1994 African Cup of Nations

The **1994 African Cup of Nations** was the 19th Africa Cup of Nations held from 26 March to 10 April. It was hosted by Tunisia and had 12 teams who qualified.

Nigeria won their 2nd title after defeating Zambia 2−1 in the final. The Zambian team featured new players because the 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster occurred a few months earlier.

## Group stage

Teams highlighted in green move on to the quarter-finals.

### Group A

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### Group B

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### Group C

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### Group D

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## Knockout stage

**Quarter-finals**

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**Semi-finals**

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**Third place match**

**Final**

## Goalscorers

- 5 goals
- Rashidi Yekini

- 4 goals
- Joël Tiéhi

- 2 goals

- Michel Bassolé
- Bashir Abdel Samad

- Charles Akonnor
- Emmanuel Amuneke

- Elijah Litana
- Kenneth Malitoli

- 1 goal

- Tchiressoua Guel
- Adama Koné
- Ahmed Ouattara
- Donald-Olivier Sie
- Abdoulaye Traoré
- Hamza El-Gamal
- Ayman Mansour
- Prince Polley

- Aboubacar Titi Camara
- Fernand Coulibaly
- Amadou Diallo
- Modibo Sidibé
- Soumaila Traoré
- Mutiu Adepoju
- Ben Iroha
- Momath Gueye

- Athanas Tendeng
- Faouzi Rouissi
- Lemba Basaula
- Nsumbu Ngoy
- Kalusha Bwalya
- Zeddy Saileti
- Evans Sakala

## Other websites

- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 1994 African Cup of Nations
- **country**: Tunisia
- **dates**: 26 March – 10 April
- **num teams**: 12
- **venues**: 3
- **cities**: 2
- **champion**: Nigeria
- **count**: 2
- **second**: Zambia
- **third**: Ivory Coast
- **fourth**: Mali
- **matches**: 20
- **goals**: 44
- **top scorer**: Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
- **player**: Rashidi Yekini
- **attendance**: 273000
- **prevseason**: 1992 African Cup of Nations, 1992
- **nextseason**: 1996 African Cup of Nations, 1996