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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.
| كأس الأمم الإفريقية 1994 | |
|---|---|
The official tournament poster. | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tunisia |
| Dates | 26 March – 10 April |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Zambia |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  Mali |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 44 (2.2 per match) |
| Attendance | 267,400 (13,370 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Rashidi Yekini (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Rashidi Yekini |
← 1992 1996 → | |
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.
Ten tickets are to be distributed to the 37 countries participating in these qualifications. Tunisia, the tournament organizer, and the Ivory Coast, the defending champion, are exempt from these games. After a preliminary round played in two-way matches involving four teams (two qualified for the main round), the teams are divided into eight groups of four. The first in each group as well as the second in groups of 5 or 6 obtain their ticket for the final tournament in Tunisia. In addition to the withdrawals during the competition of Togo, Chad, Tanzania and Burkina Faso, the selections of Mauritania and Libya, initially registered, withdraw before the start of the qualifications.
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.
The 12 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tunisia | Hosts | 5 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) | |
| Ivory Coast | Holders | 26 January 1992 | 10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992) |
| Nigeria | Group 2 winners | 24 July 1993 | 9 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992) |
 Egypt | Group 8 runners-up | 25 July 1993 | 13 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992) |
 Gabon | Group 1 winners | 25 July 1993 | 0 (debut) |
 Ghana | Group 7 winners | 25 July 1993 | 9 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992) |
| Mali | Group 8 winners | 25 July 1993 | 1 (1972) |
 Senegal[b] | Group 3 third place | 25 July 1993 | 5 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992) |
 Zaire | Group 4 winners | 25 July 1993 | 8 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992) |
| Zambia | Group 5 winners | 25 July 1993 | 6 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992) |
 Sierra Leone | Group 3 winners | 26 July 1993 | 0 (debut) |
 Guinea | Group 6 winners | 24 October 1993 | 4 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980) |
| Tunis | |
|---|---|
| El Menzah Stadium | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | |
 | |
| Tunis | |
| Chedly Zouiten Stadium | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | |
 | |
| Sousse | |
| Sousse Olympic Stadium | |
| Capacity: 21,000 | |
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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:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zaire |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mali |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tunisia (H) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Gabon |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sierra Leone |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 4–0 | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|
Tiéhi  19', 63', 70' Guel 35' |
Report |
| Zambia | 0–0 | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Zambia | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Malitoli 79' |
Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Guinea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| April 2 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Zaire | 0 | |||||||||
| April 6 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| Nigeria (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| April 3 – Sousse | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| April 10 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| April 2 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 0 | |||||||||
| April 6 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||||||
| Mali | 0 | |||||||||
| April 3 – Sousse | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
| April 10 – Tunis | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 0 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||||||
There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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 SakalaGoalkeeper
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Midfielders
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