1998 African Cup of Nations

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.^[1]

1998 African Cup of Nations

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
Dates	7–28 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance	388,800 (12,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Benni McCarthy
← 1996 2000 →

Qualification

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Participating teams

Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Burkina Faso	Hosts		2 (1978, 1996)
South Africa	Holders	3 February 1996	1 (1996)
Ghana	Group 1 winners	13 July 1997	11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Guinea	Group 4 runners-up	13 July 1997	5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
Tunisia	Group 4 winners	13 July 1997	7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
Algeria	Group 2 runners-up	27 July 1997	9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
Angola	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	1 (1996)
Cameroon	Group 5 winners	27 July 1997	9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Egypt	Group 3 runners-up	27 July 1997	15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast	Group 2 winners	27 July 1997	12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Morocco	Group 3 winners	27 July 1997	7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Mozambique	Group 7 runners-up	27 July 1997	2 (1986, 1996)
Namibia	Group 5 runners-up	27 July 1997	0 (debut)
Togo	Group 6 winners	27 July 1997	2 (1972, 1984)
Zambia	Group 7 winners	27 July 1997	8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Notes

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

Teams excluded

•  Gambia
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Lesotho
•  Madagascar
•  Niger
•  Nigeria

Squads

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Ouagadougou
Stade du 4 Août	Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 30,000
Bobo-Dioulasso	Ouagadougou Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

7 February 1998

16:00

Burkina Faso	0–1	Cameroon
		Tchami 20'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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8 February 1998

20:30

Algeria	0–1	Guinea
		Oularé 19'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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11 February 1998

15:00

Cameroon	2–2	Guinea
Tchami 9' Womé 44'		Oularé 46', 77'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

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11 February 1998

20:00

Burkina Faso	2–1	Algeria
K. Ouédraogo 65' (pen.) Traoré 77'		Saïb 82' (pen.)

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

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15 February 1998

16:00

Burkina Faso	1–0	Guinea
Kambou 85'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

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15 February 1998

16:00

Cameroon	2–1	Algeria
Job 47' Tchami 65'		Dziri 40'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Togo	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo	2–1	Togo
Tondelua 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.)		Tchangai 90'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

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9 February 1998

20:30

Ghana	2–0	Tunisia
Nyarko 8' Gargo 90'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

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12 February 1998

16:00

Tunisia	2–1	DR Congo
Ben Slimane 31' Tlemcani 76'		Kimoto 36'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia)

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12 February 1998

20:30

Togo	2–1	Ghana
Doté 26' Kader 90'		Johnson 83' (pen.)

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

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16 February 1998

17:00

DR Congo	1–0	Ghana
Kisombe 77'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Young-Joo Kim (South Korea)

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16 February 1998

17:00

Tunisia	3–1	Togo
Tlemcani 9' Ben Slimane 12' Gabsi 80'		Assignon 4' (pen.)

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 800

Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Angola	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3	2
4	Namibia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 February 1998

15:00

South Africa	0–0	Angola

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali)

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8 February 1998

18:00

Ivory Coast	4–3	Namibia
Tiéhi 2', 39' Bakayoko 34' Diabaté 83'		Shivute 46', 73' Mannetti 70'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

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11 February 1998

17:15

Ivory Coast	1–1	South Africa
Ouattara 88'		Mkhalele 8' (pen.)

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

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12 February 1998

18:15

Angola	3–3	Namibia
Lázaro 46' Paulo Silva 67' (pen.) Miguel Pereira 86'		Uri Khob 20', 51' Nauseb 33'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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16 February 1998

20:00

Ivory Coast	5–2	Angola
Guel 8', 23' Tiéhi 43', 81' (pen.) Bakayoko 56'		Paulo Silva 27' Quinzinho 52'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)

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16 February 1998

20:00

South Africa	4–1	Namibia
McCarthy 8', 11', 19', 21'		Uutoni 68'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Karim Dahou (Algeria)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Zambia	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	Mozambique	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 February 1998

18:15

Morocco	1–1	Zambia
Bahja 37'		Chilumba 87'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

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10 February 1998

18:00

Egypt	2–0	Mozambique
H. Hassan 14', 44'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Maxime Camara (Guinea)

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13 February 1998

17:00

Egypt	4–0	Zambia
H. Hassan 34', 57', 71' Radwan 80'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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13 February 1998

20:00

Morocco	3–0	Mozambique
Chiba 39' El Khattabi 40' Fertout 82'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

