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 (from 1 confederation)
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) Roger Milla (4 goals)
Best player(s) Roger Milla

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Venues

Cairo
Locations of the 1986 African Cup of Nations venues
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

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

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', 82' (pen.)
Report Chabala  65'
Bwalya  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

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 (p) 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

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

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Thomas N'Kono

André Kana-Biyik
Ali Shehata
Roger Mendy
Rabei Yassin

Emile Mbouh
Magdi Abdelghani
Moustafa Abdou
Taher Abouzaid

Roger Milla
Kalusha Bwalya

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