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1980 African Cup of Nations

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1980 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates8−22 March
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Khalid Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Christian Chukwu
← 1978
1982 →

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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Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification
Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Nigeria Hosts 3 (1963, 1976, 1978)
 Ghana Holders 16 March 1978 5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
 Ivory Coast 2nd round winners 6 July 1979 4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
 Morocco 2nd round winners 6 July 1979 3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
 Algeria 2nd round winners 8 July 1979 1 (1968)
 Egypt 2nd round winners 13 July 1979 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
 Guinea 2nd round winners 19 August 1979 3 (1970, 1974, 1976)
 Tanzania 2nd round winners 26 August 1979 0 (debut)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

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Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.

Lagos
Surulere Stadium
Capacity: 80,000
Ibadan
Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

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Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nigeria 3–1 Tanzania
Lawal 11'
Onyedika 35'
Odegbami 85'		 Report Mkambi 54'
Attendance: 80,000
Egypt 2–1 Ivory Coast
Hammam 8'
Mokhtar 20'		 Report Gome 7'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
Egypt 2–1 Tanzania
Shehata 32'
Nour 38'		 Report Waziri 86'
Attendance: 55,000
Nigeria 0–0 Ivory Coast
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Ivory Coast 1–1 Tanzania
Koma 7' Report Waziri 59'
Attendance: 70,000
Nigeria 1–0 Egypt
Isima 15' Report
Attendance: 70,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
3  Ghana 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
4  Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ghana 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Morocco 1–1 Guinea
Mustapha 7' Report M. Camara 8'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Paul Preira (Senegal)
Algeria 1–0 Morocco
Belloumi 90+3' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisia)
Ghana 1–0 Guinea
Klutse 69' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Algeria 3–2 Guinea
Bensaoula 12', 49'
Belloumi 37'		 Report Diawara 82'
Bangoura 90+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 1–0 Ghana
Labied 44' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 March – Lagos
 
 
  Nigeria 1
 
22 March – Lagos
 
  Morocco 0
 
  Nigeria 3
 
 19 March – Ibadan
 
  Algeria 0
 
  Algeria (pen.) 2 (4)
 
 
  Egypt 2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 21 March – Lagos
 
 
  Morocco 2
 
 
  Egypt 0

Semi-finals

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Nigeria 1–0 Morocco
Owolabi 9' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Algeria 2–2 Egypt
Assad 55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi 62'		 Report El Khatib 32'
El Sayed 47'
Penalties
Belloumi soccer ball with check mark
Fergani soccer ball with check mark
Khedis soccer ball with check mark
Larbès soccer ball with red X
Assad soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Shehata
soccer ball with check mark Mokhtar
soccer ball with red X El Khatib
soccer ball with red X Amer
Attendance: 5,000

Third place match

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Morocco 2–0 Egypt
Labied 9', 78' Report
Attendance: 5,000

Final

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Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations Final
Nigeria 3–0 Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42'
Lawal 50'		 Report
Attendance: 85,000

CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nigeria Best Ogedegbe

Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawky Gharieb

Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami

Goalscorers

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There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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