African Nations Cup 1988


Qualifying Tournament

Egypt qualify as holders                               
Morocco qualify as hosts                               
    
Preliminary Round
    
Angola         1-0 Gabon                               
Gabon          1-0 Angola                              
[Angola 5-3 pen.]
   
Cen. Afr. Rep. 1-2 Congo
Congo          5-1 Central African Republic

Ethiopia       4-2 Tanzania
Tanzania       w/o Ethiopia    [Ethiopia withdrew]
  
Guinea         2-1 Gambia
Gambia         0-1 Guinea

Madagascar     w/o Mauritius

Rwanda         w/o Lesotho

Sierra Leone   2-1 Liberia
Liberia        1-1 Sierra Leone
  
Togo           w/o Equatorial Guinea

Tunisia        w/o Mali

Uganda         5-0 Somalia
Somalia        0-0 Uganda


First Round

Algeria        1-0 Tunisia
Tunisia        1-1 Algeria

Cameroon       5-1 Uganda
Uganda         3-1 Cameroon

Ivory Coast    2-0 Congo
Congo          1-2 Ivory Coast

Ghana          1-2 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone   0-0 Ghana

Kenya          2-0 Madagascar
Madagascar     2-1 Kenya

Libya          w/o Zambia 
    
Malawi         w/o Rwanda                              

Mozambique     1-1 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe       3-2 Mozambique

Nigeria        2-0 Togo
Togo           1-1 Nigeria                             

Senegal        4-0 Guinea
Guinea         0-0 Senegal

Sudan          1-0 Tanzania
Tanzania       1-1 Sudan

Zaire          3-0 Angola    
Angola         1-0 Zaire


Second Round

Algeria        w/o Libya
[Algeria qualify]

Cameroon       2-0 Sudan  
Sudan          1-0 Cameroon
[Cameroon qualify]

Malawi         1-2 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast    2-0 Malawi
[Ivory Coast qualify]

Nigeria        3-0 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone   2-0 Nigeria
[Nigeria qualify]

Senegal        0-0 Zaire
Zaire          0-0 Senegal
[Zaire qualify 4-2 on pen.]

Zimbabwe       1-1 Kenya 
Kenya          0-0 Zimbabwe
[Kenya qualify]

Final Tournament (Morocco)

Egypt qualify as holders
Morocco qualify as hosts

The original host was Zambia but after their withdrawal in December 1986 (due to financial
issues), CAF approached Algeria which agreed to host the tournament.  However, in February
1987 CAF rescinded this decision following a dispute with Algeria, and instead appointed
Morocco as host.

Group A (Casablanca)
13- 3-88 Morocco        1-1 Zaire             
           [Krimau 43; Lutonadia 88]
13- 3-88 Ivory Coast    1-1 Algeria           
           [A.Troaré 48; Belloumi 16]
16- 3-88 Ivory Coast    1-1 Zaire            
           [A.Troaré 74; Kabongo 37]
16- 3-88 Morocco        1-0 Algeria           
           [Haddaoui 52]
19- 3-88 Algeria        1-0 Zaire      
           [Ferhaoui 36]
19- 3-88 Morocco        0-0 Ivory Coast

 1.MOROCCO         3  1  2  0   2- 1  4
 2.ALGERIA         3  1  1  1   2- 2  3
   Ivory Coast     3  0  3  0   2- 2  3
 4.Zaire           3  0  2  1   2- 3  2
   Algeria qualified by drawing of lots

Group B (Rabat)
14- 3-88 Cameroon       1-0 Egypt             
           [Milla 5]
14- 3-88 Nigeria        3-0 Kenya             
           [Yekini 6, Edobor 13, Okosieme 33]
17- 3-88 Cameroon       1-1 Nigeria           
           [Milla 21; Okwaraji 2]
17- 3-88 Egypt          3-0 Kenya
           [Abdelhamid 2, 65, Younis 58]
20- 3-88 Cameroon       0-0 Kenya
20- 3-88 Nigeria        0-0 Egypt

 1.NIGERIA         3  1  2  0   4- 1  4
 2.CAMEROON        3  1  2  0   2- 1  4
 3.Egypt           3  1  1  1   3- 1  3
 4.Kenya           3  0  1  2   0- 6  1

Semifinals 
(Rabat)
23- 3-88 Nigeria        1-1 Algeria         [aet]
           [(og) 36; Maatar 86]
         Nigeria won 9-8 on penalties
(Casablanca)
23- 3-88 Morocco        0-1 Cameroon   
           [Makanaky 78]

Third Place Match (Casablanca)
26- 3-88 Algeria        1-1 Morocco         [aet]
           [Belloumi 87; Nader 67]
         Algeria won 4-3 on penalties

Final (Casablanca, Stade Mohammed V)
27- 3-88 Cameroon       1-0 Nigeria
           [Emmanuel Kundé 55pen]
           [Cameroon: Joseph-Antoine Bell, Stephen Tataw, Emmanuel Kundé, 
                      Benjamin Massing, Charles Ntamark, Bertin Ollé-Ollé
                      (Richard Abéna 23), Emile Mbouh, Cyrille Makanaky, 
                      Louis M'Fedé, André Kana-Biyik, Roger Milla; coach:
                      Claude le Roy (France);
            Nigeria: Peter Rufai, Yisa Sofoluwe, Sunday Eboigbe, Stephen
                     Keshi, Bright Omokaro, Samuel Okwaraji, Augustine 
                     Eguavoen, Henry Nwosu, Ndubuisi Okosieme, Rashidi 
                     Yekini, Folorunso Okenla (Humphrey Edobor); coach:
                     Manfred Hoener (Germany);
            referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)]


overview file

1986

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1988 Scorers Final Tournament

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