1998 African Cup of Nations

The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fourth ACN championship, beating South Africa in the final 2–0.

Qualification

Nigeria was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Participating teams

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Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Burkina Faso	Hosts		(1978, 1996)
South Africa	Holders	Template:Dts	(1996)
Ghana	Group 1 winners	Template:Dts	(1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Guinea	Group 4 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
Tunisia	Group 4 winners	Template:Dts	(1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
Algeria	Group 2 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
Angola	Group 6 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1996)
Cameroon	Group 5 winners	Template:Dts	(1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Egypt	Group 3 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast	Group 2 winners	Template:Dts	(1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Morocco	Group 3 winners	Template:Dts	(1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Mozambique	Group 7 runners-up	Template:Dts	(1986, 1996)
Namibia	Group 5 runners-up	Template:Dts	(debut)
Togo	Group 6 winners	Template:Dts	(1972, 1984)
Zambia	Group 7 winners	Template:Dts	(1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Notes

Teams excluded

• Gambia
• Guinea-Bissau
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Niger
• Nigeria

Venues

Ouagadougou
Stade du 4 Août	Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 30,000
File:Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso, 2009.jpg	File:Stademunicipal.png
Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 40,000
File:Stadiumbobodioulasso1.jpg

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Template:Flagicon Nader El-Sayed

Defenders

• Template:Flagicon Mark Fish
• Template:Flagicon Jojo
• Template:Flagicon Noureddine Naybet
• Template:Flagicon Mohamed Emara

Midfielders

• Template:Flagicon Charles Akonnor
• Template:Flagicon Hassen Gabsi
• Template:Flagicon Tchiressoua Guel
• Template:Flagicon Didier Ekanza Simba

Forwards

• Template:Flagicon Hossam Hassan
• Template:Flagicon Benni McCarthy

External links

• Details at RSSSF