1998 African Cup of Nations

**1998 African Cup of Nations - Burkina Faso**

Teams	16
Host	Burkina Faso
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Matches Played	32
Goals Scored	84 (2.63 per match)
Top Scorer(s)	Hossam Hassan (EGY) Benedict McCarthy (RSA) 7 goals

The 1998 African Cup of Nations was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Burkina Faso. Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth championship, beating South Africa in the final 2-0.

Host Cities & Venues

Fofo the football, mascot of the 1998 championship

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

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1998 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For qualification results, see 1998 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

Participating Teams

Participating nations

Non-Competing Nations

A number of nations did not compete at all during the 1998 Cup of Nations, for a variety of reasons. Some did not enter the initial qualification stages of the tournament, while others were banned from competition for withdrawing during the qualification for the 1996 African Cup of Nations.

Did Not Enter

Banned From Entering

Nigeria was banned from entering because of their withdrawal from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the final stage. The other nations withdrew during qualification for the 1996 tournament, preventing them from entering the 1998 Cup.

Withdrew

Sudan withdrew due to unrest in the eastern part of the country.
Central African Republic were disqualified after its government did not allow the team to travel to Sierra Leone for a match on January 25.
Sierra Leone withdrew before the final two qualifying matches.

Finals

Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	7	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2
Burkina Faso	6	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Guinea	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Algeria	0	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3

February 7, 1998 16:00
	Burkina Faso	0-1	Cameroon	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 30,000 Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
			Tchami 20'

February 8, 1998 20:30
	Algeria	0-1	Guinea	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Oularé 19'

February 11, 1998 15:00
	Cameroon	2-2	Guinea	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Young-Joo Kim (Korea Rep.)
	Tchami 9' Womé 44'		Oularé 46', 77'

February 11, 1998 20:00
	Burkina Faso	2-1	Algeria	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 35,000 Ref: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
	K. Ouédraogo 65' (pen) Traoré 77'		Saïb 82' (pen)

February 15, 1998 16:00
	Burkina Faso	1-0	Guinea	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 40,000 Ref: Omer Yengo (Congo)
	Kambou 85'

February 15, 1998 16:00
	Cameroon	2-1	Algeria	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 1,000 Ref: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)
	Job 47' Tchami 65'		Dziri 40'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Tunisia	6	3	2	1	5	4	+1
Congo DR	6	3	2	1	4	3	+1
Ghana	3	3	1	2	3	3	0
Togo	3	3	1	2	4	6	-2

February 9, 1998 16:00
	Congo DR	2-1	Togo	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 4,000 Ref: Said Belqola (Morocco)
	Tondelua 57' (pen), 73' (pen)		Tchangai 90'

February 9, 1998 20:30
	Ghana	2-0	Tunisia	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 12,000 Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
	Nyarko 8' Gargo 90'

February 12, 1998 16:00
	Tunisia	2-1	Congo DR	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 1,000 Ref: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)
	Ben Slimane 31' Tlemcani 76'		Kimoto 36'

February 12, 1998 20:30
	Togo	2-1	Ghana	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Omer Yengo (Congo)
	Doté 26' Touré 90'		Johnson 83' (pen)

February 16, 1998 17:00
	Congo DR	1-0	Ghana	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Young-Joo Kim (Korea Rep.)
	Kisombe 77'

February 16, 1998 17:00
	Tunisia	3-1	Togo	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 800 Ref: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)
	Tlemcani 9' Ben Slimane 12' Gabsi 80'		Assignon 4' (pen)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Côte d'Ivoire	7	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4
South Africa	5	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3
Angola	2	3	0	2	1	5	8	-3
Namibia	1	3	0	1	2	7	11	-4

February 8, 1998 15:00
	South Africa	0-0	Angola	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

February 8, 1998 18:00
	Côte d'Ivoire	4-3	Namibia	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
	Tiéhi 2', 39' Bakayoko 34' Diabaté 83'		Shivute 46', 73' Mannetti 70'

