1982 African Cup of Nations

13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations January 2024 African Cup of Nations 1982 ar كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982 CAN 1982 (logo).png 200px ACN 1982 official logo Libya 5–19 March 8 2 2 Ghana 4 Libya 1977 Zambia 1964 Algeria 16 32 GHA George Alhassan (4 goals) LBY 1977 Fawzi Al-Issawi 1980 1984 The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won a record fourth championship, defeating Libya 7−6 on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw.http://www.pulse.com.gh/bi/sports/the-last-time-how-ghana-managed-an-unlikely-ascension-unto-the-african-football-throne-id6394851.html The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne Fiifi Anaman 19 March 2017 10 July 2017 Qualified teams 1982 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. LBY 1977 Hosts 06 0 (debut) NGR Holders 22 March 1980 03 4 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980) GHA 2nd round winners 2 August 1981 02 6 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980) CMR 2nd round winners 30 August 1981 05 2 (1970, 1972) ZAM 1964 2nd round winners 30 August 1981 05 2 (1974, 1978) ALG 2nd round winners 20 September 1981 05 2 (1968, 1980) ETH 1975 2nd round winners 4 October 1981 01 8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976) TUN 1959 2nd round winners 1981 03 4 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978) Notes Squads 1982 African Cup of Nations squads Venues The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi. Libya right 400 Libya 32.902222 13.185833 Tripoli bottom Libya 32.116667 20.066667 Benghazi top Tripoli 11 June Stadium Capacity: 67,000 150pxBenghazi28 March StadiumCapacity: 40,000150px 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 LBY, GHA, CMR, TUN complete 1 2 0 4 2 H 1 2 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 LBY 1977 GHA CMR TUN 1959 Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 5 March 1982 LBY 1977 2–2 GHA Jaranah 58 Al-Issawi 76 Alhassan 28 Opoku Nti 89 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius) Report 5 March 1982 CMR 1–1 TUN 1959 M'Bida 61 Gabsi 60 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Bakary Sarr (Senegal) Report 9 March 1982 CMR 0–0 GHA 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Mohamed Larache (Morocco) Report 9 March 1982 LBY 1977 2–0 TUN 1959 Seddik 42 o.g. Al-Bor'osi 89 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire) Report 12 March 1982 GHA 1–0 TUN 1959 John Ebow Essien 28 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Idrissa Traoré (Mali) Report 12 March 1982 LBY 1977 0–0 CMR 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Babacar Fall (Senegal) Report Group B main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers ALG, ZAM, NGA, ETH complete 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 4 5 0 1 2 0 4 ALG ZAM 1964 NGA ETH 1975 Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 7 March 1982 NGA 3–0 ETH 1975 Keshi 27 84 Adeshina 40 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Bester Kalombo (Malawi) Report 7 March 1982 ALG 1–0 ZAM 1964 Merzekane 85 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Dodou N'Jie (Gambia) Report 10 March 1982 ZAM 1964 1–0 ETH 1975 Munshya 68 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Bashir Mahamed Jama Report 10 March 1982 ALG 2–1 NGA Isima 44 o.g. Assad 65 Osigwe 40 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal) Report 13 March 1982 ALG 0–0 ETH 1975 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Hugues Opangault Report 13 March 1982 ZAM 1964 3–0 NGA Kaumba 25 Njovu 80 Fregene 81 o.g. 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius) Report Knockout stage Bracket 16 March – Benghazi GHA 3 ALG 2 16 March – Tripoli LBY 1977 2 ZAM 1964 1 19 March – Tripoli GHA 1 (7) LBY 1977 1 (6) 18 March – Tripoli ALG 0 ZAM 1964 2 Semi-finals 16 March 1982 GHA 3–2 yes ALG Alhassan 4 103 Opoku Nti 90 Zidane 29 Assad 62 28 March Stadium, Benghazi Bester Kalombo (Malawi) Report 16 March 1982 LBY 1977 2–1 ZAM 1964 Al-Beshari 38 84 29 Kaumba 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Bakary Sarr (Senegal) Report Third place match 18 March 1982 ZAM 1964 2–0 ALG Kaumba 2 Munshya 25 11 June Stadium, Tripoli Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal) Report Final 1982 African Cup of Nations final 19 March 1982 GHA 1–1 yes LBY 1977 Alhassan 35 Al-Beshari 70 11 June Stadium, Tripoli 50,000 Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius) Report Lamptey Alhassan Paha Asaase Abbrey Mensah Quarshie Afriyie 7–6 Al-Beshari Sola Al-Ajeli Ben-Suleiman Al-Farjani Ghonaïm Jaranah Zeiyu Goalscorers 32 16 GHA George Alhassan LBY 1977 Ali Al-Beshari ZAM 1964 Peter Kaumba ALG Salah Assad GHA Samuel Opoku Nti NGA Stephen Keshi ZAM 1964 Godfrey Munshya ALG Chaabane Merzekane ALG Djamel Zidane CMR Grégoire Mbida GHA John Essien LBY 1977 Faraj Al-Barasi LBY 1977 Fawzi Al-Issawi LBY 1977 Abdel Razak Jaranah NGA Ademola Adeshina NGA Emmanuel Osigwe ZAM 1964 Aaron Njovu TUN 1959 Kamel Gabsi NGA Peter Fregene (against Zambia) NGA Okey Isima (against Algeria) TUN 1959 Kamel Seddik (against Libya) Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders ForwardsCameroon Thomas NkonoAlgeria Chaabane MerzekaneGhana Sampson LampteyGhana Haruna YusifLibya 1977 Ali Al-BeshariGhana George AlhassanGhana Samuel Opoku NtiGhana Emmanuel QuarshieLibya 1977 Fawzi Al-IssawiAlgeria Salah AssadAlgeria Rabah Madjer References External links Details at RSSSF Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82) 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195347/http://footballmundial.tripod.com/caf/caf_1980_82.htm 3 March 2016 1982 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1982 in Libyan sport Category:International association football competitions hosted by Libya Category:Sport in Tripoli, Libya Category:Sport in Benghazi Category:March 1982 sports events in Africa