1980 African Cup of Nations

1980 African Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	8−22 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Algeria
Third place	Morocco
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khalid Labied Segun Odegbami (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Christian Chukwu
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The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[a]
Nigeria	Hosts		3 (1963, 1976, 1978)
Ghana	Holders	16 March 1978	5 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	4 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
Morocco	2nd round winners	6 July 1979	3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
Algeria	2nd round winners	8 July 1979	1 (1968)
Egypt	2nd round winners	13 July 1979	7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Guinea	2nd round winners	19 August 1979	3 (1970, 1974, 1976)
Tanzania	2nd round winners	26 August 1979	0 (debut)

Notes

The competition was played in two venues in Lagos and Ibadan.

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:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Tanzania	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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	Semi-finals				Final
	19 March – Lagos
	Nigeria	1
					22 March – Lagos
	Morocco	0
					Nigeria	3
	19 March – Ibadan
					Algeria	0
	Algeria (pen.)	2 (4)
	Egypt	2 (2)
					Third place
					21 March – Lagos
					Morocco	2
					Egypt	0

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Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Best Ogedegbe	Mustapha Kouici Mohamed Salah El-Din Moussa Camara Christian Chukwu	Lakhdar Belloumi Ali Fergani Mahmoud El Khatib Shawky Gharieb	Salah Assad Segun Odegbami

There were 33 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.06 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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