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AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS |
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Winners: |
Ghana |
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| Team | Notes | |||
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Libya | Hosts | ||
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Nigeria | Title holders | ||
| Preliminary round | ||||||
| Equatorial Guinea - Benin | * | Qual. Equatorial Guinea | ||||
| Rwanda - Uganda | * | Qual. Rwanda | ||||
| Upper Volta - Gabon | * | Qual. Upper Volta | ||||
| Preliminary round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 10/08/1980 | Maputo (MOZ) | Mozambique - Lesotho | 6-1 | |||
| 14/09/1980 | Antananarivo (MAD) | Madagascar - Mauritius | 0-0 | |||
| 28/09/1980 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Mauritania | 2-0 | |||
| 16/10/1980 | Blantyre (MWI) | Malawi - Zimbabwe | 0-1 | |||
| 09/11/1980 | Monrovia (LBR) | Liberia - Gambia | 0-0 | |||
| 16/11/1980 | Luanda (ANG) | Angola - Congo | 1-1 | |||
| 17/11/1980 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Sierra Leone | 2-0 | |||
| Preliminary round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 24/08/1980 | Maseru (LES) | Lesotho - Mozambique | 2-1 | Qual. Mozambique | ||
| 28/09/1980 | Curepipe (MRI) | Mauritius - Madagascar | 1-1 | Qual. Madagascar | ||
| 12/10/1980 | Nouakchott (MTN) | Mauritania - Mali | 2-1 | Qual. Mali | ||
| 09/11/1980 | Salisbury (ZIM) | Zimbabwe - Malawi | 1-1 | Qual. Zimbabwe | ||
| 23/11/1980 | Banjul (GAM) | Gambia - Liberia | 1-1 | Qual. Liberia | ||
| 30/11/1980 | Brazzaville (CGO) | Congo - Angola | 0-0 | Qual. Congo | ||
| 30/11/1980 | Freetown (SLE) | Sierra Leone - Senegal | 1-2 | Qual. Senegal | ||
| 1st round | ||||||
| Guinea - Equatorial Guinea | * | Qual. Guinea | ||||
| Madagascar - Tanzania | * | Qual. Madagascar | ||||
| Upper Volta | bye | Qual. Upper Volta | ||||
| 1st round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 22/03/1981 | Fès (MAR) | Morocco - Liberia | 3-1 | |||
| 04/04/1981 | Nairobi (KEN) | Kenya - Egypt | 3-5 | |||
| 05/04/1981 | Douala (CMR) | Cameroon - Togo | 4-0 | |||
| 05/04/1981 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Mozambique | 2-1 | |||
| 10/04/1981 | Oran (ALG) | Algeria - Mali | 5-1 | |||
| 11/04/1981 | Kumasi (GHA) | Ghana - Congo | 1-1 | |||
| 11/04/1981 | Salisbury (ZIM) | Zimbabwe - Zambia | 0-1 | |||
| 12/04/1981 | Tunis (TUN) | Tunisia - Senegal | 1-0 | |||
| 26/04/1981 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Rwanda | 1-0 | |||
| 1st round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 04/04/1981 | Monrovia (LBR) | Liberia - Morocco | 0-5 | Qual. Morocco | ||
| 18/04/1981 | Cairo (EGY) | Egypt - Kenya | 2-0 | Qual. Egypt | ||
| 19/04/1981 | Bamako (MLI) | Mali - Algeria | 3-0 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 19/04/1981 | Maputo (MOZ) | Mozambique - Zaire | 3-3 | Qual. Zaire | ||
| 19/04/1981 | Lomé (TOG) | Togo - Cameroon | 2-2 | Qual. Cameroon | ||
| 25/04/1981 | Lusaka (ZAM) | Zambia - Zimbabwe | 2-0 | Qual. Zambia | ||
| 26/04/1981 | Brazzaville (CGO) | Congo - Ghana | 0-1 | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 26/04/1981 | Dakar (SEN) | Senegal - Tunisia | 0-0 | Qual. Tunisia | ||
| 10/05/1981 | Kigali (RWA) | Rwanda - Ethiopia | 1-0 (3-4 pso) | Qual. Ethiopia | ||
| 2nd round | ||||||
| Tunisia - Egypt | * | Qual. Tunisia | ||||
| 2nd round - 1st leg | ||||||
| 28/06/1981 | Conakry (GUI) | Guinea - Ethiopia | 2-2 | |||
| 22/07/1981 | Accra (GHA) | Ghana - Zaire | 2-2 | |||
| 16/08/1981 | Yaoundé (CMR) | Cameroon - Madagascar | 5-1 | |||
| 16/08/1981 | Fès (MAR) | Morocco - Zambia | 2-1 | |||
| 30/08/1981 | Oran (ALG) | Algeria - Upper Volta | 7-0 | |||
| 2nd round - 2nd leg | ||||||
| 02/08/1981 | Kinshasa (ZAI) | Zaire - Ghana | 1-2 | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 30/08/1981 | Antananarivo (MAD) | Madagascar - Cameroon | 2-1 | Qual. Cameroon | ||
| 30/08/1981 | Lusaka (ZAM) | Zambia - Morocco | 2-0 | Qual. Zambia | ||
| 20/09/1981 | Ouagadougou (UPV) | Upper Volta - Algeria | 1-1 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 04/10/1981 | Addis Abeba (ETH) | Ethiopia - Guinea | 1-1 | Qual. Ethiopia | ||
| * Benin, Uganda, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania and Egypt withdrew | ||||||
| Team | Notes | |||
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Ghana | Winners | ||
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Libya | Final | ||
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Zambia | Semi-finals | ||
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Algeria | Semi-finals | ||
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Cameroon | Group stage | ||
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Nigeria | Group stage | ||
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Tunisia | Group stage | ||
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Ethiopia | Group stage | ||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Libya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Ghana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 05/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Cameroon - Tunisia | 1-1 | |||
| 05/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Libya - Ghana | 2-2 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 09/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Cameroon - Ghana | 0-0 | |||
| 09/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Libya - Tunisia | 2-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 12/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Ghana - Tunisia | 1-0 | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 12/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Libya - Cameroon | 0-0 | Qual. Libya |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | 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 | ||
| 4 | Ethiopia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knockout stage | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 07/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Algeria - Zambia | 1-0 | |||
| 07/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Nigeria - Ethiopia | 3-0 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 10/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Algeria - Nigeria | 2-1 | Qual. Algeria | ||
| 10/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Zambia - Ethiopia | 1-0 | |||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 13/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Algeria - Ethiopia | 0-0 | |||
| 13/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Zambia - Nigeria | 3-0 | Qual. Zambia |
| Semi-finals | ||||||
| 16/03/1982 | Benghazi (LBY) | Ghana - Algeria | 3-2 aet | Qual. Ghana | ||
| 16/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Libya - Zambia | 2-1 | Qual. Libya | ||
| Match for 3rd place | ||||||
| 18/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Zambia - Algeria | 2-0 | 3rd placed: Zambia | ||
| Final | ||||||
| 19/03/1982 | Tripoli (LBY) | Ghana - Libya | 1-1 aet (7-6 pso) | Winners: Ghana | ||