Africa Cup 2004

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Africa Cup 2004
NOKIA African Cup of Nations 2004
Logo African Cup of Nations 2004.gif
Number of nations 16  (of 51 applicants)
African champions TunisiaTunisia Tunisia (1st title)
venue TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
Opening game January 24, 2004
Endgame February 14, 2004
Games 32
Gates 88  (⌀: 2.75 per game)
spectator 553,500  (⌀: 17,297 per game)
Top scorer Four players with 4 goals each
Best player NigeriaNigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Yellow card yellow cards 116  (⌀: 3.63 per game)
Yellow-red card Yellow-red cards (⌀: 0.09 per game)
Red card Red cards (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The Africa Cup 2004 ( English African Cup of Nations , French Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 24th playing of the African continental championship in football and took place from January 24th to February 14th for the third time after 1965 and 1994 in Tunisia instead of. Host Tunisia used their home advantage, won the tournament and became African champions for the first time in football. With this, Tunisia, with the French national coach Roger Lemerre , also qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 in Germany.

qualification

As before, a qualification took place to reduce the field of participants from 51 applicants to the sixteen final round participants, with hosts Tunisia and defending champions Cameroon automatically qualifying. Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Algeria , Egypt (record number of participants with nineteen participations), Benin , Burkina Faso , Guinea , Cameroon , Kenya , DR Congo , Mali , Morocco , Nigeria , Rwanda, Zimbabwe , Senegal , South Africa and Tunisia .

Game mode

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 .

Venues

Venues 2004 in Tunisia

The games were played in the following stadiums:

Group stage

All times in CET

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. TunisiaTunisia Tunisia  3  2  1  0 006: 200  +4 07th
 2. Guinea-aGuinea Guinea  3  1  2  0 004: 300  +1 05
 3. RwandaRwanda Rwanda  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 4th Congo Democratic Republic 2003Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo  3  0  0  3 001: 600  −5 00
Sat, January 24th at 7:30 p.m. in Radès
Tunisia - Rwanda 2: 1 (1: 1)
Sun 25 January at 2 p.m. in Tunis
DR Congo - Guinea 1: 2 (1: 0)
Wed, January 28 at 2 p.m. in Bizerte
Rwanda - Guinea 1: 1 (0: 0)
Wed 28 January at 4:15 p.m. in Radès
Tunisia - DR Congo 3: 0 (0: 0)
Sun 1st February at 2 p.m. in Radès
Tunisia - Guinea 1: 1 (1: 0)
So, February 1st at 2 p.m. in Bizerte
Rwanda - DR Congo 1: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MaliMali Mali  3  2  1  0 007: 300  +4 07th
 2. SenegalSenegal Senegal  3  1  2  0 004: 100  +3 05
 3. KenyaKenya Kenya  3  1  0  2 004: 600  −2 03
 4th Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso  3  0  1  2 001: 600  −5 01
Mon, January 26th at 2 p.m. in El Menzah
Kenya - Mali 1: 3 (0: 1)
Mon, January 26th at 7:00 p.m. in Bizerte
Senegal - Burkina Faso 0-0
Fri, January 30th at 2 p.m. in Bizerte
Senegal - Kenya 3: 0 (3: 0)
Fri, January 30th at 7:00 p.m. in El Menzah
Burkina Faso - Mali 1: 3 (0: 2)
Mon, February 2 at 2 p.m. in El Menzah
Senegal - Mali 1: 1 (1: 1)
Mon, February 2nd at 2 p.m. in Bizerte
Burkina Faso - Kenya 0: 3 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CameroonCameroon Cameroon  3  1  2  0 006: 400  +2 05
 2. AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria  3  1  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 04th
 3. EgyptEgypt Egypt  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 4th ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe  3  1  0  2 006: 800  −2 03
Sun 25 January at 4:30 p.m. in Sfax
Zimbabwe - Egypt 1: 2 (0: 0)
Sun 25 January at 7:00 p.m. in Sousse
Cameroon - Algeria 1: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, January 29th at 4:30 p.m. in Sfax
Cameroon - Zimbabwe 5: 3 (3: 1)
Thursday 29 January at 7:00 p.m. in Sousse
Algeria - Egypt 2: 1 (1: 1)
Tuesday, February 3rd at 2 p.m. in Monastir
Cameroon - Egypt 0-0
Tuesday, February 3rd at 2:00 p.m. in Sousse
Algeria - Zimbabwe 1: 2 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MoroccoMorocco Morocco  3  2  1  0 006: 100  +5 07th
 2. NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  3  2  0  1 006: 200  +4 06th
 3. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  3  1  1  1 003: 500  −2 04th
 4th BeninBenin Benin  3  0  0  3 001: 800  −7 00
Tuesday, January 27th at 2 p.m. in Monastir
Nigeria - Morocco 0: 1 (0: 0)
Tuesday, January 27th at 6 p.m. in Sfax
South Africa - Benin 2: 0 (0: 0)
Sat, January 31 at 2:00 p.m. in Monastir
Nigeria - South Africa 4: 0 (1: 0)
Sat, January 31 at 6:00 p.m. in Sfax
Morocco - Benin 4: 0 (1: 0)
Wed, February 4th at 6:00 p.m. in Sousse
Morocco - South Africa 1: 1 (1: 1)
Wed, February 4th at 6:00 p.m. in Sfax
Nigeria - Benin 2: 1 (1: 0)

Final round

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
       
  TunisiaTunisia Tunisia   1
  SenegalSenegal Senegal   0  
  TunisiaTunisia Tunisia   1 (5)
    NigeriaNigeria Nigeria   1 (3)  
  CameroonCameroon Cameroon   1
  NigeriaNigeria Nigeria   2  
  TunisiaTunisia Tunisia   2
    MoroccoMorocco Morocco   1
  MoroccoMorocco Morocco   3
  AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria   1  
  MoroccoMorocco Morocco   4th Game for third place
    MaliMali Mali   0  
  MaliMali Mali   2   NigeriaNigeria Nigeria   2
  Guinea-aGuinea Guinea   1     MaliMali Mali   1

Quarter finals

Saturday, February 7th at 2 p.m. in Radès
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia - SenegalSenegal Senegal 1: 0 (0: 0)
Saturday, February 7th at 5:00 p.m. in Tunis
MaliMali Mali - Guinea-aGuinea Guinea 2: 1 (1: 1)
Sun., February 8th at 2 p.m. in Monastir
CameroonCameroon Cameroon - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 2 (1: 1)
Sun., February 8th at 2 p.m. in Sfax
MoroccoMorocco Morocco - AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 3: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)

Semifinals

Wed., February 11 at 4 p.m. in Radès
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 3 i. E.
Wed., February 11 at 7:00 p.m. in Sousse
MoroccoMorocco Morocco - MaliMali Mali 4: 0 (1: 0)

3rd place match

Fri., February 13 at 2:00 p.m. in Monastir
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - MaliMali Mali 2: 1 (1: 0)

final

Saturday, February 14th at 3 p.m. in Radès
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia - MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2: 1 (1: 1)

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 CameroonCameroon Patrick M'Boma 4th
MaliMali Frédéric Kanouté 4th
MoroccoMorocco Youssef Mokhtari 4th
NigeriaNigeria Jay-Jay Okocha 4th
TunisiaTunisia Francileudo Silva dos Santos 4th
6th Guinea-aGuinea Titi Camara 3
MoroccoMorocco Youssef Hadji 3
NigeriaNigeria Peter Odemwingie 3
ZimbabweZimbabwe Peter Ndlovu 3

There were also 10 players with two and 36 players with one hit each.

Trivia

The ticket prices were three TND (€ 2.32) for the cheapest ticket and 30 TND (€ 23.24) for the most expensive ticket. The prices were different depending on the stadium and game.

The sports television broadcaster Eurosport broadcast 27 of the 32 games live and exclusively in 54 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The games were offered in 19 languages. In the Arab countries, Al Jazeera Sports and ART broadcast all 32 games.

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