1986 African Cup of Nations

The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

1986 African Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية 1986
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates7–21 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (3rd title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player(s)Cameroon Roger Milla

Qualified teams
Main article: 1986 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
 EgyptHosts9 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984)
 CameroonHolders18 March 19844 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984)
 Algeria2nd round winners13 August 19854 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984)
 Zambia2nd round winners18 August 19853 (1974, 1978, 1982)
 Ivory Coast2nd round winners1 September 19856 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984)
 Senegal2nd round winners1 September 19852 (1965, 1968)
 Morocco2nd round winners8 September 19854 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980)
 Mozambique2nd round winners15 September 19850 (debut)
Notes
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

Cairo
Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 90,000 Capacity: 15,000

First round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4
 Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
 Senegal 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source:
Senegal 1–0 Egypt
Youm 67' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Ivory Coast 3–0 Mozambique
A. Traoré 25', 74'
N'Dri 86'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Senegal 2–0 Mozambique
Fall 28'
Bocandé 83'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Festus Okubule (Nigeria)
Egypt 2–0 Ivory Coast
Gharieb 73'
Abdelhamid 83'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Ivory Coast 1–0 Senegal
A. Traoré 71' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
Egypt 2–0 Mozambique
Abouzaid 13', 15' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 5
 Morocco 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
 Algeria 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Zambia 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Algeria 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Cameroon 3–2 Zambia
Milla 46'
M'Fédé 67' (pen.), 82' (pen.)		 Report Chabala 65'
Bwalya 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Algeria 0–0 Zambia
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karim Camara (Guinea)
Cameroon 1–1 Morocco
Milla 89' Report Krimau 63'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)
Morocco 1–0 Zambia
Chilengi 18' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)
Cameroon 3–2 Algeria
Kana-Biyik 66', 70'
Milla 72'		 Report Madjer 61'
Maroc 73'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 17 March – Alexandria
 
 
  Cameroon 1
 
 21 March – Cairo
 
  Ivory Coast 0
 
  Cameroon 0 (4)
 
 17 March – Cairo
 
  Egypt (pen.) 0 (5)
 
  Egypt 1
 
 
  Morocco 0
 
Third place
 
 
 20 March – Cairo
 
 
  Ivory Coast 3
 
 
  Morocco 2

Semifinals
Cameroon 1–0 Ivory Coast
Milla 46' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
Egypt 1–0 Morocco
Abouzaid 79' Report
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

Third place match
Ivory Coast 3–2 Morocco
Ben Salah 8'
Kassi-Kouadio 38', 68' (pen.)		 Report Rhiati 44'
Sahil 85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Frank Valdemarca (Zimbabwe)

Final
Egypt 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Penalties
Yehia soccer ball with check mark
Abdelghani soccer ball with check mark
Abdou soccer ball with red X
Mayhoub soccer ball with check mark
Shehata soccer ball with check mark
Kassem soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark M'Fédé
soccer ball with check mark Kundé
soccer ball with red X M'Bida
soccer ball with check mark Milla
soccer ball with check mark Aoudou
soccer ball with red X Kana-Biyik
Attendance: 120,000

Scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Zambia Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)

CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Cameroon Thomas N'Kono

Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Egypt Ali Shehata
Senegal Roger Mendy
Egypt Rabei Yassin

Cameroon Emile Mbouh
Egypt Magdi Abdelghani
Egypt Moustafa Abdou
Egypt Taher Abouzaid

Cameroon Roger Milla
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

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