2004 African Cup of Nations

The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia won their first title, beating Morocco in the final 2–1.[1] Tunisia participated in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany as the representative from CAF.

2004 African Cup of Nations
2004 NOKIA African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004
كأس أمم إفريقيا 2004
African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates24 January – 14 February
Teams16
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s) Frédéric Kanouté
Patrick Mboma
Jay-Jay Okocha
Francileudo Santos
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Jay-Jay Okocha

Host selection

Bids :

  • Benin / Togo
  • Malawi / Zambia
  • Tunisia
  • Zimbabwe

The organization of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.

This edition was awarded to Tunisia which represented Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by taking the majority of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee members which are 13 after its impressive success in the 1994 edition.

This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results
Nation(s) Votes
Tunisia 9
Zimbabwe 3
Malawi / Zambia 1
Benin / Togo Withdrew
Total votes 13

Qualification
A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.
Main article: 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

Squads
Further information: 2004 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues
Radès
 Tunis
Stade Olympique de RadèsStade El Menzah
Capacity: 60,000Capacity: 45,000
SousseMonastir
Stade Olympique de SousseStade Mustapha Ben Jannet
Capacity: 28,000Capacity: 22,000
SfaxBizerte
Stade Taïeb El MhiriStade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Guinea 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source:
Tunisia 2–1 Rwanda
Jaziri  27'
Santos  57'		 Elias  41'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
DR Congo 1–2 Guinea
Masudi  35' T. Camara  68'
Feindouno  81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)
Rwanda 1–1 Guinea
K. Kamanzi  90+3' T. Camara  49'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Tunisia 3–0 DR Congo
Santos  55', 87'
Braham  65'
Attendance: 60,000
Tunisia 1–1 Guinea
Ben Achour  58' T. Camara  84'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hailemalek Tessama (Ethiopia)
Rwanda 1–0 DR Congo
Makasi  74'
Attendance: 700

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
Kenya 1–3 Mali
Mulama  58' Sissoko  28'
Kanouté  63', 81'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Senegal 0–0 Burkina Faso
Attendance: 2,000
Senegal 3–0 Kenya
Niang  4', 31'
P. B. Diop  19'
Attendance: 13,500
Burkina Faso 1–3 Mali
Minoungou  50' Kanouté  34'
Diarra  37'
S. Coulibaly  78'
Attendance: 1,500
Senegal 1–1 Mali
Beye  45+2' D. Traoré  34'
Attendance: 7,550
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 0–3 Kenya
Ake  51'
Oliech  64'
Baraza  83'
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
Source:
Zimbabwe 1–2 Egypt
P. Ndlovu  46' T. Abdel Hamid  58'
Barakat  63'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Cameroon 1–1 Algeria
M'Boma  43' Zafour  52'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Cameroon 5–3 Zimbabwe
M'Boma  31', 44', 65'
M'Bami  40', 67'		 P. Ndlovu  8', 47' (pen.)
Nyandoro  89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)
Algeria 2–1 Egypt
Mamouni  13'
Achiou  86'		 Belal  25'
Attendance: 15,000
Cameroon 0–0 Egypt
Attendance: 20,000
Algeria 1–2 Zimbabwe
Achiou  73' A. Ndlovu  65'
Lupahla  71'
Attendance: 10,000

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
 South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
 Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:
Nigeria 0–1 Morocco
Hadji  77'
Attendance: 15,000
South Africa 2–0 Benin
Nomvethe  58', 76'
Attendance: 12,000
Nigeria 4–0 South Africa
Yobo  4'
Okocha  64' (pen.)
Odemwingie  81', 83'
Attendance: 15,000
Morocco 4–0 Benin
Chamakh  17'
Mokhtari  73'
Ouaddou  75'
El Karkouri  80'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 1–1 South Africa
Safri  38' (pen.) Mayo  29'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
Nigeria 2–1 Benin
Lawal  35'
Utaka  76'		 Latoundji  90'
Attendance: 15,000

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 7 February – Radès
 
 
  Tunisia 1
 
 11 February – Radès
 
  Senegal 0
 
  Tunisia (p) 1 (5)
 
 8 February – Monastir
 
  Nigeria 1 (3)
 
  Cameroon 1
 
 14 February – Radès
 
  Nigeria 2
 
  Tunisia 2
 
 8 February – Sfax
 
  Morocco 1
 
  Morocco (a.e.t.) 3
 
 11 February – Sousse
 
  Algeria 1
 
  Morocco 4
 
 7 February – Tunis
 
  Mali 0 Third place
 
  Mali 2
 
 13 February – Monastir
 
  Guinea 1
 
  Nigeria 2
 
 
  Mali 1
 

Quarter-finals
Mali 2–1 Guinea
Kanouté  45'
Diarra  90'		 Feindouno  15'
Attendance: 1,450
Tunisia 1–0 Senegal
Mnari  65'
Attendance: 57,000
Cameroon 1–2 Nigeria
Eto'o  42' Okocha  45'
Utaka  73'
Attendance: 14,750
Morocco 3–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Chamakh  90'
Hadji  113'
Zairi  120'		 Cherrad  84'
Attendance: 22,000

Semi-finals
Tunisia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Badra  82' Report Okocha  67'
Penalties
Badra
Santos
Mhedhebi
Ben Achour
Haggui 		5–3 Utaka
Odemwingie
Yobo
Udeze
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Morocco 4–0 Mali
Mokhtari  44', 58'
Hadji  80'
Baha  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

Third place match
Nigeria 2–1 Mali
Okocha  16'
Odemwingie  52'		 Abouta  70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Final
Main article: 2004 African Cup of Nations Final
Tunisia 2–1 Morocco
Santos  5'
Jaziri  52'		 Mokhtari  38'
Attendance: 65,000
 2004 Africa Cup of Nations
Champions 

Tunisia
First title

Scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

1Possibly 2nd goal Anicet Adjamossi 73og against Morocco

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References
  1. "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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