Africa Cup 1988
Africa Cup 1988 | |
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African Cup of Nations 1988 | |
Number of nations | 8 (of 36 applicants) |
African champions | Cameroon (2nd title) |
venue | Morocco |
Opening game | March 13, 1988 |
Endgame | March 27, 1988 |
Games | 16 |
Gates | 23 (⌀: 1.44 per game) |
Top scorer | 4 players with 2 goals each |
The 1988 Africa Cup ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 16th edition of the African continental football championship and took place in Morocco from March 13th to 27th . Originally the tournament was supposed to take place in Zambia . However, the country gave back the hosting of the tournament. Organized by the African continental football federation Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), eight teams from Egypt , Algeria , Ivory Coast , Kenya , Cameroon , Morocco , Nigeria and Zaire took part.
As in previous years, there was also a qualification to reduce the field of participants from 36 applicants to eight finalists, with hosts Morocco and defending champions Egypt being automatically qualified.
→ see main article: Africa Cup 1988 / qualification
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 at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca and at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat.
Cameroon won the tournament and became African champions in football for the second time after 1984 .
1988 venues in Morocco |
The tournament
Group A
All games in the context of double events in Casablanca.
Group B
All games in the context of double events in Rabat.
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Semifinals
March 23 in Rabat | |||
Nigeria | - | Algeria | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 9: 8 i. E. |
March 23 in Casablanca | |||
Morocco | - | Cameroon | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
3rd place match
March 26th in Casablanca | |||
Algeria | - | Morocco | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 3 i. E. |
final
March 27 in Casablanca | |||
Cameroon | - | Nigeria | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Best goal scorers
rank | player | Gates |
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1 | Lakhdar Belloumi | 2 |
Gamal Abdel El Hamid | 2 | |
Roger Milla | 2 | |
Abdoulaye Traoré | 2 |
Another 14 players each with a hit and an own goal.