1998 African Cup of Nations Final

1998 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	1998 African Cup of Nations
South Africa Egypt 0 2
Date	28 February 1998
Venue	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Referee	Said Belqola (Morocco)
Attendance	40,000

The 1998 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 28 February 1998 at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to determine the winner of the 1998 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Egypt won the title for the fourth time by beating South Africa 2–0.

Route to the final

South Africa		Round	Egypt
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Angola	0–0	Match 1	Mozambique	2–0
Ivory Coast	1–1	Match 2	Zambia	4–0
Namibia	4–0	Match 3	Morocco	0–1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ivory Coast 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7 South Africa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5 Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 −3 2 Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Egypt 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6 Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Morocco	2–1	Quarterfinals	Ivory Coast	0–0 (aet) (5–4 pen.)
DR Congo	2–1	Semifinals	Burkina Faso	2–0

Match details

Details

South Africa v Egypt

February 28, 1998 16:00

South Africa	0–2	Egypt
	Report	A. Hassan  5' Mostafa  13'

Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

South Africa

Egypt

GK 1 Brian Baloyi CB 19 Lucas Radebe CB 5 Mark Fish CB 2 Andrew Rabutla RWB 4 Willem Jackson CM 11 Helman Mkhalele CM 18 John Moeti LWB 10 John Moshoeu AM 6 Phil Masinga  81' FW 17 Benni McCarthy FW 12 Brendan Augustine  48' Substitutions: FW 14 Quinton Fortune  48' AM 13 Pollen Ndlanya  81' Manager: Jomo Sono

GK 1 Nader El-Sayed DF 5 Samir Kamouna DF 4 Hany Ramzy DF 6 Medhat Abdel-Hady DF 2 Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa DF 3 Mohamed Emara MF 8 Yasser Radwan MF 17 Ahmed Hassan MF 20 Tarek Mostafa  78' FW 14 Hazem Emam  55' FW 9 Hossam Hassan (c) Substitutions: MF 10 Abdel Sattar Sabry  55' FW 21 Osama Nabih  78' Manager: Mahmoud El-Gohary