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1994 African Cup of Nations

19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Nations
year	1994
other_titles	كأس الأمم الإفريقية 1994
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1994
image	1994 African Cup of Nations logo.jpg
caption	The official tournament poster.
country	Tunisia
dates	26 March – 10 April
num_teams	12
venues	3
cities	2
champion	Nigeria
count	2
second	Zambia
second-flagvar	1964
third	Ivory Coast
fourth	Mali
matches	20
goals	44
attendance	267400
top_scorer	Nigeria Rashidi Yekini (5 goals)
player	Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
prevseason	[1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[1996](1996-african-cup-of-nations)

Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1994 | second-flagvar = 1964

The 1994 African Cup of Nations, known as the Nescafé 1994 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was played between 26 March and 10 April 1994 in Tunisia, taking place in the country for the second time following the 1965 editions. Tunisia host the tournament, who replaced original hosts Zaire. The Zambian team was recently formed, following an air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members of the previous team had been killed.

The defending champions were Ivory Coast from the 1992 edition. A total of 20 matches were played, in which 44 goals were scored, at an average of 2.2 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 267,400, averaging 13,370 viewers per match. Qualification took place from 14 June 1992 to 24 October 1993. Ivory Coast as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament. As in the 1992 edition, twelve teams, divided into four groups each comprising tree teams, took part in the competition. Host Tunisia were eliminated from the group stage, which became the biggest failure in the history of the team. The defending champions Ivory Coast were eliminated in the semi-finals after losing in penalties against Nigeria.

Nigeria won the title for the second time in their history, after beating Zambia in the final match with a score of 2–1. Ivory Coast secured third place after beating Mali in the third place match, which placed them fourth. Nigerian Rashidi Yekini scored 5 goals at the end of the tournament, so he won the top scorer award, also he won the best player award. As champions, Nigeria qualified for the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia, as a representative of African continent.

Teams

Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification

Note for these qualifiers the debut in official international competition of the selection of Cape Verde, eliminated in the preliminary round, and the first participation of South Africa, banned from world football since the establishment of apartheid. The end of South Africa's segregationist policy allows the reintegration of Bafana Bafana into the CAF.

Qualified teams

The 12 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
	Hosts	([1962](1962-african-cup-of-nations), [1963](1963-african-cup-of-nations), [1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations))
	Holders	([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), [1984](1984-african-cup-of-nations), [1986](1986-african-cup-of-nations), [1988](1988-african-cup-of-nations), [1990](1990-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 2](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-2) 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), [1984](1984-african-cup-of-nations), [1988](1988-african-cup-of-nations), [1990](1990-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 8](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-8) runners-up	([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), [1984](1984-african-cup-of-nations), [1986](1986-african-cup-of-nations)*,
[1988](1988-african-cup-of-nations), [1990](1990-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 1](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-1) winners	(debut)
	[Group 7](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-7) 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), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations)*, [1984](1984-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 8](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-8) winners	([1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 3](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-3) third place	([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1986](1986-african-cup-of-nations), [1990](1990-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 4](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-4) winners	([1965](1965-african-cup-of-nations), [1968](1968-african-cup-of-nations), [1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1972](1972-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1988](1988-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 5](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-5) winners	([1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-african-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-african-cup-of-nations), [1986](1986-african-cup-of-nations), [1990](1990-african-cup-of-nations), [1992](1992-african-cup-of-nations))
	[Group 3](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-3) winners	(debut)
	[Group 6](1994-african-cup-of-nations-qualification-group-6) winners	([1970](1970-african-cup-of-nations), [1974](1974-african-cup-of-nations), [1976](1976-african-cup-of-nations), [1980](1980-african-cup-of-nations))

;Notes

Squads

Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Tunis	{{location map+	Tunisia	float=center	width=310	caption=	places=	Tunis	Sousse
El Menzah Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
[[Image:Stade Olympique d'El Menzah.jpg	150px]]
Chedly Zouiten Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
[[Image:Tnplaces 12.jpg	150px]]
Sousse Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 21,000
[[Image:Stade olympique de Sousse.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:

Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
Drawing of lots

Group A

Sidibé

Group B

Adepoju

El-Gamal
Abdel Samad

Group C

Guel

Group D

Tendeng

Knockout stage

| April 2 – Tunis | | 0 | | 2 | April 3 – Sousse | | 1 | | 2 | April 2 – Tunis | | 0 | | 1 | April 3 – Sousse | | 1 | | 0 | April 6 – Tunis | | 2 (4) | | 2 (2) | April 6 – Tunis | | 0 | | 4 | April 10 – Tunis | | 2 | | 1 | April 10 – Tunis | | 3 | | 1

Quarterfinals

A. Traoré

Semifinals

Yekini Siasia
Amokachi
Iroha
Yekini Fallet Bassolé Amani

Saileti
K. Bwalya
Malitoli

Third place match

Ouattara
Sie

Final

Main article: 1994 African Cup of Nations final

Goalscorers

Rashidi Yekini
Joël Tiéhi
Bashir Abdel Samad
Charles Akonnor
Michel Bassolé
Emmanuel Amuneke
Elijah Litana
Kenneth Malitoli
Hamza El-Gamal
Ayman Mansour
Prince Polley
Aboubacar Titi Camara
Tchiressoua Guel
Adama Koné Clofie
Ahmed Ouattara
Donald-Olivier Sie
Abdoulaye Traoré
Fernand Coulibaly
Amadou Diallo
Mobido Sidibé
Soumaila Traoré
Mutiu Adepoju
Ben Iroha
Momath Gueye
Athanas Tendeng
Faouzi Rouissi
Lemba Basaula
Nsumbu Ngoy
Kalusha Bwalya
Zeddy Saileti
Evans Sakala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Egypt Ahmed Shobair

Defenders

Ghana Frank Amankwah
Zambia Harrison Chongo
Zambia Elijah Litana
Nigeria Benedict Iroha

Midfielders

Ivory Coast Serge-Alain Maguy
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
Ghana Abedi Pele

Forwards

Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi
Nigeria Rashidi Yekini

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