1980 African Cup of Nations
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Nigeria |
Dates | 8−22 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 33 (2.06 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
← 1978 1982 → |
International football competition
The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.
Qualified teams
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The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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![]() | Hosts | 3 (1963, 1976, 1978) | |
![]() | Holders | 16 March 1978 | 5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 6 July 1979 | 3 (1972, 1976, 1978) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 8 July 1979 | 1 (1968) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1979 | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 19 August 1979 | 3 (1970, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 2nd round winners | 26 August 1979 | 0 (debut) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.
Lagos | Ibadan | |
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Surulere Stadium | Liberty Stadium | |
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
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Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Egypt ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Hammam ![]() Mokhtar ![]() | Report | Gome ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Koma ![]() | Report | Waziri ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout phase
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 March – Lagos | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
22 March – Lagos | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
19 March – Ibadan | ||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||
![]() | 2 (2) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
21 March – Lagos | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 0 |
Semi-finals
Algeria ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Assad ![]() Benmiloudi ![]() | Report | El Khatib ![]() El Sayed ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Belloumi ![]() Fergani ![]() Khedis ![]() Larbès ![]() Assad ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Third place match
Final
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Scorers
There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
Lakhdar Belloumi
Tedj Bensaoula
Muda Lawal
Thuwein Waziri
1 goal
Salah Assad
Hocine Benmiloudi
Mahmoud El Khatib
Ramadan El Sayed
Maher Hammam
Mokhtar Mokhtar
Mosaad Nour
Hassan Shehata
Willie Klutse
Moussa Camara
Ibrahima Diawara
Sidouba Bangoura.
Ani Gome
Kouman Kobenan
Tahir Mustapha
Okey Isima
Ifeanyi Onyedika
Felix Owolabi
Juma Mkambi
External links
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Notes: The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. • There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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