Africa Cup 1998

Africa Cup 1998
African Cup of Nations 1998
Number of nations	16  (of 36 applicants)
African champions	Egypt (4th title)
venue	Burkina Faso
Opening game	February 7, 1998
Endgame	February 28, 1998
Games	32
Gates	93  (⌀: 2.91 per game)
spectator	412,800  (⌀: 12,900 per game)
Top scorer	Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy (7 each)
yellow cards	113  (⌀: 3.53 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)

The 1998 Africa Cup ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 21st game of the African continental football championship and took place from February 7th to 28th in Burkina Faso .

As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants from this time 36 applicants to the planned sixteen final round participants, whereby the host Burkina Faso and the defending champion South Africa were automatically qualified. Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Angola , Algeria , Egypt , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Guinea , Cameroon , DR Congo , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Zambia , South Africa , Togo and Tunisia .

→ Main article : Africa Cup 1998 / Qualification

The game was played with four groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group then played the tournament winner from the quarter-finals in the knockout system as usual . The games were held in the Stade du 4-Août and Stade Municipal in Ouagadougou and in the Stade Omnisports in Bobo-Dioulasso.

Host Burkina Faso achieved their greatest success so far at the Africa Cup with fourth place. Egypt, won the tournament, became African champions for the fourth time and qualified for the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico.

Bobo Dioulasso Ouagadougou

1998 venues in Burkina Faso

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Burkina Faso	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Guinea	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	002: 500	−3	00

February 7 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Burkina Faso	-	Cameroon	0: 1 (0: 1)
February 8 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Algeria	-	Guinea	0: 1 (0: 0)
February 11 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Cameroon	-	Guinea	2: 2 (2: 1)
February 11 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Burkina Faso	-	Algeria	2: 1 (0: 0)
February 15 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Burkina Faso	-	Guinea	1: 0 (0: 0)
February 15 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Cameroon	-	Algeria	2: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
2.	DR Congo	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Ghana	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Togo	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03

All games in Ouagadougou.

February 9 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Togo	-	DR Congo	1: 2 (0: 0)
February 9 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Tunisia	-	Ghana	0: 2 (0: 1)
February 12 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Tunisia	-	DR Congo	2: 1 (1: 1)
February 12 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Togo	-	Ghana	2: 1 (1: 0)
February 16 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
DR Congo	-	Ghana	1: 0 (0: 0)
February 16 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Tunisia	-	Togo	3: 1 (2: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	010: 600	+4	07th
2.	South Africa	3	1	2	0	005: 200	+3	05
3.	Angola	3	0	2	1	005: 800	−3	02
4th	Namibia	3	0	1	2	007:110	−4	01

February 8 in Bobo-Dioulasso
South Africa	-	Angola	0-0
February 8 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Ivory Coast	-	Namibia	4: 3 (3: 0)
February 11 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Ivory Coast	-	South Africa	1: 1 (0: 1)
February 12 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Namibia	-	Angola	3: 3 (2: 0)
February 16 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Ivory Coast	-	Angola	5: 2 (3: 1)
February 16 in Bobo-Dioulasso
South Africa	-	Namibia	4: 1 (4: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Morocco	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Egypt	3	2	0	1	006: 100	+5	06th
3.	Zambia	3	1	1	1	004: 600	−2	04th
4th	Mozambique	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

February 9 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Zambia	-	Morocco	1: 1 (0: 1)
February 10 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Egypt	-	Mozambique	2: 0 (2: 0)
February 13 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Zambia	-	Egypt	0: 4 (0: 1)
February 13 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Morocco	-	Mozambique	3: 0 (2: 0)
February 17th in Bobo-Dioulasso
Zambia	-	Mozambique	3: 1 (2: 0)
February 17 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Morocco	-	Egypt	1: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

Quarter finals

February 20 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Cameroon	-	DR Congo	0: 1 (0: 1)
February 21 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Tunisia	-	Burkina Faso	1: 1 n.V., (1: 1, 0: 1), 7: 8 i. E.
February 21 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
Ivory Coast	-	Egypt	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.
February 22nd in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Morocco	-	South Africa	1: 2 (1: 1)

Semifinals

February 25 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
DR Congo	-	South Africa	1: 2 a.d., (1: 1, 0: 0)
February 25 in Bobo-Dioulasso
Burkina Faso	-	Egypt	0: 2 (0: 1)

3rd place match

February 27 in Ouagadougou (Stade Municipal)
DR Congo	-	Burkina Faso	4: 4 (0: 1), 4: 1 i. E.

final

February 28 in Ouagadougou (Stade du 4-Août)
Egypt	-	South Africa	2: 0 (2: 0)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Hossam Hassan	7th
	Benni McCarthy	7th
3	Joël Tiéhi	4th
	Mbuilua Tondelua	4th
5	Alphonse Tchami	3
	Souleyame Oulare	3

There were also 11 players with two and 43 players with one hit each.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com