2004 African Cup of Nations

Host selection

The organization of the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe. Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting. This edition was awarded to Tunisia which represented Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by taking the majority of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee members which are 13 after its impressive success in the 1994 edition. This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 editions. Two years before the start of the tournament, an organizing committee (Comité d'organisation de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations; COCAN) was established, headed by Slim Chiboub (who was the head of the organizing committee in 1994).

Prize money

Each of the four teams eliminated in the quarter-finals received a bonus of 61,000 euros for reaching this level of competition. The semi-finalists received 122,600 euros, the finalists 245,200 euros and the winner 280,000 euros. Compensation was also provided to help the various federations, calculated according to the length of each team’s stay in Tunisia and based on a daily lump sum of 6 euros per player and coach.

Marketing

Sponsorship

On 20 September 2003, in Tunis, Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the "title sponsor" of the 24th edition, which is therefore officially called Nokia Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.

Mascot

To choose the tournament mascot, the organizing committee is launching a competition open to the entire Tunisian population. The only rules imposed, this mascot must be an eagle and must represent football, Africa and Tunisia. Of the fifty or so proposals submitted to the committee, it is the work of Malek Khalfallah that is retained. It is an eagle, which the author baptized Nçayir. The colors of its equipment, red and white, refer to the colors of the Tunisian flag.

Match ball

The official ball for the 2004 African Cup of Nations is the Adidas Fevernova. Designed two years earlier by Adidas for the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup held in United States, the ball was reused during the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Venues

| shape-color1 = #E70013ff | mark-title1 = Tunis | mark-description1 = 7 November Stadium El Menzah Stadium

| mark-coord1 = | mark-title2 = Sousse | mark-description2 = Sousse Olympic Stadium

| mark-coord2 = | mark-title3 = Sfax | mark-description3 = Taieb Mhiri Stadium

| mark-coord3 = | mark-title4 = Monastir | mark-description4 = Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium

| mark-coord4 = | mark-title5 = Bizerte | mark-description5 = 15 October Stadium and 8 other venues

| mark-coord5 = The main host cities are concentrated on the country's coastal strip: Bizerte, Monastir, Sousse, Sfax and Tunis. The 7 November Stadium is the largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, located in city of Radès, in the southern suburb of the city Tunis, it was built to host the 2001 Mediterranean Games and opened on 6 July 2001. The stadium obtains the Class 1 Certificate from the World Athletics, which means that it reaches the best standards and specifications in its field.

El Menzah Stadium in Tunis and Sousse Olympic Stadium in Sousse hosted matches of the 1994 African Cup of Nations. Taieb Mhiri Stadium in Sfax was one of the stadiums of the 1965 African Cup of Nations. Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir and 15 October Stadium in Bizerte have also been added to host the event. All stadiums were renovated before the start of the tournament.

Stadiums

Qualification

Main article: 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification

|237x237px]] Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. The 49 nations registered for the competition are divided into thirteen groups: ten groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The selections of Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Djibouti forfeit before the start of qualifying. The first of each group qualify for the final tournament in Tunisia, as well as the best of the second. Cameroon, as defending champion, and Tunisia, as host country, are automatically qualified for the final phase of the competition. Benin, Rwanda and Zimbabwe managed to qualify for the African Cup of Nations for the first final phase of their history, after finishing at the top of their group in the qualifiers in front of two former African champions, Sudan and Ghana.

Qualified teams

The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.

Squads

As is the case in all versions of the African Cup of Nations, each team participating in the tournament must consist of 23 players (including three goalkeepers). Participating national teams must confirm the final list of 23 players no later than ten days before the start of the tournament. In the event that a player suffers an injury which prevents him from participating in the tournament, his team has the right to replace him with another player at any time up to 24 hours before the team's first game.

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees

• CMR Divine Evehe
• CIV Abubakar Sharaf
• RSA Jerome Damon
• GAM Modou Sowe
• ETH Tessama Hailemalek
• SEN Falla N'Doye
• MAR Mohamed Guezzaz
• LBY Abdul Hakim Shelmani
• EGY Essam Abdel-Fatah
• BUR Lassina Paré
• BEN Coffi Codjia
• LUX Alain Hamer
• SEY Eddy Maillet
• MLI Koman Coulibaly
• UAE Ali Bujsaim
• TUN Hichem Guirat

Draw

The draw was held on 20 September 2003 at 16:00 GMT at the Hotel Renaissance in Gammarth. The sixteen teams were divided into four pots according to their performances in past Cup of Nations tournaments. The January 2004 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses).

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Santos Feindouno

Braham

Group B

Kanouté

Bouba Diop Diarra
S. Coulibaly

Oliech
Baraza

Group C

Barakat

M'Bami Nyandoro Achiou

Lupahla

Group D

Okocha
Odemwingie Adjamossi
Ouaddou
El Karkouri

Utaka

Knockout stage

| 7 February – Tunis (Radès) | **** | 1 | | 0 | 8 February – Monastir | | 1 | **** | 2 | 8 February – Sfax | ** ** | 3 | | 1 | 7 February – Tunis (El Menzah) | **** | 2 | | 1 | 11 February – Tunis (Radès) | ** (pen.)** | 1 (5) | | 1 (3) | 11 February – Sousse | **** | 4 | | 0 | 14 February – Tunis (Radès) | **** | 2 | | 1 | 13 February – Monastir | **** | 2 | | 1

Quarter-finals

Diarra

Utaka

Hadji
Zairi

Semi-finals

• Santos
• Mhedhebi
• Ben Achour
• Haggui
• Odemwingie
• Yobo
• Udeze

Hadji
Baha

Third place match

Odemwingie

Final

Main article: 2004 Africa Cup of Nations final{{!}}2004 African Cup of Nations final

Jaziri

Statistics

Goalscorers

• Patrick Mboma

• Frédéric Kanouté

• Jay-Jay Okocha

• Francileudo Santos

• Titi Camara

• Youssouf Hadji

• Youssef Mokhtari

• Peter Odemwingie

• Peter Ndlovu

• Hocine Achiou

• Modeste M'bami

• Mahamadou Diarra

• Marouane Chamakh

• John Utaka

• Mamadou Niang

• Siyabonga Nomvethe

• Ziad Jaziri

• Pascal Feindouno

• Abdelmalek Cherrad

• Maamar Mamouni

• Brahim Zafour

• Moussa Latoundji

• Dieudonné Minoungou

• Samuel Eto'o

• Alain Masudi

• Tamer Abdel Hamid

• Mohamed Barakat

• Ahmad Belal

• John Baraza

• Emmanuel Ake

• Titus Mulama

• Dennis Oliech

• Sédonoudé Abouta

• Soumaïla Coulibaly

• Mohamed Sissoko

• Dramane Traoré

• Nabil Baha

• Talal El Karkouri

• Abdeslam Ouaddou

• Youssef Safri

• Jaouad Zairi

• Garba Lawal

• Joseph Yobo

• João Elias Manamana

• Karim Kamanzi

• Saïd Makasi

• Habib Beye

• Papa Bouba Diop

• Patrick Mayo

• Khaled Badra

• Selim Benachour

• Najeh Braham

• Jawhar Mnari

• Joel Luphahla

• Adam Ndlovu

• Esrom Nyandoro

• Anicet Adjamossi (Against Morocco)

Tournament rankings

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Team of the Tournament

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected the best players of the African Cup of Nations as part of the tournament's ideal team. This team was called the Ideal Team of the African Cup of Nations 2004 and consisted of:

Broadcasting

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