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1980 African Cup of Nations

12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Nations
year	1980
image	1980 Afcon (logo).png
country	Nigeria
dates	8−22 March
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion	Nigeria
count	1
second	Algeria
third	Morocco
fourth	Egypt
fourth-flagvar	1972
matches	16
goals	33
top_scorer	MAR Khalid Labied
NGA Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
player	NGA Christian Chukwu
prevseason	[1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations)

| fourth-flagvar = 1972 NGA Segun Odegbami (3 goals each)

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

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts		([1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations))
	Holders		(*[1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations)*)
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1957](1957-african-cup-of-nations), *[1959](1959-african-cup-of-nations), [1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1980-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		(debut)

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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

Lagos	Ibadan
{{location map+	Nigeria	float=center	width=500	caption=	places=
Surulere Stadium
Capacity: 80,000
[[File:Main-bowl-national-stadium-surulere-lagos.jpg	150px]]
Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
[[File:Ibadan stadium, Ibadan2.jpg	150px]]

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

Onyedika
Odegbami Mokhtar

Nour

Group B

Belloumi Bangoura

Knockout stage

| 19 March – Lagos | **** | 1 | | 0 | 19 March – Ibadan | ** (pen.)** | 2 (4) | | 2 (2) |22 March – Lagos | **** | 3 | | 0 | 21 March – Lagos | **** | 2 | | 0

Semi-finals

Benmiloudi El Sayed Fergani
Khedis
Larbès
Assad Mokhtar El Khatib Amer

Third place match

Final

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations Final

Lawal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

Goalscorers

Khalid Labied
Segun Odegbami
Lakhdar Belloumi
Tedj Bensaoula
Muda Lawal
Thuwein Waziri
Salah Assad
Hocine Benmiloudi
Mahmoud El Khatib
Ramadan El Sayed
Maher Hammam
Mokhtar Mokhtar
Mosaad Nour
Hassan Shehata
Willie Klutse
Moussa Camara
Ibrahima Diawara
Sidouba Bangoura.
Ani Gome
Kouman Kobenan
Mustapha Tahiri
Okey Isima
Ifeanyi Onyedika
Felix Owolabi
Juma Mkambi

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