1988 African Cup of Nations

16th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations African Cup of Nations 1988 1988 ar كأس أمم إفريقيا 240px Morocco 13–27 March 8 2 2 Cameroon 2 Nigeria Algeria Morocco 16 23 ALG Lakhdar BelloumiCMR Roger MillaEGY Gamal AbdelhamidCIV Abdoulaye Traoré (2 goals each) CMR Roger Milla CMR Joseph-Antoine Bell 1986 1990 The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the football championship run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohammed V. Cameroon won a second championship, defeating Nigeria 1−0 in the final. This edition of the tournament has the fewest goals-per-game average to date in Africa Cup of Nations history. Host selection The original host was Zambia but after their withdrawal in December 1986 due to financial issues, the Confederation of African Football approached Algeria which agreed to host the tournament. However, in February 1987 the CAF rescinded this decision following a dispute with Algeria which protested the CAF's decision to order a replay of the first leg match of the 1987 All-Africa Games qualification against Tunisia. CAF had made this decision following Tunisia's protest that Algeria had fielded two professional players. Morocco was chosen in the end to host the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations replacing Algeria.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/88a.html African Nations Cup 1988 RSSSF E. Boesenberg, K. Stokkermans & F. Mazet May 28, 2015 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afrgames87.html African Games 1987 RSSSF Karel Stokkermans January 21, 2016 Qualified teams 1988 African Cup of Nations qualification The 8 qualified teams are: Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. MAR Hosts 04 5 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986) EGY Holders 21 March 1986 01 10 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986) ALG 2nd round winners 14 April 1987 04 5 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) CMR 2nd round winners 18 July 1987 04 5 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986) KEN 2nd round winners 18 July 1987 06 1 (1972) NGR 2nd round winners 18 July 1987 03 6 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) CIV 2nd round winners 19 July 1987 02 7 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986) ZAI 2nd round winners 19 July 1987 03 6 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) Notes Squads 1988 African Cup of Nations squads Venues The competition was played in two venues in Casablanca and Rabat. Casablanca Morocco center 500 Morocco 33.533333 -7.583333 Casablanca bottom Morocco 34.020882 -6.84165 Rabat top Stade Mohammed V Capacity: 80,000 180pxRabatStade Moulay AbdellahCapacity: 52,000180px 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: Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Drawing of lots Group A main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers MAR, ALG, CIV, ZAI complete 1 2 0 2 1 H 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 3 MAR ALG CIV ZAI Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 13 March 1988 MAR 1–1 ZAI Merry 43 pen. Lutonadio 88 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia) Report 13 March 1988 CIV 1–1 ALG A. Traoré 48 Belloumi 16 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius) Report 16 March 1988 CIV 1–1 ZAI A. Traoré 74 Kabongo 37 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia) Report 16 March 1988 MAR 1–0 ALG El Haddaoui 52 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania) Report 19 March 1988 ALG 1–0 ZAI Ferhaoui 36 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Hugues Joseph Mongbo (Benin) Report 19 March 1988 MAR 0–0 CIV Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania) Report Note: Algeria qualified by drawing of lots.http://www.fifaworldcup.co.uk/africa/88page.htm MOROCCO 1988 fifaworldcup.co.uk 28 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033857/http://www.fifaworldcup.co.uk/africa/88page.htm 2016-03-04 dead Group B main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers NGR, CMR, EGY, KEN complete 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 6 NGR CMR EGY KEN Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 14 March 1988 CMR 1–0 EGY Milla 5 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Idrissa Traoré (Mali) Report 14 March 1988 NGR 3–0 KEN Yekini 6 Edobor 13 Okosieme 33 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Badara Sène (Senegal) Report 17 March 1988 CMR 1–1 NGR Milla 21 Okwaraji 2 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Bester Kalombo (Malawi) Report 17 March 1988 EGY 3–0 KEN Abdelhamid 2 65 Younes 58 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Simon Bantsimba (Congo) Report 20 March 1988 CMR 0–0 KEN Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Badou Jasseh (Gambia) Report 20 March 1988 NGR 0–0 EGY Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Ali Bangoura (Guinea) Report Knockout stage Bracket 23 March – Rabat NGR 1 (9) ALG 1 (8) 23 March – Casablanca MAR 0 CMR 1 27 March – Casablanca NGR 0 CMR 1 26 March – Casablanca ALG 1 (4) MAR 1 (3) Semi-finals 23 March 1988 NGR 1–1 yes ALG Belgherbi 36 o.g. Maâtar 86 Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Badara Sène (Senegal) Report Eguavoen Odu Uwe Sofoluwe Yekini Okwaraji Nwosu Omokaro Okafor Rufai Eguavoen 9–8 Belloumi Belgherbi Maâtar Yahi Menad Bouafia Medane Chaib Megharia Drid Belloumi 23 March 1988 MAR 0–1 CMR Makanaky 78 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius) Report Third place match 26 March 1988 MAR 1–1 yes ALG Nader 67 Belloumi 87 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania) Report El Gharef Benabicha Ouadani El Maataoui Timoumi Nader 3–4 Yahi Djahmoune Merzekane Chaib Megharia Belgherbi Final 1988 African Cup of Nations final 27 March 1988 CMR 1–0 NGR Kundé 55 pen. Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania) Report Goalscorers 23 16 ALG Lakhdar Belloumi CMR Roger Milla CIV Abdoulaye Traoré EGY Gamal Abdelhamid ALG Abdelkader Ferhaoui ALG Rachid Maâtar CMR Emmanuel Kundé CMR Cyrille Makanaky EGY Ayman Younes MAR Mustafa El Haddaoui MAR Abdelkrim Merry MAR Hassan Nader NGR Humphrey Edobor NGR Ndubuisi Okosieme NGR Samuel Okwaraji NGR Rashidi Yekini ZAI Eugène Kabongo ZAI Lutonadio ALG Abderrazak Belgherbi (against Nigeria) Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell Defenders Morocco Tijani El Maataoui Cameroon Emmanuel Kundé Zaire Buana N'Galula Cameroon Stephen Tataw Midfielders Zaire Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo Cameroon Emile Mbouh Nigeria Henry Nwosu Cameroon Louis-Paul M'Fédé Forwards Cameroon Roger Milla Morocco Aziz Bouderbala References External links Details at RSSSF 1988 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1987–88 in Moroccan football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Morocco Category:Football competitions in Casablanca Category:Football competitions in Rabat Category:March 1988 sports events in Africa