1998 African Cup of Nations

1998 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1998
	African Cup of Nations 1998 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Burkina Faso
Dates	7–28 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	DR Congo
Fourth place	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	93 (2.91 per match)
Attendance	412,800 (12,900 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossam Hassan ; Benni McCarthy ; (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Benni McCarthy

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 qualifying 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

Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Burkina Faso	Hosts		2 (1978, 1996)
South Africa	Holders	3 February 1996	1 (1996)
Ghana	Group 1 winners	13 July 1997	11 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Guinea	Group 4 runners-up	13 July 1997	5 (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994)
Tunisia	Group 4 winners	13 July 1997	7 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996)
Algeria	Group 2 runners-up	27 July 1997	9 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
Angola	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	1 (1996)
Cameroon	Group 5 winners	27 July 1997	9 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996)
DR Congo	Group 6 runners-up	27 July 1997	10 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Egypt	Group 3 runners-up	27 July 1997	15 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Ivory Coast	Group 2 winners	27 July 1997	12 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Morocco	Group 3 winners	27 July 1997	7 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Mozambique	Group 7 runners-up	27 July 1997	2 (1986, 1996)
Namibia	Group 5 runners-up	27 July 1997	0 (debut)
Togo	Group 6 winners	27 July 1997	2 (1972, 1984)
Zambia	Group 7 winners	27 July 1997	8 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Teams excluded

Squads

Venues

Bobo-Dioulasso	Ouagadougou
Stade Municipal	Stade du 4 Août
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

Ouagadougou	Ouagadougou Bobo-Dioulasso
Stade Municipal
Capacity: 30,000

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso (H)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Guinea	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts

7 February 1998

16:00

Burkina Faso	0–1	Cameroon
		Tchami 20'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

8 February 1998