International football competition
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.[1]
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Libya
Hosts
0 (debut)
Nigeria
Holders
22 March 1980
4 (1963 , 1976 , 1978 , 1980 )
Ghana
2nd round winners
2 August 1981
6 (1963 , 1965 , 1968 , 1970 , 1978 , 1980 )
Cameroon
2nd round winners
30 August 1981
2 (1970 , 1972 )
Zambia
2nd round winners
30 August 1981
2 (1974 , 1978 )
Algeria
2nd round winners
20 September 1981
2 (1968 , 1980 )
Ethiopia
2nd round winners
4 October 1981
8 (1957 , 1959 , 1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1968 , 1970 , 1976 )
Tunisia
2nd round winners
1981
4 (1962 , 1963 , 1965 , 1978 )
Notes
^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi .
First round
Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-finals.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Top scorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
CAF Team of the Tournament
References
External links
Editions Qualification Finals Bids Squads Statistics Miscellaneous
Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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