1994 African Cup of Nations

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.

1994 African Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	{{country data Tunisia|flag/core|name=Tunisia|variant= |size=}}
Dates	26 March – 10 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runner-up	Zambia
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	44 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	273,000 (13,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
Best player	Rashidi Yekini
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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

Main page: 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification

Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Côte d'Ivoire Mali

Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Tunisia (Host) Zaire Zambia

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green move on to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zaire	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Mali	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
3	Tunisia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
2	Nigeria	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Gabon	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zambia	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
2	Côte d'Ivoire	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	2
3	Sierra Leone	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	4
2	Senegal	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
3	Guinea	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

2 April 1994	Zaire	0–2	Nigeria	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
			Yekini Goal 51', 71' (pen.)

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2 April 1994	Egypt	0–1	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
			S. Traoré Goal 64'

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3 April 1994	Zambia	1–0	Senegal	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)
	Sakala Goal 38'

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3 April 1994	Ghana	1–2	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Akonnor Goal 77'		Tiéhi Goal 30' A. Traoré Goal 81'

Semi-finals

6 April 1994	Nigeria	2–2 (a.e.t)	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Iroha Goal 26' Yekini Goal 40'		Bassolé Goal 19', 31'
		Penalties
	Finidi Scored Siasia Missed Amokachi Scored Iroha Scored Yekini Scored	4–2	Scored Kouamé Scored Fallet Missed Bassolé Missed Amani

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6 April 1994	Zambia	4–0	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
	Litana Goal 8' Saileti Goal 30' K. Bwalya Goal 47' Malitoli Goal 73'

Third place match

10 April 1994	Côte d'Ivoire	3–1	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Petros Mathabela (South Africa)
	Koné Goal 2' Ouattara Goal 67' Sie Goal 70'		Diallo Goal 46'

Final

10 April 1994	Nigeria	2–1	Zambia	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
	Amuneke Goal 5', 47'		Litana Goal 3'

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Rashidi Yekini

4 goals

• Joël Tiéhi

2 goals

Michel Bassolé Bashir Abdel Samad

Charles Akonnor Emmanuel Amuneke

Elijah Litana Kenneth Malitoli

1 goal

Tchiressoua Guel Adama Koné Ahmed Ouattara Donald-Olivier Sie Abdoulaye Traoré Hamza El-Gamal Ayman Mansour Prince Polley

Aboubacar Titi Camara Fernand Coulibaly Amadou Diallo Modibo Sidibé Soumaila Traoré Mutiu Adepoju Ben Iroha Momath Gueye

Athanas Tendeng Faouzi Rouissi Lemba Basaula Nsumbu Ngoy Kalusha Bwalya Zeddy Saileti Evans Sakala

1994 African Cup Of Nations Media

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  Countries positions in the African Cup of Nations   1st*

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  Stade Olympique d'El Menzah

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  Stade olympique de Sousse

Other websites

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