1990 African Cup of Nations

The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1–0.

Qualified teams

File:African Cup of Nations 1990.jpg

Participating nations

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Algeria	Hosts		(1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Cameroon	Holders	Template:Dts	(1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Senegal	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1965, 1968, 1986)
Kenya	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1988, 1990)
Egypt	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Ivory Coast	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Nigeria	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
Zambia	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	(1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)

Notes

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Algiers and Annaba.

Algiers
Stade du 5 Juillet
Capacity: 85,000
File:Olimpiai Komplexum, szemben az 1962. július 5.-e Stadion. Fortepan 100571.jpg
Annaba
Stade du 19 Mai
Capacity: 56,000
File:Stade 19 Mai 1956 (Annaba).jpg

Match officials

Referees

• Template:Flagicon Laurent Petcha (Cameroon)
• Template:Flagicon Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt)
• Template:Flagicon Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon)
• Template:Flagicon Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
• Template:Flagicon Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
• Template:Flagicon Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
• Template:Flagicon Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
• Template:Flagicon Abdellali Naciri (Morocco)
• Template:Flagicon Badara Sène (Senegal)
• Template:Flagicon Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
• Template:Flagicon Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi (Togo)
• Template:Flagicon Naji Jouini (Tunisia)

Invited referees

• Template:Flagicon Shizuo Takada (Japan)
• Template:Flagicon Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
3. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
4. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
5. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
6. Drawing of lots

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Statistics and awards

Player of the Tournament

1 Template:Fbicon Rabah Madjer (76 pts)

2 Template:Fbicon Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani

3 Template:Fbicon Djamel Menad

– Template:Fbicon Rashidi Yekini

– Template:Fbicon Webster Chikabala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Fbicon Antar Osmani	Template:Fbicon Ali Benhalima Template:Fbicon André Kana-Biyik Template:Fbicon Arsène Hobou Template:Fbicon Samuel Chomba	Template:Fbicon Djamel Amani Template:Fbicon Rabah Madjer Template:Fbicon Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Template:Fbicon Moses Kpakor	Template:Fbicon Djamel Menad Template:Fbicon Webster Chikabala

External links

• Details at RSSSF