1998 African Cup of Nations final

October 2023 1998 African Cup of Nations final 1998 African Cup of Nations Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso, 2009.jpg 250 South Africa RSA 30px 0 Egypt Egypt 30px 2 28 February 1998 Stade du 4-Août Ouagadougou Said Belqola (Morocco) 40,000 1996 2000 The 1998 African Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 28 February 1998 at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to determine the winner of the 1998 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Egypt won the title for the fourth time by beating defending champions South Africa 2–0.April 2025 Route to the final South AfricaRoundEgyptOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultANG0–0Match 1MOZ2–0CIV1–1Match 2ZAM4–0NAM4–0Match 3MAR0–1 Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points CIV3210106+47 RSA312052+35 ANG302158−32 NAM3012711−41Final standings Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points MAR321051+47 EGY320161+56 ZAM311146−24 MOZ300318−70OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultMAR2–1Quarter-finalsCIV0–0 5–4COD 19972–1 ySemi-finalsBFA2–0 Match details Details 28 February 1998 16:00 RSA 0–2 Report EGY A. Hassan 5 Mostafa 13 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou 40,000 Said Belqola (Morocco) _rsa98 _rsa98 _rsa98 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 009B00 009B00 South Africa _whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder 23a3a9 23a3a9 23a3a9 ffffff ffffff Egypt GK 1 Brian Baloyi RB 4 Willem Jackson CB 19 Lucas Radebe (c) 44CB 5 Mark FishLB 2 Andrew RabutlaDM 18 John Moeti 79RM 12 Brendan Augustine 48LM 11 Helman Mkhalele 28AM 10 John MoshoeuCF 6 Phil Masinga 81CF 17 Benni McCarthySubstitutions:MF 14 Quinton Fortune 48FW 13 Pollen Ndlanya 81Manager:Jomo Sono GK 1 Nader El-SayedSW 5 Samir Kamouna 62CB 4 Hany RamzyCB 2 Abdel-Zaher El-SaqqaCB 6 Medhat Abdel-HadyRM 8 Yasser RadwanCM 14 Hazem Emam 55CM 17 Ahmed Hassan 55LM 3 Mohamed EmaraSS 20 Tarek Mostafa 78CF 9 Hossam Hassan (c)Substitutions:MF 10 Abdel Sattar Sabry 55FW 21 Osama Nabieh 78Manager:Mahmoud El-Gohary External links Final match details - 11v11 Details at RSSSF Final 1998 Africa Cup of Nations Final African Category:South Africa national soccer team matches Category:February 1998 sports events in Africa Category:20th century in Ouagadougou Category:Sports competitions in Ouagadougou Category:1997–98 in Egyptian football Category:Football matches in Burkina Faso