1998 African Cup of Nations

21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations African Cup of Nations 1998 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998 Af98logo.png 150px Official logo Burkina Faso 7–28 February 16 3 2 Egypt 4 South Africa DR Congo 1997 Burkina Faso 32 93 388800 EGY Hossam HassanRSA Benni McCarthy(7 goals each) RSA Benni McCarthy 1996 2000 The 1998 African Cup of Nations was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Burkina Faso. Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won a fourth title, defeating defending champions South Africa 2–0 in the final.28 February 1998 Egypt beats South Africa 2-0 to win 1998 AFCON https://athlet.org/football/can/1998/finals/second-round/1998-02-28-southafrica-egypt.html Athlet 1 February 2024 Qualification 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification Nigeria was banned from participating in the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifiers because of its withdrawal from the 1996 tournament after it had already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during the 1996 tournament qualifiers. Qualified teams thumb|300px|Participating nations Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. BFA Hosts 13 2 (1978, 1996) RSA Holders 3 February 1996 15 1 (1996) GHA Group 1 winners 13 July 1997 03 11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994,1996) GUI Group 4 runners-up 13 July 1997 9 5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994) TUN 1959 Group 4 winners 13 July 1997 05 7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996) ALG Group 2 runners-up 27 July 1997 04 9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) ANG Group 6 runners-up 27 July 1997 15 1 (1996) CMR Group 5 winners 27 July 1997 04 9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) COD 1997 Group 6 runners-up 27 July 1997 04 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996) EGY Group 3 runners-up 27 July 1997 01 15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) CIV Group 2 winners 27 July 1997 02 12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992,1994, 1996) MAR Group 3 winners 27 July 1997 7 7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992) MOZ Group 7 runners-up 27 July 1997 14 2 (1986, 1996) NAM Group 5 runners-up 27 July 1997 15 0 (debut) TOG Group 6 winners 27 July 1997 14 2 (1972, 1984) ZAM Group 7 winners 27 July 1997 04 8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) Notes Teams excluded 22em GAM GNB LES 1987 MAD Niger NGA Squads 1998 African Cup of Nations squads Venues Ouagadougou Stade du 4 Août Stade Municipal Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 30,000 200px 200px Bobo-Dioulasso middle Burkina Faso 400 Burkina Faso 12.357222 -1.535278 Ouagadougou top Burkina Faso 11.183333 -4.283333 Bobo-Dioulasso top Stade Municipal Capacity: 40,000 200px Group stage Group A main WDL Group A CAF CMR CMR BFA BUR GUI GUI ALG ALG complete 2 1 0 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 H 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 2 5 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 7 February 1998 16:00 BUR 0–1 CMR Tchami 20 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 30,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) 8 February 1998 20:30 ALG 0–1 GUI Oularé 19 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 3,000 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) 11 February 1998 15:00 CMR 2–2 GUI Tchami 9 Womé 44 Oularé 46 77 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 2,000 Young-Joo Kim (South Korea) 11 February 1998 20:00 BUR 2–1 ALG K. Ouédraogo 65 pen. Traoré 77 Saïb 82 pen. Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 35,000 Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon) 15 February 1998 16:00 BUR 1–0 GUI Kambou 85 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 40,000 Omer Yengo (Congo) 15 February 1998 16:00 CMR 2–1 ALG Job 47 Tchami 65 Dziri 40 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 1,000 Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia) Group B main WDL Group B CAF TUN TUN 1959 COD COD 1997 GHA GHA TOG TOG complete 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 9 February 1998 16:00 COD 1997 2–1 TOG Tondelua 57 pen. 73 pen. Tchangai 90 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 4,000 Said Belqola (Morocco) 9 February 1998 20:30 GHA 2–0 TUN 1959 Nyarko 8 Gargo 90 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 12,000 Ian McLeod (South Africa) 12 February 1998 16:00 TUN 1959 2–1 COD 1997 Ben Slimane 31 Tlemcani 76 Kimoto 36 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 1,000 Kine Tibebu (Ethiopia) 12 February 1998 20:30 TOG 2–1 GHA Doté 26 Kader 90 Johnson 83 pen. Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 3,000 Omer Yengo (Congo) 16 February 1998 17:00 COD 1997 1–0 GHA Kisombe 77 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 3,000 Young-Joo Kim (South Korea) 16 February 1998 17:00 TUN 1959 3–1 TOG Tlemcani 9 Ben Slimane 12 Gabsi 80 Assignon 4 pen. Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 800 Pierre Mounguegui (Gabon) Group C main WDL Group C CAF CIV CIV RSA RSA ANG ANG NAM NAM complete 2 1 0 10 6 1 2 0 5 2 0 2 1 5 8 0 1 2 7 11 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 8 February 1998 15:00 RSA 0–0 ANG Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 20,000 Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali) 8 February 1998 18:00 CIV 4–3 NAM Tiéhi 2 39 Bakayoko 34 Diabaté 83 Shivute 46 73 Mannetti 70 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 20,000 Karim Dahou (Algeria) 11 February 1998 17:15 CIV 1–1 RSA Ouattara 88 Mkhalele 8 pen. Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 10,000 Charles Masembe (Uganda) 12 February 1998 18:15 ANG 3–3 NAM Lázaro 46 Paulo Silva 67 pen. Miguel Pereira 86 Uri Khob 20 51 Nauseb 33 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 2,000 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 16 February 1998 20:00 CIV 5–2 ANG Guel 8 23 Tiéhi 43 81 pen. Bakayoko 56 Paulo Silva 27 Quinzinho 52 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 4,000 Maxime Camara (Guinea) 16 February 1998 20:00 RSA 4–1 NAM McCarthy 8 11 19 21 Uutoni 68 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 9,500 Karim Dahou (Algeria) Group D main WDL Group D CAF MAR MAR EGY EGY ZAM ZAM MOZ MOZ complete 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 6 1 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 3 1 8 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 9 February 1998 18:15 MAR 1–1 ZAM Bahja 37 Chilumba 87 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 10,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia) 10 February 1998 18:00 EGY 2–0 MOZ H. Hassan 14 44 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 20,000 Maxime Camara (Guinea) 13 February 1998 17:00 EGY 4–0 ZAM H. Hassan 34 57 71 Radwan 80 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 5,000 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) 13 February 1998 20:00 MAR 3–0 MOZ Chiba 39 El Khattabi 40 Fertout 82 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 3,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) 17 February 1998 16:00 ZAM 3–1 MOZ Kilambe 16 Bwalya 43 Tembo 73 Avelino 57 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 3,000 Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 17 February 1998 16:00 MAR 1–0 EGY Hadji 90 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 500 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Knockout stage Bracket N8 white-space:nowrap yes high yes 20 February – Bobo-Dioulasso CMR 0 COD 1997 1 22 February – Ouagadougou MAR 1 RSA 2 21 February – Ouagadougou TUN 1959 1 (7) BFA 1 (8) 21 February – Ouagadougou CIV 0 (4) EGY 0 (5) 25 February – Ouagadougou COD 1997 1 RSA 2 25 February – Bobo-Dioulasso BFA 0 EGY 2 28 February – Ouagadougou RSA 0 EGY 2 27 February – Ouagadougou COD 1997 4 (4) BFA 4 (1) Quarter-finals 20 February 1998 16:00 CMR 0–1 COD 1997 Tondelua 30 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 5,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia) 21 February 1998 17:00 TUN 1959 1–1 yes BUR Gabsi 89 K. Ouédraogo 45 pen. Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 37,000 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) Rouissi Badra Bouazizi Chihi Jelassi Baya Gabsi Ghodhbane Hicheri Trabelsi 7–8 S. Traoré F. Sanou Nana Tallé A. Ouédraogo Zongo B. Traoré Diabaté Liade Gnonka Coulibaly 21 February 1998 20:00 CIV 0–0 yes EGY Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 7,000 Ian McLeod (South Africa) Domoraud Guel Diomandé Bakayoko Ouattara 4–5 Ramzy Radwan Kamouna Mostafa Imam 22 February 1998 16:00 MAR 1–2 RSA Chiba 36 McCarthy 22 Nyathi 79 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 3,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) Semi-finals 25 February 1998 16:00 COD 1997 1–2 yes RSA Bembuana-Keve 48 McCarthy 60, 112 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 2,000 Charles Masembe (Uganda) 25 February 1998 20:00 BUR 0–2 EGY H. Hassan 40 71 Stade Municipal, Bobo-Dioulasso 35,000 Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Third place match 27 February 1998 16:00 COD 1997 4–4 yes BUR Mungongo 76 90 Kasongo 88 Tondelua 89 A. Ouédraogo 6 Barro 52 Napon 56 Tallé 86 Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou 25,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) Simba Mamale Kisombe Selenge 4–1 S. Traoré F. Sanou Diabaté Final 1998 African Cup of Nations final 28 February 1998 16:00 RSA 0–2 EGY A. Hassan 5 Mostafa 13 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou 33,000 Said Belqola (Morocco) Statistics Goalscorers 93 32 EGY Hossam Hassan RSA Benni McCarthy COD 1997 Jerry Tondelua CIV Joël Tiéhi CMR Alphonse Tchami GUI Souleymane Oularé ANG Paulo Silva BFA Kassoum Ouédraogo COD 1997 Lokenge Mungongo CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko CIV Tchiressoua Guel MAR Saïd Chiba NAM Eliphas Shivute NAM Gervatius Uri Khob TUN 1959 Mehdi Ben Slimane TUN 1959 Hassen Gabsi TUN 1959 Ziad Tlemçani ALG Billel Dziri ALG Moussa Saïb ANG Lázaro ANG Miguel Pereira ANG Quinzinho BFA Oumar Barro BFA Romeo Kambou BFA Sidi Napon BFA Alassane Ouédraogo BFA Ibrahima Tallé BFA Seydou Traoré CMR Joseph-Désiré Job CMR Pierre Womé COD 1997 Eddy Bembuana-Keve COD 1997 Jean-Kasongo Banza COD 1997 Okitankoyi Kimoto COD 1997 Mundaba Kisombe CIV Lassina Diabaté CIV Ahmed Ouattara EGY Ahmed Hassan EGY Tarek Mostafa EGY Yasser Radwan GHA Mohammed Gargo GHA Samuel Johnson GHA Alex Nyarko MAR Ahmed Bahja MAR Ali Elkhattabi MAR Youssef Fertout MAR Mustapha Hadji MOZ Avelino NAM Ricardo Mannetti NAM Robert Nauseb NAM Simon Uutoni RSA Helman Mkhalele RSA David Nyathi TOG Komlan Assignon TOG Franck Doté TOG Massamasso Tchangai TOG Mohamed Coubadja Touré ZAM Kalusha Bwalya ZAM Tenant Chilumba ZAM Rotson Kilambe ZAM Masauso Tembo Team of the Tournament The following eleven players were chosen as the CAF Team of the Tournament for the 1998 African Cup of Nations.African Nations Cup 1998 - Final Tournament Details https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98a-det.html RSSSF en Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Egypt Nader El-Sayed South Africa Mark FishMozambique JojoMorocco Noureddine NaybetEgypt Mohamed Emara Ghana Charles AkonnorTunisia 1959 Hassen GabsiIvory Coast Tchiressoua GuelCOD 1997 Didier Ekanza Simba Egypt Hossam HassanSouth Africa Benni McCarthy Tournament rankings Ranking criteria Teams are ranked according to the round in which they were eliminated, with the teams eliminated in the same round ranked according to their results and goal difference in that round. yes yes yes 95 1 EGY D yes 4 1 1 10 1 gold 2 RSA C yes 3 2 1 9 6 silver 3 COD 1997 B yes 3 1 2 10 9 #c96 4 BFA A yes 2 2 2 8 9 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- 5 CIV C yes 2 2 0 10 6 6 MAR D yes 2 1 1 6 3 7 TUN B yes 2 1 1 6 5 8 CMR A yes 2 1 1 5 4 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the group stage |- 9 GUI A yes 1 1 1 3 3 10 ZAM D yes 1 1 1 4 6 11 GHA B yes 1 0 2 3 3 12 TGO B yes 1 0 2 4 6 13 ANG C yes 0 2 1 5 8 14 NAM C yes 0 1 2 7 11 15 ALG A yes 0 0 3 2 5 16 MOZ D yes 0 0 3 1 8 |} References External links Details at RSSSF 1998 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1998 in Burkinabe sport Category:Men's football in Burkina Faso Category:International association football competitions hosted by Burkina Faso Category:20th century in Ouagadougou Category:Sports competitions in Ouagadougou Category:Bobo-Dioulasso Category:February 1998 sports events in Africa