwards

• Joël Tiéhi
• Rashidi Yekini

External links

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