1982 African Cup of Nations

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.[1]

1982 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982
ACN 1982 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryLibya
Dates5–19 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up Libya
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored32 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana George Alhassan
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
 LibyaHosts0 (debut)
 NigeriaHolders22 March 19804 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)
 Ghana2nd round winners2 August 19816 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)
 Cameroon2nd round winners30 August 19812 (1970, 1972)
 Zambia2nd round winners30 August 19812 (1974, 1978)
 Algeria2nd round winners20 September 19812 (1968, 1980)
 Ethiopia2nd round winners4 October 19818 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)
 Tunisia2nd round winners19814 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)
Notes
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

Tripoli
Benghazi
June 11 Stadium March 28 Stadium
Capacity: 88,000 Capacity: 55,000

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-finals.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Libya 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
 Cameroon 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
Libya 2–2 Ghana
Jaranah 58'
Al-Issawi 76'		 Report Alhassan 28'
Opoku Nti 89'
Attendance: 45,200
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
Cameroon 1–1 Tunisia
M'Bida 61' Report Gabsi 60'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)
Cameroon 0–0 Ghana
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
Libya 2–0 Tunisia
Seddik 42' (o.g.)
Al-Bor'osi 89'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kambaji Kabongo (Zaire)
Ghana 1–0 Tunisia
John Ebow Essien 28' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Libya 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Babacar Fall (Senegal)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4
 Nigeria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 Ethiopia 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source:
Nigeria 3–0 Ethiopia
Keshi 27', 84'
Adeshina 40'		 Report
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Algeria 1–0 Zambia
Merzekane 85' Report
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)
Zambia 1–0 Ethiopia
Munshya 68' Report
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bashir Mahamed Jama
Algeria 2–1 Nigeria
Isima 44' (o.g.)
Assad 65'		 Report Osigwe 40'
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)
Algeria 0–0 Ethiopia
Report
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hugues Opangault
Zambia 3–0 Nigeria
Kaumba 25'
Njovu 80'
Fregene 81' (o.g.)		 Report
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 16 March – Benghazi
 
 
  Ghana (a.e.t.) 3
 
 19 March – Tripoli
 
  Algeria 2
 
  Ghana (pen.) 1 (7)
 
 16 March – Tripoli
 
  Libya 1 (6)
 
  Libya 2
 
 
  Zambia 1
 
Third place
 
 
 18 March – Tripoli
 
 
  Algeria 0
 
 
  Zambia 2

Semifinals
Ghana 3–2 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Alhassan 4', 103'
Opoku Nti 90'		 Report Zidane 29'
Assad 62'
28 March Stadium, Benghazi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Libya 2–1 Zambia
Al-Beshari 38', 84' Report 29' Kaumba
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bakary Sarr (Senegal)

Third place match
Zambia 2–0 Algeria
Kaumba 2'
Munshya 25'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

Final
Ghana 1–1 Libya
Alhassan 35' Report Al-Beshari 70'
Penalties
Lamptey soccer ball with check mark
Alhassan soccer ball with check mark
Paha soccer ball with check mark
Asaase soccer ball with check mark
Abbrey soccer ball with check mark
Mensah soccer ball with red X
Quarshie soccer ball with check mark
Afriyie soccer ball with check mark		 7–6 soccer ball with check mark Al-Beshari
soccer ball with check mark Sola
soccer ball with check mark Al-Ajeli
soccer ball with check mark Ben-Suleiman
soccer ball with check mark Al-Farjani
soccer ball with red X Ghonaïm
soccer ball with check mark Jaranah
soccer ball with red X Zeiyu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)

Top scorers
4 goals
  • Ghana George Alhassan
3 goals
  • Libya Ali Al-Beshari
  • Zambia Peter Kaumba
2 goals
1 goal
  • Algeria Chaabane Merzekane
  • Algeria Djamel Zidane
  • Cameroon Grégoire Mbida
  • Ghana John Essien
  • Libya Faraj Al-Barasi
  • Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi
  • Libya Abdel Razak Jaranah
  • Nigeria Ademola Adeshina
  • Nigeria Emmanuel Osigwe
  • Zambia Aaron Njovu
  • Tunisia Kamel Gabsi
Own goal
  • Nigeria Peter Fregene (against Zambia)
  • Nigeria Okey Isima (against Algeria)
  • Tunisia Kamel Seddik (against Libya)

CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Thomas Nkono

Algeria Chaabane Merzekane
Ghana Sampson Lamptey
Ghana Haruna Yusif
Libya Ali Al-Beshari

Ghana George Alhassan
Ghana Samuel Opoku Nti
Ghana Emmanuel Quarshie
Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi

Algeria Salah Assad
Algeria Rabah Madjer

References
  1. Anaman, Fiifi. "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne". Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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