1980 African Cup of Nations

The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football 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.

1980 African Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	8−22 March
Teams	8
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)	Khalid Labied Segun Odegbami (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Christian Chukwu
← 1978 1982 →

Qualified teams

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Nigeria	Hosts		3 (1963, 1976, 1978)
Ghana	Holders	16 March 1978	5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
Morocco	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
Algeria	2nd round winners	8 July 1979	1 (1968)
Egypt	2nd round winners	13 July 1979	7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Guinea	2nd round winners	19 August 1979	3 (1970, 1974, 1976)
Tanzania	2nd round winners	26 August 1979	0 (debut)

Notes

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.

Lagos	Lagos Ibadan
Surulere Stadium
Capacity: 80,000
Ibadan
Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Tanzania	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 March 1980

Nigeria	3–1	Tanzania
Lawal 11' Onyedika 35' Odegbami 85'	Report	Mkambi 54'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

8 March 1980

Egypt	2–1	Ivory Coast
Hammam 8' Mokhtar 20'	Report	Gome 7'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)

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12 March 1980

Egypt	2–1	Tanzania
Shehata 32' Nour 38'	Report	Waziri 86'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

12 March 1980

Nigeria	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

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15 March 1980

Ivory Coast	1–1	Tanzania
Koma 7'	Report	Waziri 59'

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon)

15 March 1980

Nigeria	1–0	Egypt
Isima 15'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

9 March 1980

Ghana	0–0	Algeria
	Report

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Youssef El Ghoul (Libya)

9 March 1980

Morocco	1–1	Guinea
Tahiri 7'	Report	M. Camara 8'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Paul Preira (Senegal)

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13 March 1980

Algeria	1–0	Morocco
Belloumi 90+3'	Report

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisia)

13 March 1980

Ghana	1–0	Guinea
Klutse 69'	Report

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

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16 March 1980

Algeria	3–2	Guinea
Bensaoula 12', 49' Belloumi 37'	Report	Diawara 82' Bangoura 90+1'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

16 March 1980

Morocco	1–0	Ghana
Labied 44'	Report

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 March – Lagos
	Nigeria	1
					22 March – Lagos
	Morocco	0
					Nigeria	3
	19 March – Ibadan
					Algeria	0
	Algeria (pen.)	2 (4)
	Egypt	2 (2)
					Third place
					21 March – Lagos
					Morocco	2
					Egypt	0

Semi-finals

19 March 1980

Nigeria	1–0	Morocco
Owolabi 9'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Suleiman El Naim (Sudan)

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19 March 1980

Algeria	2–2	Egypt
Assad 55' (pen.) Benmiloudi 62'	Report	El Khatib 32' El Sayed 47'
Penalties
Belloumi Fergani Khedis Larbès Assad	4–2	Shehata Mokhtar El Khatib Amer

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

Third place match

21 March 1980

Morocco	2–0	Egypt
Labied 9', 78'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya)

Final

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations Final

22 March 1980

Nigeria	3–0	Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42' Lawal 50'	Report

Surulere Stadium, Lagos

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Best Ogedegbe	Mustapha Kouici Mohamed Salah El-Din Moussa Camara Christian Chukwu	Lakhdar Belloumi Ali Fergani Mahmoud El Khatib Shawky Gharieb	Salah Assad Segun Odegbami

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

3 goals

• Khalid Labied
• Segun Odegbami

2 goals

• Lakhdar Belloumi
• Tedj Bensaoula
• Muda Lawal
• Thuwein Waziri

1 goal

• Salah Assad
• Hocine Benmiloudi
• Mahmoud El Khatib
• Ramadan El Sayed
• Maher Hammam
• Mokhtar Mokhtar
• Mosaad Nour
• Hassan Shehata
• Willie Klutse
• Moussa Camara
• Ibrahima Diawara
• Sidouba Bangoura.
• Ani Gome
• Kouman Kobenan
• Mustapha Tahiri
• Okey Isima
• Ifeanyi Onyedika
• Felix Owolabi
• Juma Mkambi

External links

• Details at RSSSF