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17 February 1998

16:00

Zambia	3–1	Mozambique
Kilambe 16' Bwalya 43' Tembo 73'		Avelino 57'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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17 February 1998

16:00

Morocco	1–0	Egypt
Hadji 90'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	February 20 – Bobo-Dioulasso
	Cameroon	0
					February 25 – Ouagadougou
	DR Congo	1
					DR Congo	1
	February 22 – Ouagadougou
					South Africa (a.e.t.)	2
	Morocco	1
									February 28 – Ouagadougou
	South Africa	2
									South Africa	0
	February 21 – Ouagadougou
									Egypt	2
	Tunisia	1 (7)
					February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso
	Burkina Faso (pen.)	1 (8)
					Burkina Faso	0
	February 21 – Ouagadougou
					Egypt	2			Third place
	Ivory Coast	0 (4)
									February 27 – Ouagadougou
	Egypt (pen.)	0 (5)
									DR Congo (pen.)	4 (4)
									Burkina Faso	4 (1)

Quarterfinals

20 February 1998

16:00

Cameroon	0–1	DR Congo
	Report	Tondelua 30'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

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21 February 1998

17:00

Tunisia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Burkina Faso
Gabsi 89'	Report	K. Ouédraogo 45' (pen.)
Penalties
Rouissi Badra Bouazizi Chihi Jelassi Baya Gabsi Ghodhbane Hicheri Trabelsi	7–8	S. Traoré F. Sanou Nana Tallé A. Ouédraogo Zongo B. Traoré Diabaté Liade Gnonka Coulibaly

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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21 February 1998

20:00

Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
	Report
Penalties
Domoraud Guel Diomandé Bakayoko Ouattara	4–5	Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa Imam

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

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22 February 1998

16:00

Morocco	1–2	South Africa
Chiba 36'	Report	McCarthy 22' Nyathi 79'

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Semifinals

25 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo	1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)	South Africa
Bembuana-Keve 48'		McCarthy 60', 112'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)

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25 February 1998

20:00

Burkina Faso	0–2	Egypt
		H. Hassan 40', 71'

Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Third place match

27 February 1998

16:00

DR Congo	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Burkina Faso
Mungongo 76', 90' Kasongo 88' Tondelua 89'	Report	A. Ouédraogo 6' Barro 52' Napon 56' Tallé 86'
Penalties
Simba Mamale Kisombe Selenge	4–1	S. Traoré F. Sanou Diabaté

Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Final

Main article: 1998 African Cup of Nations Final

February 28, 1998

16:00

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

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

7 goals

• Hossam Hassan
• Benni McCarthy

4 goals

• Jerry Tondelua
• Joël Tiéhi

3 goals

• Alphonse Tchami
• Souleymane Oularé

2 goals

• Paulo Silva
• Kassoum Ouédraogo
• Lokenge Mungongo
• Ibrahima Bakayoko
• Tchiressoua Guel
• Saïd Chiba
• Eliphas Shivute
• Gervatius Uri Khob
• Mehdi Ben Slimane
• Hassen Gabsi
• Ziad Tlemçani

1 goal

• Billel Dziri
• Moussa Saïb
• Lázaro
• Miguel Pereira
• Quinzinho
• Oumar Barro
• Romeo Kambou
• Sidi Napon
• Alassane Ouédraogo
• Ibrahima Tallé
• Seydou Traoré
• Joseph-Désiré Job
• Pierre Womé
• Eddy Bembuana-Keve
• Jean-Kasongo Banza
• Okitankoyi Kimoto
• Mundaba Kisombe
• Lassina Diabaté
• Ahmed Ouattara
• Ahmed Hassan
• Tarek Mostafa
• Yasser Radwan
• Mohammed Gargo
• Samuel Johnson
• Alex Nyarko
• Ahmed Bahja
• Ali Elkhattabi
• Youssef Fertout
• Mustapha Hadji
• Avelino
• Ricardo Mannetti
• Robert Nauseb
• Simon Uutoni
• Helman Mkhalele
• David Nyathi
• Komlan Assignon
• Franck Doté
• Massamasso Tchangai
• Mohamed Coubadja Touré
• Kalusha Bwalya
• Tenant Chilumba
• Rotson Kilambe
• Masauso Tembo

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Nader El-Sayed

Defenders

• Mark Fish
• Jojo
• Noureddine Naybet
• Mohamed Emara

Midfielders

• Charles Akonnor
• Hassen Gabsi
• Tchiressoua Guel
• Didier Ekanza Simba

Forwards

• Hossam Hassan
• Benni McCarthy