1986 African Cup of Nations

1986 African Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	7 - 21 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player	Roger Milla

The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5−4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

• Algeria
• Cameroon (holders)
• Ivory Coast
• Egypt (hosts)

• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Senegal
• Zambia

Squads

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Cairo	File:Egypt adm location map.svg Cairo Alexandria Locations of the 1986 African Cup of Nations venues	Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium		Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 90,000		Capacity: 15,000
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First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4
Senegal	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
Mozambique	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Senegal v Egypt

7 March 1986

Senegal	1–0	Egypt
Youm  67'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

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Ivory Coast v Mozambique

7 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–0	Mozambique
A. Traoré  25', 74' N'Dri  86'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

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Senegal v Mozambique

10 March 1986

Senegal	2–0	Mozambique
Fall  28' Bocandé  83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

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Egypt v Ivory Coast

10 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Ivory Coast
Ghareeb  73' Abdelhamid  83'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

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Ivory Coast v Senegal

13 March 1986

Ivory Coast	1–0	Senegal
A. Traoré  71'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

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Egypt v Mozambique

13 March 1986

Egypt	2–0	Mozambique
Abouzeid  13', 15'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5
Morocco	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Algeria	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Zambia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Algeria v Morocco

8 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Morocco
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

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Cameroon v Zambia

8 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Zambia
Milla  46' M'Fédé  67', 82' (pen.)	Report	Chabala  65' Bwalya  77' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

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Algeria v Zambia

11 March 1986

Algeria	0–0	Zambia
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

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Cameroon v Morocco

11 March 1986

Cameroon	1–1	Morocco
Milla  89'	Report	Krimau  63'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

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Morocco v Zambia

14 March 1986

Morocco	1–0	Zambia
Chilengi  18' (o.g.)	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

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Cameroon v Algeria

14 March 1986

Cameroon	3–2	Algeria
Kana-Biyik  66', 70' Milla  72'	Report	Madjer  61' Maroc  73'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 March – Alexandria
	Cameroon	1
	Ivory Coast	0
					21 March – Cairo
					Cameroon	0 (4)
					Egypt (p)	0 (5)
					Third place
	17 March – Cairo			20 March – Cairo
	Egypt	1		Ivory Coast	3
	Morocco	0			Morocco	2

Semifinals

Cameroon v Ivory Coast

17 March 1986

Cameroon	1–0	Ivory Coast
Milla  46'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

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Egypt v Morocco

17 March 1986

Egypt	1–0	Morocco
Abouzeid  79'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match

Ivory Coast v Morocco

20 March 1986

Ivory Coast	3–2	Morocco
Ben Salah  8' Kassi-Kouadio  38', 68' (pen)	Report	Rhiati  44' Sahil  85'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations Final

Egypt v Cameroon

21 March 1986

Egypt	0–0	Cameroon
	Report
	Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kasem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Winners

African Cup of Nations 1986 Champions
Egypt 3rd title

Scorers

4 goals

• Roger Milla

3 goals

• Abdoulaye Traoré

• Taher Abouzeid

2 goals

• André Kana-Biyik

• Louis-Paul M'Fédé

• Lucien Kassi-Kouadio

1 goal

• Rabah Madjer
• Karim Maroc
• Shawky Gharib
• Gamal Abdelhamid
• Kouassi N'Dri

• Oumar Ben Salah
• Abdelkrim Merry "Krimau"
• Abdelfettah Rhiati
• Mohammed Sahil
• Jules Bocandé

• Pape Fall
• Thierno Youm
• Kalusha Bwalya
• Michael Chabala

Own goal

• Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Thomas N'Kono	André Kana-Biyik Ali Shehata Roger Mendy Rabei Yassin	Emile Mbouh Magdi Abdelghani Moustafa Abdou Taher Abouzaid	Roger Milla Kalusha Bwalya

External links

• Details at RSSSF