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1984 African Cup of Nations

14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Nations
year	1984
other_titles	Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1984
image	CAN 1984 (logo).png
size	200px
caption	Afcon 1984 official logo
country	Ivory Coast
dates	4–18 March
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion	Cameroon
count	1
second	Nigeria
third	Algeria
fourth	Egypt
fourth-flagvar	1972
matches	16
goals	39
top_scorer	EGY Taher Abouzaid
(4 goals)
player	CMR Théophile Abega
goalkeeper	CMR Joseph-Antoine Bell
prevseason	[1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[1986](1986-african-cup-of-nations)

| fourth-flagvar = 1972 (4 goals)

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

Main article: 1984 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts		([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1980](1980-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), [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations)*)
	[2nd round](1984-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1984-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1984-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), [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1984-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		(debut)
	[2nd round](1984-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations), *[1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations))
	[2nd round](1984-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-second-round) winners		([1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations))

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1984 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Abidjan	Bouaké
{{location map+	Côte d'Ivoire	float=center	width=400	caption=	places=
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Capacity: 40,000
[[File:StadeFHB.jpg	150px]]
Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 35,000
[[File:Stade de la paix en reconstruction.PNG	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

Fofana
Goba

Abega
Aoudou

Djonkep

Group B

Ehilegbu

Belloumi
Fergani

Msiya

Bensaoula

Knockout stage

| 14 March – Abidjan | | 2 (7) | ** (pen.)** | 2 (8) | 14 March – Bouaké | | 0 (4) | ** (pen.)** | 0 (5) | 18 March – Abidjan | | 1 | **** | 3 | 17 March – Abidjan | | 1 | **** | 3

Semifinals

Abouzaid Bala Shehata Ghareeb El Khatib Abouzeid Nassef Yassin Hassan Youssef Edobor Shofoluwe Ali Keshi Yekini Temile Adeshina Lawal

Yahi Kaci-Saïd Guendouz Madjer Ebongué Aoudou Bell Ndoumbé

Third place match

Belloumi
Yahi

Final

Main article: 1984 African Cup of Nations Final

Abega
Ebongué

Goalscorers

Taher Abouzeid
Théophile Abéga
Lakhdar Belloumi
Bonaventure Djonkep
Clement Temile
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

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