February 11, 1998 17:15
	Côte d'Ivoire	1-1	South Africa	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 10,000 Ref: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Ouattra 88'		Mkhalele 8' (pen)

February 12, 1998 18:15
	Angola	3-3	Namibia	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
	Lanzaro 46' Paulo Silva 67' (pen) Miguel Pereira 86'		Uri Khob 20', 51' Nauseb 33'

February 16, 1998 20:00
	Côte d'Ivoire	5-2	Angola	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 4,000 Ref: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
	Guel 8', 23' Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen) Bakayoko 56'		Paulo Silva 27' Quinzinho 52'

February 16, 1998 20:00
	South Africa	4-1	Namibia	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 9,500 Ref: Karim Dahou (Algeria)
	McCarthy 8', 11', 19', 21'		Uutoni 68'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Morocco	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Egypt	6	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Zambia	4	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2
Mozambique	0	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7

February 9, 1998 18:15
	Morocco	1-1	Zambia	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 10,000 Ref: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
	Bahja 37'		Chilumba 87'

February 10, 1998 18:00
	Egypt	2-0	Mozambique	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Mamadouba Camara (Guinea)
	H. Hassan 14', 44'

February 13, 1998 17:00
	Egypt	4-0	Zambia	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	H. Hassan 34', 57', 71' Radwan 80'

February 13, 1998 20:00
	Morocco	3-0	Mozambique	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Chiba 39' El Khattabi 40' Fertout 82'

February 17, 1998 16:00
	Zambia	3-1	Mozambique	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 3,000 Ref: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
	Kilambe 16' Bwalya 43' Tembo 73'		Avelino 57'

February 17, 1998 16:00
	Morocco	1-0	Egypt	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 500 Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Hadji 90'

Knockout Stages

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

February 20 (16:00) - Bobo-Dioulasso

Cameroon

February 25 (16:00) - Ouagadougou

Congo DR

Congo DR

February 22 (16:00) - Ouagadougou

South Africa (aet)

Morocco

February 28 (16:00) - Ouagadougou

South Africa

South Africa

February 21 (17:00) - Ouagadougou

Egypt

Tunisia

1 (7)

February 25 (20:00) - Bobo-Dioulasso

Burkina Faso (pen)

1 (8)

Burkina Faso

Third place

February 21 (20:00) - Ouagadougou

Egypt

Côte d'Ivoire

0 (4)

Congo DR (pen)

4 (4)

Egypt (pen)

0 (5)

Burkina Faso

4 (1)

February 27 (16:00) - Ouagadougou

Quarterfinals

February 20, 1998 16:00
	Cameroon	0-1	Congo DR	Stade Omnisport, Bobo-Dioulasso Attendance: 5,000 Ref: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
			Tondelua 30'

February 21, 1998 17:00
	Tunisia	1-1 (AET) 7-8 (PEN)	Burkina Faso	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 35,000 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Gabsi 89'		K. Ouédraogo 45' (pen)

		Penalties
	Rouissi: scored Badra: scored Bouazizi: scored Chihi: crossbar Jelassi: scored Beya: Diarra saved Gabsi: scored Godhbane: scored Hicheri: scored Trabelsi: missed	7-8	S. Traoré: scored F. Sanou: scored Nana: scored Tallé: Boumnijel saved A. Ouédraogo: scored Zongo: Boumnijel saved B. Traoré: scored Diabaté: scored Liade Gnonka: scored Coulibaly: scored

February 21, 1998 20:00
	Côte d'Ivoire	0-0 (AET) 4-5 (PEN)	Egypt	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 20,000 Ref: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

		Penalties
	Domoraud: scored Guel: scored Diomandé: El-Sayed saved Bakayoko: scored Ouattara: scored	4-5	Ramzy: scored Radwan: scored Kamouna: scored Mostafa: scored Imam: scored

February 22, 1998 16:00
	Morocco	1-2	South Africa	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Chiba 36'		McCarthy 22' Nyathi 79'

Semifinals

February 25, 1998 16:00
	Congo DR	1-2 (AET)	South Africa