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) Cameroon Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player Cameroon 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

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Cairo
Locations of the 1986 African Cup of Nations venues
Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 15,000

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 320141+34
 Ivory Coast 320142+24
 Senegal 320131+24
 Mozambique 300307−70
Senegal  1–0  Egypt
Youm  67' Report

Ivory Coast  3–0  Mozambique
A. Traoré  25', 74'
N'Dri  86'
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Senegal  2–0  Mozambique
Fall  28'
Bocandé  83'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)

Egypt  2–0  Ivory Coast
Gharieb  73'
Abdelhamid  83'
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

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

Egypt  2–0  Mozambique
Abouzaid  13', 15' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 321075+25
 Morocco 312021+14
 Algeria 302123−12
 Zambia 301224−21
Algeria  0–0  Morocco
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Cameroon  3–2  Zambia
Milla  46'
M'Fédé  67', 82' (pen.)
Report Chabala  65'
Bwalya  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Algeria  0–0  Zambia
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)

Cameroon  1–1  Morocco
Milla  89' Report Krimau  63'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Morocco  1–0  Zambia
Chilengi  18' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

Cameroon  3–2  Algeria
Kana-Biyik  66', 70'
Milla  72'
Report Madjer  61'
Maroc  73'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage

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

Semifinals

Cameroon  1–0  Ivory Coast
Milla  46' Report

Egypt  1–0  Morocco
Abouzaid  79' Report
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match

Ivory Coast  3–2  Morocco
Ben Salah  8'
Kassi-Kouadio  38', 68' (pen)
Report Rhiati  44'
Sahil  85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1986 Champions 

Egypt
3rd title

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Thomas N'Kono

Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Egypt Ali Shehata
Senegal Roger Mendy
Egypt Rabei Yassin

Cameroon Emile Mbouh
Egypt Magdi Abdelghani
Egypt Moustafa Abdou
Egypt Taher Abouzaid

Cameroon Roger Milla
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

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