1982 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982 | |
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ACN 1982 official logo | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Libya |
Dates | 5–19 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 32 (2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | |
The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Hosts | 0 (debut) | ||
Holders | 22 March 1980 | 4 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980) | |
2nd round winners | 2 August 1981 | 6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980) | |
2nd round winners | 30 August 1981 | 2 (1970, 1972) | |
2nd round winners | 30 August 1981 | 2 (1974, 1978) | |
2nd round winners | 20 September 1981 | 2 (1968, 1980) | |
2nd round winners | 4 October 1981 | 8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976) | |
2nd round winners | 1981 | 4 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
[edit]Venues
[edit]The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Tripoli | Benghazi | |
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June 11 Stadium | March 28 Stadium | |
Capacity: 88,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | |
Group stage
[edit]Tiebreakers
[edit]If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Ghana | 1–0 | |
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John Ebow Essien |
Report |
Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
16 March – Benghazi | ||||||
| 3 | |||||
19 March – Tripoli | ||||||
| 2 | |||||
| 1 (7) | |||||
16 March – Tripoli | ||||||
| 1 (6) | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
18 March – Tripoli | ||||||
| 0 | |||||
| 2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Libya | 2–1 | |
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Al-Beshari |
Report |
Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 32 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Peter Fregene (against Zambia)
Okey Isima (against Algeria)
Kamel Seddik (against Libya)
CAF Team of the Tournament
[edit]Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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References
[edit]- ^ Anaman, Fiifi (19 March 2017). "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.