1986 African Cup of Nations

Template:Infobox international football competition The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1974, 1978, 1982)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1965, 1968)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)

Notes

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

Cairo	Template:Location map+
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 90,000
File:In Cairo Stadium.jpg
Alexandria
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
File:GD-EG-Alex-Stade002.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 Thomas N'Kono	Template:Flagicon André Kana-Biyik Template:Flagicon Ali Shehata Template:Flagicon Roger Mendy Template:Flagicon Rabei Yassin	Template:Flagicon Emile Mbouh Template:Flagicon Magdi Abdelghani Template:Flagicon Moustafa Abdou Template:Flagicon Taher Abouzaid	Template:Flagicon Roger Milla Template:Flagicon Kalusha Bwalya

External links

• Details at RSSSF