1994 African Cup of Nations
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Tunisia |
Dates | 26 March – 10 April |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.2 per match) |
Attendance | 273,000 (13,650 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th Africa Cup of Nations held from 26 March to 10 April. It was hosted by Tunisia and had 12 teams who qualified.
Nigeria won their 2nd title after defeating Zambia 2−1 in the final. The Zambian team featured new players because the 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster occurred a few months earlier.
Qualification[change | change source]
Group stage[change | change source]
Teams highlighted in green move on to the quarter-finals.
Group A[change | change source]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Group B[change | change source]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
Group C[change | change source]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Group D[change | change source]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Knockout stage[change | change source]
Quarter-finals
Ghana ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Akonnor ![]() |
Tiéhi ![]() A. Traoré ![]() |
Semi-finals
Nigeria ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t) | ![]() |
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Iroha ![]() Yekini ![]() |
Bassolé ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Finidi ![]() Siasia ![]() Amokachi ![]() Iroha ![]() Yekini ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers[change | change source]
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal