1992 African Cup of Nations

The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals. Ivory Coast won its first championship, beating Ghana on penalty kicks 11–10 after a goalless draw.

1992 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1992
Senegal 1992
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
Dates12–26 January
Teams12
Venue2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored34 (1.7 per match)
Attendance385,500 (19,275 per match)
Top scorer Rashidi Yekini (4 goals)
Best player Abedi Pele
Best goalkeeper Alain Gouaméné
1990
1994

Qualified teams

The 12 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 Senegal Hosts 4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990)
 Algeria Holders 16 March 1990 7 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Cameroon Group 1 winners 28 July 1991 7 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Congo Group 7 winners 14 July 1991 4 (1968 1972, 1974, 1978)
 Egypt Group 2 winners 26 July 1991 12 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1990)
 Ghana Group 4 winners 28 July 1991 8 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984)
 Ivory Coast Group 3 winners 28 July 1991 9 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)
 Kenya Group 6 winners 28 July 1991 3 (1972, 1988, 1990)
 Morocco Group 3 runners-up 28 July 1991 6 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988)
 Nigeria Group 4 runners-up 28 July 1991 8 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990)
 Zaire Group 8 winners 28 July 1991 7 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988)
 Zambia Group 5 winners 28 July 1991 5 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Notes
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Dakar and Ziguinchor.

Dakar
Dakar
Ziguinchor
Stade de l'Amitié
Capacity: 60,000
Ziguinchor
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta
Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Group stage

Tiebreakers

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:

  1. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
  3. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
  4. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Senegal (H) 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 2
3  Kenya 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nigeria 2–1 Senegal
Siasia 13'
Keshi 89'
Bocandé 36'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Nigeria 2–1 Kenya
Yekini 7', 15' Weche 89' (pen.)
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kadry Abdelazim (Egypt)

Senegal 3–0 Kenya
Sané 46'
Bocandé 68'
Diagne 89'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Zaire 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Morocco 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Cameroon 1–0 Morocco
Kana-Biyik 23'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 60,000

Morocco 1–1 Zaire
Rokbi 89' Kona 90'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 5,000

Cameroon 1–1 Zaire
Omam-Biyik 15' Tueba 1'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 10,000

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 3 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Congo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3  Algeria 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ivory Coast 3–0 Algeria
A. Traoré 14'
Fofana 25'
Tiéhi 89'
Report
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohamed Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)

Ivory Coast 0–0 Congo
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rafhidi Ali (Tanzania)

Algeria 1–1 Congo
Bouiche 44' Report Tchibota 6'
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Christopher Musaabi (Uganda)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Zambia 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
3  Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zambia 1–0 Egypt
Kalusha 61'
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000

Ghana 1–0 Zambia
Abedi Pele 64'
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000

Ghana 1–0 Egypt
Yeboah 89'
Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor
Attendance: 5,000

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
January 19 – Dakar
 
 
 Nigeria 1
 
January 23 – Dakar
 
 Zaire 0
 
 Nigeria 1
 
January 20 – Dakar
 
 Ghana 2
 
 Ghana 2
 
January 26 – Dakar
 
 Congo 1
 
 Ghana 0 (10)
 
January 19 – Dakar
 
 Ivory Coast (pen.) 0 (11)
 
 Cameroon 1
 
January 23 – Dakar
 
 Senegal 0
 
 Cameroon 0 (1)
 
January 20 – Dakar
 
 Ivory Coast (pen.) 0 (3) Third place
 
 Ivory Coast (a.e.t.) 1
 
January 25 – Dakar
 
 Zambia 0
 
 Nigeria 2
 
 
 Cameroon 1
 

Quarter-finals

Nigeria 1–0 Zaire
Yekini 22'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

Cameroon 1–0 Senegal
Ebongué 89'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

Ivory Coast 1–0 (a.e.t.) Zambia
Sié 94'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon)

Ghana 2–1 Congo
Yeboah 29'
Abedi Pele 57'
Tchibota 52'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ibrahim Faye (Gambia)

Semi-finals

Ghana 2–1 Nigeria
Abedi Pele 43'
Prince Polley 54'
Report Adepoju 11'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Cameroon 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Report
Penalties
Makanaky
Ebwelle
Omam-Biyik
Bell
1–3 Diaby
M. Traoré
Yago
A. Traoré
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Third place match

Nigeria 2–1 Cameroon
Ekpo 75'
Yekini 88'
Maboang 85'
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sinko Zeli (Ivory Coast)

Final

Ivory Coast 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Report
Penalties
Aka
Hobou
Sekana
M. Traoré
Tiéhi
Gadji-Celi
Kouadio
Abouo
Maguy
Sie
Gouamené
Aka
11–10 Baffoe
Lamptey
Naawu
Asare
Yeboah
Manso
Armah
Abroah
Ampeah
Opoku
Ansah
Baffoe
Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

The penalty shootout was significant in that it was the first in the final of a major international tournament that every player on the pitch took a penalty.

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 1.7 goals per match.

4 goals

  • Rashidi Yekini

3 goals

  • Abedi Pele

2 goals

  • Pierre Tchibota
  • Tony Yeboah
  • Jules Bocandé

1 goal

  • Nacer Bouiche
  • Érnest Ebongué
  • André Kana-Biyik
  • François Omam-Biyik
  • Emmanuel Maboang
  • Prince Polley
  • Youssouf Fofana
  • Donald Olivier Sié
  • Joël Tiehi
  • Abdoulaye Traoré
  • Micky Weche
  • Said Rokbi
  • Mutiu Adepoju
  • Friday Ekpo
  • Stephen Keshi
  • Samson Siasia
  • Victor Diagne
  • Souleymane Sané
  • Andre Kona N'Gole
  • Tueba Menayane
  • Kalusha Bwalya

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

  • Alain Gouaméné

Defenders

  • Basile Aka Kouame
  • Hany Ramzy
  • Stephen Keshi
  • Adolphe Mendy

Midfielders

  • Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
  • Abedi Pele
  • Jean-Claude Pagal
  • Serge-Alain Maguy

Forwards

  • Rashidi Yekini
  • Tony Yeboah

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