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1982 African Cup of Nations

13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Nations
year	1982
other_titles	كأس أمم إفريقيا 1982
image	CAN 1982 (logo).png
size	200px
caption	ACN 1982 official logo
country	Libya
dates	5–19 March
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion	Ghana
count	4
second	Libya
second-flagvar	1977
third	Zambia
third-flagvar	1964
fourth	Algeria
matches	16
goals	32
top_scorer	GHA George Alhassan
(4 goals)
player	LBY Fawzi Al-Issawi
prevseason	[1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[1984](1984-african-cup-of-nations)

| second-flagvar = 1977 | third-flagvar = 1964 (4 goals)

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts		(debut)
	Holders		([1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations), *[1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations)*)
	[2nd round](1982-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		(*[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)*, [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1982-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1982-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1982-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1982-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), [1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations)*)
	[2nd round](1982-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations))

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

Tripoli	Benghazi
{{location map+	Libya	float=right	width=400	caption=	places=
11 June Stadium
Capacity: 88,000
[[File:11 June Stadium BenTaher.jpg	150px]]
[28 March Stadium](28-march-stadium)
Capacity: 55,000
[[File:28 March Stadium BenTaher 2007.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

Al-Issawi Opoku Nti

Al-Bor'osi

Group B

Adeshina

Assad

Njovu
Fregene

Knockout stage

| 16 March – Benghazi | ** ** | 3 | | 2 | 16 March – Tripoli | **** | 2 | | 1 | 19 March – Tripoli | ** (pen.)** | 1 (7) | | 1 (6) | 18 March – Tripoli | | 0 | **** | 2

Semifinals

Opoku Nti Assad

Third place match

Munshya

Final

Main article: 1982 African Cup of Nations Final

Alhassan Paha Asaase Abbrey Mensah
Quarshie
Afriyie Sola Al-Ajeli Ben-Suleiman Al-Farjani Ghonaïm Jaranah Zeiyu

Goalscorers

George Alhassan
Ali Al-Beshari
Peter Kaumba
Salah Assad
Samuel Opoku Nti
Stephen Keshi
Godfrey Munshya
Chaabane Merzekane
Djamel Zidane
Grégoire Mbida
John Essien
Faraj Al-Barasi
Fawzi Al-Issawi
Abdel Razak Jaranah
Ademola Adeshina
Emmanuel Osigwe
Aaron Njovu
Kamel Gabsi
Peter Fregene (against Zambia)
Okey Isima (against Algeria)
Kamel Seddik (against Libya)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

References

Anaman, Fiifi. (19 March 2017). "The Last Time: How Ghana managed an unlikely ascension unto the African football throne".

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