1986 African Cup of Nations final

The 1986 African Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 21 March 1986 at the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 1986 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Event

1986 African Cup of Nations

Egypt won 5–4 on penalties

Date

21 March 1986

Venue

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee

Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Attendance

95,000

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Egypt won the title for the third time by beating Cameroon 5–4 on penalties with the game ending 0–0.^{[citation needed]}

Road to the final

Egypt		Cameroon
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Senegal	0–1	Zambia	3–2
Ivory Coast	2–0	Morocco	1–1
Mozambique	2–0	Algeria	3–2
Semi-finals
Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast	1–0

Match details

Details

21 March 1986

Egypt	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon
	Report
Penalties
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou Mayhoub Shehata Kasem	5–4	M'Fédé Kundé M'Bida Milla Aoudou Kana-Biyik

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

Egypt

Cameroon


GK	1	Thabet El-Batal
RB	2	Ali Shehata
CB	5	Mohamed Omar		58'
CB	21	Hamada Sedki
LB	3	Rabie Yassin
CM	8	Magdi Abdelghani	93'
SW	6	Ashraf Kasem
CM	12	Tahar Abouzid		111'
RW	7	Mostafa Abdou (c)
CF	10	Mahmoud El Khatib
LW	14	Gamal Abdel Hamid
Substitutions:
CM	4	Alaa Mayhoub		58'
LW	11	Tarek Yehia		111'
Manager:
Mike Smith


GK	1	Thomas N'Kono
RB	5	Victor N'Dip	50'
CB	4	Ibrahim Aoudou
CB	6	Emmanuel Kundé (c)
LB	3	Isaac Sinkot
RM	2	André Kana-Biyik	63'
CM	8	Emile M'Bouh	82'
CM	20	Grégoire M'Bida
LM	11	Louis M'Fédé
CF	13	Ernest Ebongue		82'
CF	9	Roger Milla	119'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Mamadou Oumarou		82'
Manager:
Claude Le Roy

Assistant referees:
Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)