1980 African Cup of Nations

1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Dates 8 − 22 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up  Algeria
Third place  Morocco
Fourth place  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Morocco Khaled Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player Nigeria Christian Chukwu

The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Lagos
Locations of the 1980 African Cup of Nations venues
 Ibadan
Surulere Stadium Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 321041+35
 Egypt 320143+14
 Ivory Coast 302123−12
 Tanzania 301236−31
Nigeria  3–1  Tanzania
Lawal  11'
Onyedika  35'
Odegbami  85'		 Report Mkambi  54'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)
Egypt  2–1  Ivory Coast
Hammam  8'
Mokhtar  20'		 Report Gome  7'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
Egypt  2–1  Tanzania
Shehata  32'
Nour  38'		 Report  86' Waziri
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
Nigeria  0–0  Ivory Coast
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Ivory Coast  1–1  Tanzania
Koma  7' Report Waziri  59'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon)
Nigeria  1–0  Egypt
Isima  15' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 321042+25
 Morocco 31112203
 Ghana 31111103
 Guinea 301235−21
Ghana  0–0  Algeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Morocco  1–1  Guinea
Mustapha  7' Report M. Camara  8'
Attendance: 40,000
Algeria  1–0  Morocco
Belloumi  90+3' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisie)
Ghana  1–0  Guinea
Klutse  69' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)
Algeria  3–2  Guinea
Bensaoula  12', 49'
Belloumi  37'		 Report Diawara  82'
Bangoura  90+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco  1–0  Ghana
Labied  44' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 March – Lagos
 
 
  Nigeria 1
 
22 March – Lagos
 
  Morocco 0
 
  Nigeria 3
 
 19 March – Ibadan
 
  Algeria 0
 
  Algeria (p) 2 (4)
 
 
  Egypt 2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 21 March – Lagos
 
 
  Morocco 2
 
 
  Egypt 0

Semi-finals

Nigeria  1–0  Morocco
Owolabi  9' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)
Algeria  2–2  Egypt
Assad  55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi  62'		 Report El Khatib  32'
El Sayed  47'
Penalties
...
...
...
...
Assad 		4-2 Shehata
Mokhtar
El Khatib
Amer
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

Third place match

Morocco  2–0  Egypt
Labied  9', 78' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

Final

Nigeria  3–0  Algeria
Odegbami  2', 42'
Lawal  50'		 Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1980 Champions 

Nigeria
1st title

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nigeria Best Ogedegbe

Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawky Gharieb

Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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