Africa Cup 1994

Africa Cup 1994
African Cup of Nations 1994
Number of nations	12  (of 39 applicants)
African champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
venue	Tunisia
Opening game	March 26, 1994
Endgame	April 10, 1994
Games	20th
Gates	44  (⌀: 2.2 per game)
spectator	273,000  (⌀: 13,650 per game)
Top scorer	Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)

The 1994 Africa Cup ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 19th edition of the African continental football championship and took place in Tunisia from March 26th to April 10th . Tunisia stepped in as a substitute host for the originally planned Zaïre , which decided not to host the tournament before the start of qualification. Organized by the African continental football federation Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) twelve teams from Egypt , Ivory Coast , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Mali , Nigeria , Zambia , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Tunisia and Zaire took part.

As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants with the new record number of 39 applicants to the twelve finalists, with hosts Tunisia and defending champions Ivory Coast being automatically qualified.

→ see main article: Africa Cup 1994 / qualification

The game was played with four groups of three teams each. The two best teams in each group then played the tournament winner from the quarter-finals in the knockout system . The games were played in the Stade El Menzah (45,000 places) and Stade Chedli Zouiten (18,000 places) in Tunis and in the Stade Olympique de Sousse (21,000 places) in Sousse.

Nigeria won the tournament, became African champions in football for the second time since 1980 and qualified for the 1995 King Fahd Cup , the forerunner of the later FIFA Confederations Cup .

Tunis Sousse

Venues 1994 in Tunisia

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zaire	2	1	1	0	002: 100	+1	03: 10
2.	Mali	2	1	0	1	002: 100	+1	02: 20
3.	Tunisia	2	0	1	1	001: 300	−2	01: 30

March 26th Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Mali	-	Tunisia	2: 0 (2: 0)
March 28th (Stade Chedli Zouiten)
Zaire	-	Mali	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 30th (Stade El Menzah)
Tunisia	-	Zaire	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	2	1	1	0	004-000	+4	03: 10
2.	Nigeria	2	1	1	0	003-000	+3	03: 10
3.	Gabon	2	0	0	2	000: 700	−7	00: 40

March 26th in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Nigeria	-	Gabon	3: 0 (1: 0)
March 28 in Tunis (Stade Chedli Zouiten)
Gabon	-	Egypt	0: 4 (0: 2)
March 30th in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Egypt	-	Nigeria	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	2	1	1	0	001-000	+1	03: 10
2.	Ivory Coast	2	1	0	1	004: 100	+3	02: 20
3.	Sierra Leone	2	0	1	1	000: 400	−4	01: 30

March 27 in Sousse
Ivory Coast	-	Sierra Leone	4: 0 (2: 0)
March 29 in Sousse
Sierra Leone	-	Zambia	0-0
March 31 in Sousse
Zambia	-	Ivory Coast	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	2	2	0	0	002-000	+2	04-00
2.	Senegal	2	1	0	1	002: 200	± 0	02: 20
3.	Guinea	2	0	0	2	001: 300	−2	00: 40

March 27 in Sousse
Ghana	-	Guinea	1: 0 (0: 0)
March 29 in Sousse
Guinea	-	Senegal	1: 2 (1: 0)
March 31 in Sousse
Senegal	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 0)

Final round

All games as part of double events.

Quarter finals

April 2 in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Zaire	-	Nigeria	0: 2 (0: 0)
Egypt	-	Mali	0: 1 (0: 0)
April 3 in Sousse
Zambia	-	Senegal	1: 0 (1: 0)
Ghana	-	Ivory Coast	1: 2 (0: 1)

Semifinals

April 6 in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Nigeria	-	Ivory Coast	2: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 2: 2), 4: 2 i. E.
Zambia	-	Mali	4: 0 (2: 0)

3rd place match

April 10 in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Mali	-	Ivory Coast	1: 3 (0: 1)

final

April 10 in Tunis (Stade El Menzah)
Nigeria	-	Zambia	2: 1 (1: 1)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Rashidi Yekini	5
2	Joël Tiéhi	4th
3	Charles Akonnor	2
	Emmanuel Amuneke	2
	Michel Bassolé	2
	Elijah Litana	2
	Kenneth Malitoli	2
	Bashir Abdel Samad	2

23 other players each scored one goal.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com