Africa Cup 1982
Africa Cup 1982 | |
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African Cup of Nations 1982 | |
Number of nations | 8 (of 35 applicants) |
African champions | Ghana (4th title) |
venue | Libya |
Opening game | March 5, 1982 |
Endgame | March 19, 1982 |
Games | 16 |
Gates | 32 (⌀: 2 per game) |
Top scorer | George Alhassan (4 goals) |
The 1982 Africa Cup ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 13th edition of the African continental football championship and took place from March 5th to 19th in Libya . Organized by the African continental football association Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), eight teams from Algeria , Ethiopia , Ghana , Cameroon , Libya , Nigeria , Zambia and Tunisia took part.
As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants from 33 applicants to eight finalists, with host Libya and defending champion Nigeria automatically qualifying.
→ see main article: Africa Cup 1982 / qualification
As usual, the game was played with two groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group then played the tournament winner from the semi-finals in the knockout system . The final round matches were played in the Stadium of June 11 (65,000 seats) in Tripoli and the Stadium of March 28 (55,000 seats) in Benghazi.
Ghana won the tournament and became African champions in football for the fourth time, expanding their record.
Venues 1982 in Libya |
The tournament
Group A
All games in the context of double events in Tripoli.
Group B
All games in the context of double events in Benghazi.
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Semifinals
March 16 in Benghazi | |||
Algeria | - | Ghana | 2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0) |
March 16 in Tripoli | |||
Libya | - | Zambia | 2: 1 (1: 1) |
3rd place match
March 18 in Tripoli | |||
Zambia | - | Algeria | 2: 0 (2: 0) |
final
March 19 in Tripoli | |||
Ghana | - | Libya | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 7: 6 i. E. |