# 1998 African Cup of Nations

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.

## Qualification

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Burkina Faso | Hosts | | 2 (1978, 1996) |
| South Africa | Holders | 3 February 1996 | 1 (1996) |
| Ghana | Group 1 winners | 13 July 1997 | 11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996) |
| Guinea | Group 4 runners-up | 13 July 1997 | 5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994) |
| Tunisia | Group 4 winners | 13 July 1997 | 7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996) |
| Algeria | Group 2 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) |
| Angola | Group 6 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 1 (1996) |
| Cameroon | Group 5 winners | 27 July 1997 | 9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) |
| DR Congo | Group 6 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996) |
| Egypt | Group 3 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) |
| Ivory Coast | Group 2 winners | 27 July 1997 | 12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) |
| Morocco | Group 3 winners | 27 July 1997 | 7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992) |
| Mozambique | Group 7 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 2 (1986, 1996) |
| Namibia | Group 5 runners-up | 27 July 1997 | 0 (debut) |
| Togo | Group 6 winners | 27 July 1997 | 2 (1972, 1984) |
| Zambia | Group 7 winners | 27 July 1997 | 8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) |

#### Notes

* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

### Teams excluded

* Gambia
* Guinea-Bissau
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Niger
* Nigeria

## Venues

Ouagadougou :
| Stade du 4 Août | Stade Municipal |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | OuagadougouBobo-Dioulasso |
| Stade Municipal | OuagadougouBobo-Dioulasso |
| Capacity: 40,000 | OuagadougouBobo-Dioulasso |

## First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Burkina Faso (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | DR Congo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 20 – Bobo-Dioulasso | February 20 – Bobo-Dioulasso | | | |
| Cameroon | 0 | | | |
| Cameroon | 0 | February 25 – Ouagadougou | February 25 – Ouagadougou | | |
| DR Congo | 1 | February 25 – Ouagadougou | February 25 – Ouagadougou | |
| DR Congo | 1 | DR Congo | 1 | |
| February 22 – Ouagadougou | February 22 – Ouagadougou | | DR Congo | 1 | |
| February 22 – Ouagadougou | February 22 – Ouagadougou | South Africa (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Morocco | 1 | South Africa (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| Morocco | 1 | | | | February 28 – Ouagadougou | February 28 – Ouagadougou |
| South Africa | 2 | | | | February 28 – Ouagadougou | February 28 – Ouagadougou |
| South Africa | 2 | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| February 21 – Ouagadougou | February 21 – Ouagadougou | | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| February 21 – Ouagadougou | February 21 – Ouagadougou | | | | Egypt | 2 |
| Tunisia | 1 (7) | | | | Egypt | 2 |
| Tunisia | 1 (7) | February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso | February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso | | | |
| Burkina Faso (pen.) | 1 (8) | February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso | February 25 – Bobo-Dioulasso | | | |
| Burkina Faso (pen.) | 1 (8) | Burkina Faso | 0 | | | |
| February 21 – Ouagadougou | February 21 – Ouagadougou | | Burkina Faso | 0 | | | |
| February 21 – Ouagadougou | February 21 – Ouagadougou | Egypt | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 0 (4) | Egypt | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 0 (4) | | | | February 27 – Ouagadougou | February 27 – Ouagadougou |
| Egypt (pen.) | 0 (5) | | | | February 27 – Ouagadougou | February 27 – Ouagadougou |
| Egypt (pen.) | 0 (5) | | | | DR Congo (pen.) | 4 (4) |
| | | | | | Burkina Faso | 4 (1) |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
7 goals
* Hossam Hassan
* Benni McCarthy
4 goals
* Jerry Tondelua
* Joël Tiéhi
3 goals
* Alphonse Tchami
* Souleymane Oularé
2 goals
* Paulo Silva
* Kassoum Ouédraogo
* Lokenge Mungongo
* Ibrahima Bakayoko
* Tchiressoua Guel
* Saïd Chiba
* Eliphas Shivute
* Gervatius Uri Khob
* Mehdi Ben Slimane
* Hassen Gabsi
* Ziad Tlemçani
1 goal
* Billel Dziri
* Moussa Saïb
* Lázaro
* Miguel Pereira
* Quinzinho
* Oumar Barro
* Romeo Kambou
* Sidi Napon
* Alassane Ouédraogo
* Ibrahima Tallé
* Seydou Traoré
* Joseph-Désiré Job
* Pierre Womé
* Eddy Bembuana-Keve
* Jean-Kasongo Banza
* Okitankoyi Kimoto
* Mundaba Kisombe
* Lassina Diabaté
* Ahmed Ouattara
* Ahmed Hassan
* Tarek Mostafa
* Yasser Radwan
* Mohammed Gargo
* Samuel Johnson
* Alex Nyarko
* Ahmed Bahja
* Ali Elkhattabi
* Youssef Fertout
* Mustapha Hadji
* Avelino
* Ricardo Mannetti
* Robert Nauseb
* Simon Uutoni
* Helman Mkhalele
* David Nyathi
* Komlan Assignon
* Franck Doté
* Massamasso Tchangai
* Mohamed Coubadja Touré
* Kalusha Bwalya
* Tenant Chilumba
* Rotson Kilambe
* Masauso Tembo

## CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper
* Nader El-Sayed
Defenders
* Mark Fish
* Jojo
* Noureddine Naybet
* Mohamed Emara
Midfielders
* Charles Akonnor
* Hassen Gabsi
* Tchiressoua Guel
* Didier Ekanza Simba
Forwards
* Hossam Hassan
* Benni McCarthy