1994 African Cup of Nations

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)
Runner-up	Zambia
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	44 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (5)

The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the African 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.

Contents 1 Host Cities & Venues 2 Squads 3 Qualification 4 Participating teams 5 Finals 5.1 Group Stages 5.1.1 Group A 5.1.2 Group B 5.1.3 Group C 5.1.4 Group D 5.2 Knockout Stages 5.2.1 Quarterfinals 5.2.2 Semifinals 5.2.3 Third place playoff 5.2.4 Final 6 Individual scorers 7 External links

[edit] Host Cities & Venues

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

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Qualification

For qualification results, see 1994 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

[edit] Participating teams

Côte d'Ivoire (qualified as holders)  Egypt  Gabon  Ghana  Guinea  Mali

Nigeria  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Tunisia (qualified as hosts)  Zaire  Zambia

[edit] Finals

[edit] Group Stages

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

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Zaire	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Mali	3	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 Ref: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Coulibaly  25' Sidibé  34'

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

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

[edit] 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 Ref: Mohamed Bahar (Morocco)
	Yekini 18', 88' Adepoju 72'

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

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

[edit] 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 Ref: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
	Tiéhi 19', 63', 70' Guel 35'

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

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

[edit] 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 Ref: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Akonnor 87'

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

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

[edit] Semifinals

April 6, 1994	Nigeria	2-2 (AET) 4-2 (PSO)	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Ref: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Iroha 26' Yekini 40'		Bassolé 19', 31'

		Penalties
	George: scored Siasia: missed : scored : scored Yekini: scored	4-2	Kouamé: scored Fallet: scored Bassolé: missed Amani: missed

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

[edit] Third place playoff

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

[edit] Final

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

African Cup of Nations 1994 Champions: NIGERIA

[edit] Individual scorers

5 goals Rashidi Yekini 4 goals Joël Tiéhi 2 goals Michel Bassolé Bashir Abdel Samad Charles Akonnor Emmanuel Amunike Elijah Litana Kenneth Malitoli

1 goal Tchiressoua Guel Adama Koné Ahmed Ouattara Donald-Olivier Sie Abdoulaye Traoré Hamza El-Gamal Ayman Mansour Prince Polley Aboubacar Titi Camara Fernand Coulibaly Amadou Diallo Modibo Sidibé Soumaila Traoré Mutiu Adepoju Ben Iroha Momath Gueye Athanas Tendeng Faouzi Rouissi Lemba Basaula Nsumbu Ngoy Kalusha Bwalya Zeddy Saileti Evans Sakala

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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