1980 African Cup of Nations

12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations June 2026 June 2026 African Cup of Nations 1980 1980 Afcon (logo).png Nigeria 8−22 March 8 2 2 Nigeria 1 Algeria Morocco Egypt 1972 16 33 MAR Khalid LabiedNGA Segun Odegbami(3 goals each) NGA Christian Chukwu 1978 1982 The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Hosts Nigeria won a first championship, beating Algeria 3−0 in the final. Qualified teams 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification thumb|Participating nations The 8 qualified teams are: Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. NGR Hosts 04 3 (1963, 1976, 1978) GHA Holders 16 March 1978 02 5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978) CIV 2nd round winners 6 July 1979 03 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974) MAR 2nd round winners 6 July 1979 04 3 (1972, 1976, 1978) ALG 2nd round winners 8 July 1979 05 1 (1968) EGY 1972 2nd round winners 13 July 1979 01 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976) GUI 2nd round winners 19 August 1979 04 3 (1970, 1974, 1976) TAN 2nd round winners 26 August 1979 06 0 (debut) Notes Squads 1980 African Cup of Nations squads Venues The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan. Lagos Nigeria center 500 Nigeria 6.453056 3.395833 Lagos bottom Nigeria 7.396389 3.916667 Ibadan top Surulere Stadium Capacity: 80,000 150pxIbadanLiberty StadiumCapacity: 35,000150px 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 NGA, EGY, CIV, TAN complete 2 1 0 4 1 H 2 0 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 NGA EGY 1972 CIV TAN Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 8 March 1980 NGA 3–1 TAN Lawal 11 Onyedika 35 Odegbami 85 Mkambi 54 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Suleiman El Naim (Sudan) Report 8 March 1980 EGY 1972 2–1 CIV Hammam 8 Mokhtar 20 Gome 7 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Joel Mondoka (Zambia) Report 12 March 1980 EGY 1972 2–1 TAN Shehata 32 Nour 38 Waziri 86 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius) Report 12 March 1980 NGA 0–0 CIV Surulere Stadium, Lagos Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo) Report 15 March 1980 CIV 1–1 TAN Koma 7 Waziri 59 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Diallo Bakaï (Cameroon) Report 15 March 1980 NGA 1–0 EGY 1972 Isima 15 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) Report Group B main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers ALG, MAR, GHA, GUI complete 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 5 ALG MAR GHA GUI Q KO KO green1 Advance to Knockout stage 9 March 1980 GHA 0–0 ALG Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Youssef El Ghoul (Libya) Report 9 March 1980 MAR 1–1 GUI Tahiri 7 M. Camara 8 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Paul Preira (Senegal) Report 13 March 1980 ALG 1–0 MAR Belloumi 90+3 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Ali Dridi (Tunisia) Report 13 March 1980 GHA 1–0 GUI Klutse 69 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya) Report 16 March 1980 ALG 3–2 GUI Bensaoula 12 49 Belloumi 37 Diawara 82 Bangoura 90+1 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Idrissa Traoré (Mali) Report 16 March 1980 MAR 1–0 GHA Labied 44 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Dodou N'Jie (Gambia) Report Knockout stage Bracket 19 March – Lagos NGR 1 MAR 0 19 March – Ibadan ALG (pen.) 2 (4) EGY 1972 2 (2) 22 March – Lagos NGR 3 ALG 0 21 March – Lagos MAR 2 EGY 1972 0 Semi-finals 19 March 1980 NGA 1–0 MAR Owolabi 9 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Suleiman El Naim (Sudan) Report 19 March 1980 ALG 2–2 EGY 1972 Assad 55 pen. Benmiloudi 62 El Khatib 32 El Sayed 47 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo) Report Belloumi Fergani Khedis Larbès Assad 4–2 Shehata Mokhtar El Khatib Amer Third place match 21 March 1980 MAR 2–0 EGY 1972 Labied 9 78 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Ngesa Gabriel Odengo (Kenya) Report Final 1980 African Cup of Nations final 22 March 1980 NGR 3–0 ALG Odegbami 2 42 Lawal 50 Surulere Stadium, Lagos Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) Report Goalscorers 33 16 MAR Khalid Labied NGR Segun Odegbami ALG Lakhdar Belloumi ALG Tedj Bensaoula NGR Muda Lawal TAN Thuwein Waziri ALG Salah Assad ALG Hocine Benmiloudi EGY Mahmoud El Khatib EGY Ramadan El Sayed EGY Maher Hammam EGY Mokhtar Mokhtar EGY Mosaad Nour EGY Hassan Shehata GHA Willie Klutse GUI Moussa Camara GUI Ibrahima Diawara GUI Sidouba Bangoura. CIV Ani Gome CIV Kouman Kobenan MAR Mustapha Tahiri NGR Okey Isima NGR Ifeanyi Onyedika NGR Felix Owolabi TAN Juma Mkambi Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders ForwardsNigeria Best OgedegbeAlgeria Mustapha KouiciEgypt Mohamed Salah El-DinGuinea Moussa CamaraNigeria Christian ChukwuAlgeria Lakhdar BelloumiAlgeria Ali FerganiEgypt Mahmoud El KhatibEgypt Shawky GhariebAlgeria Salah AssadNigeria Segun Odegbami External links Details at RSSSF 1980 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1979–80 in Nigerian football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Nigeria Category:Football competitions in Lagos Category:Sport in Ibadan Category:March 1980 sports events in Africa