1982 African Cup of Nations

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The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalty kicks 7-6 after a 1-1 draw.

Contents 1 Host Cities & Venues 2 Squads 3 Participating Teams 4 Finals 4.1 Group Stages 4.1.1 Group A 4.1.2 Group B 4.2 Semifinals 4.3 Third place playoff 4.4 Final 5 Top Scorers 6 External links

[edit] Host Cities & Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Tripoli	11 June Stadium	80,000
Benghazi	28 March Stadium	60,000

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1982 African Cup of Nations (squads)

[edit] Participating Teams

Algeria  Cameroon  Ethiopia  Ghana

Libya  Nigeria  Tunisia  Zambia

[edit] Finals

[edit] Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Semi Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Libya	4	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Ghana	4	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Cameroon	3	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
Tunisia	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3

Matches:

5 March 1982

Libya Ferjani 58' Issawi 76'	2 - 2	Ghana Alhassan 28' Opoku Nti 89'	11 June Stadium
Cameroon Mbidi 50'	1 - 1	Tunisia Gabsi 49'	11 June Stadium

9 March 1982

Cameroon	0 - 0	Ghana	11 June Stadium
Libya Kamel (og) 42' El Borosi 83'	2 - 0	Tunisia	11 June Stadium

12 March 1982

Ghana Essien 28'	1 - 0	Tunisia	11 June Stadium
Libya	0 - 0	Cameroon	11 June Stadium

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Zambia	4	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3
Nigeria	2	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1
Ethiopia	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4

Matches:

7 March 1982

Nigeria Keshi 27', 82' Ademola 40'	3 - 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium
Algeria Merzekane 85'	1 - 0	Zambia	28 March Stadium

10 March 1982

Zambia Munshya 68'	1 - 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium
Algeria Madjer 45' Assad 65'	2 - 1	Nigeria Isima 44'	28 March Stadium

13 March 1982

Algeria	0 - 0	Ethiopia	28 March Stadium
Zambia Kaumba 25' Njovu 80 Fregence (og) 81'	3 - 0	Nigeria	28 March Stadium

[edit] Semifinals

16 March 1982

Semi Final 1	Ghana Alhassan 64', 103' Opoku Nti 90'	3 - 2 (AET)	Algeria Zidane 29' Assad 62'	28 March Stadium
Semi Final 2	Libya Beshari 38', 84'	2 - 1	Zambia Kaumba 29	11 June Stadium

[edit] Third place playoff

18 March 1982

Zambia Kaumba 2' Munshya 25'

2 - 0

Algeria

11 June Stadium

[edit] Final

19 March 1982

	Ghana Alhassan 35'	1 - 1 aet	Libya Beshari 70'	11 June Stadium
	Penalties:	7 - 6

African Cup of Nations 1982 Champions: GHANA

[edit] Top Scorers

4 goals

• George Alhassan (GHA)

3 goals

• Ali Al Beshari (LBY)
• Peter Kaumba (ZAM)

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82)
• 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net
• 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial

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