1980 African Cup of Nations

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.

Qualified teams

File:1980 Afcon teams.png

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1963, 1976, 1978)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1972, 1976, 1978)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970, 1974, 1976)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)

Notes

Venues

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

Lagos	Template:Location map+
Surulere Stadium
Capacity: 80,000
File:Main-bowl-national-stadium-surulere-lagos.jpg
Ibadan
Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
File:Ibadan stadium, Ibadan2.jpg

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:

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

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CAF Team of the Tournament

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF