# 1984 African Cup of Nations

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroon won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 3−1.

## Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Ivory Coast | Hosts | | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980) |
| Ghana | Holders | 19 March 1982 | 7 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982) |
| Algeria | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 3 (1968, 1980, 1982) |
| Cameroon | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 3 (1970, 1972, 1982) |
| Egypt | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 8 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980) |
| Malawi | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 0 (debut) |
| Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 5 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982) |
| Togo | 2nd round winners | 28 August 1983 | 1 (1972) |

### Notes

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

## Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.
| Abidjan | AbidjanBouaké |
| Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | AbidjanBouaké |
| Capacity: 40,000 | AbidjanBouaké |
| Bouaké | AbidjanBouaké |
| Stade Bouaké | AbidjanBouaké |
| Capacity: 35,000 | AbidjanBouaké |

## Group stage
### Tiebreakers

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:
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ivory Coast (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 March – Abidjan | 14 March – Abidjan |
| Egypt | 2 (7) |
| Egypt | 2 (7) | 18 March – Abidjan | 18 March – Abidjan |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 2 (8) | 18 March – Abidjan | 18 March – Abidjan |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 2 (8) | Nigeria | 1 |
| 14 March – Abidjan | 14 March – Abidjan | | Nigeria | 1 |
| 14 March – Abidjan | 14 March – Abidjan | Cameroon | 3 |
| Algeria | 0 (4) | Cameroon | 3 |
| Cameroon (pen.) | 0 (5) | | |
| Cameroon (pen.) | 0 (5) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 March – Abidjan | 17 March – Abidjan |
| | | Egypt | 1 |
| | | Algeria | 3 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.
4 goals
* Taher Abouzeid
3 goals
* Théophile Abéga
2 goals
* Lakhdar Belloumi
* Bonaventure Djonkep
* Clement Temile
1 goal
* Tedj Bensaoula
* Nasser Bouiche
* Ali Fergani
* Rabah Madjer
* Djamel Menad
* Hocine Yahi
* Ibrahim Aoudou
* Ernest Ebongué
* René Ndjeya
* Roger Milla
* Magdi Abdelghani
* Emad Soliman
* Seth Ampadu
* Opoku Nti
* Youssouf Fofana
* Michel Goba
* Tia Koffi
* Pascal Miezan
* Clifton Msiya
* Harry Waya
* Ali Bala
* Chibuzor Ehilegbu
* Stephen Keshi
* Muda Lawal
* Henry Nwosu
* Rafiou Moutairou

## CAF Team of the Tournament

| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Joseph-Antoine Bell | Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi | Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzeid Clement Temile | Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya |