2004 African Cup of Nations

2004 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 2004

African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
Dates 24 January – 14 February
Teams 16
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up  Morocco
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance 553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Tunisia Francileudo Santos
(4 goals each)
Best player Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha

The 2004 African Cup of Nations was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia won their first title, beating Morocco in the final 2−1.[1]

Qualification

Participating countries

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2004 African Cup of Nations squads.

Venues

Radès, Tunis Tunis
Stade 7 Novembre Stade El Menzah
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 45,000
Sousse Sfax
Stade Olympique de Sousse Stade Taïeb El Mhiri
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 18,000
Monastir Bizerte
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Stade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local : CET (UTC+1)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 321062+47
 Guinea 312043+15
 Rwanda 31113304
 DR Congo 30031650

24 January 2004
19:30
Tunisia  2–1  Rwanda
Jaziri  27'
Santos  57'
Elias  41'
Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

25 January 2004
14:00
DR Congo  1–2  Guinea
Masudi  35' T. Camara  68'
Feindouno  81'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

28 January 2004
14:00
Rwanda  1–1  Guinea
K. Kamanzi  90+3' T. Camara  49'
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

28 January 2004
16:15
Tunisia  3–0  DR Congo
Santos  55', 87'
Braham  65'
Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

1 February 2004
14:00
Tunisia  1–1  Guinea
Ben Achour  58' T. Camara  84'
Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hailemalek Tessama (Ethiopia)

1 February 2004
14:00
Rwanda  1–0  DR Congo
Makasi  74'
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Attendance: 700
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 321073+47
 Senegal 312041+35
 Kenya 310246−23
 Burkina Faso 301216−51

26 January 2004
14:00
Kenya  1–3  Mali
Mulama  58' Sissoko  28'
Kanouté  63', 81'
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

26 January 2004
19:00
Senegal  0–0  Burkina Faso
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

30 January 2004
14:00
Senegal  3–0  Kenya
Niang  4', 31'
P. B. Diop  19'
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

30 January 2004
19:00
Burkina Faso  1–3  Mali
Minoungou  50' Kanouté  34'
Diarra  37'
S. Coulibaly  78'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)

2 February 2004
14:00
Senegal  1–1  Mali
Beye  45+2' D. Traoré  34'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 7,550
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

2 February 2004
14:00
Burkina Faso  0–3  Kenya
Ake  51'
Oliech  64'
Baraza  83'
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 312064+25
 Algeria 31114404
 Egypt 31113304
 Zimbabwe 31026823

25 January 2004
16:30
Zimbabwe  1–2  Egypt
P. Ndlovu  46' T. Abdel Hamid  58'
Barakat  63'

25 January 2004
19:00
Cameroon  1–1  Algeria
M'Boma  43' Zafour  52'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

29 January 2004
16:30
Cameroon  5–3  Zimbabwe
M'Boma  31', 44', 65'
M'Bami  40', 67'
P. Ndlovu  8', 47' (pen.)
Nyandoro  89'
Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

29 January 2004
19:00
Algeria  2–1  Egypt
Mamouni  13'
Achiou  86'
Belal  25'

3 February 2004
14:00
Cameroon  0–0  Egypt

3 February 2004
14:00
Algeria  1–2  Zimbabwe
Achiou  73' A. Ndlovu  65'
Lupahla  71'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 321061+57
 Nigeria 320162+46
 South Africa 311135−24
 Benin 300318−70

27 January 2004
14:00
Nigeria  0–1  Morocco
Hadji  77'

27 January 2004
18:00
South Africa  2–0  Benin
Nomvethe  58', 76'
Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

31 January 2004
14:00
Nigeria  4–0  South Africa
Yobo  4'
Okocha  64' (pen.)
Odemwingie  81', 83'

31 January 2004
18:00
Morocco  4–0  Benin
Chamakh  17'
Mokhtari  73'
Ouaddou  75'
El Karkouri  80'
Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

4 February 2004
18:00
Morocco  1–1  South Africa
Safri  38' (pen.) Mayo  29'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

4 February 2004
18:00
Nigeria  2–1  Benin
Lawal  35'
Utaka  76'
Latoundji  90'
Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
7 February – Radès        
  Tunisia  1
11 February – Radès
  Senegal  0  
  Tunisia (p)  1 (5)
8 February – Monastir
    Nigeria  1 (3)  
  Cameroon  1
14 February – Radès
  Nigeria  2  
  Tunisia  2
8 February – Sfax
    Morocco  1
  Morocco (aet)  3
11 February – Sousse
  Algeria  1  
  Morocco  4 Third place
7 February – Tunis
    Mali  0  
  Mali  2   Nigeria  2
  Guinea  1     Mali  1
13 February – Monastir

Quarter-finals

7 February 2004
14:00
Mali  2–1  Guinea
Kanouté  45'
Diarra  90'
Feindouno  15'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

7 February 2004
17:00
Tunisia  1–0  Senegal
Mnari  65'

8 February 2004
14:00
Cameroon  1–2  Nigeria
Eto'o  42' Okocha  45'
Utaka  73'

8 February 2004
17:00
Morocco  3–1
(a.e.t.)
 Algeria
Chamakh  90'
Hadji  113'
Zairi  120'
Cherrad  84'

Semi-finals

11 February 2004
16:00
Tunisia  1–1
(a.e.t.)
 Nigeria
Badra  82' Okocha  67'
  Penalties  
Badra
Santos
Mhedhebi
Ben Achour
Haggui
5–3 Utaka
Odemwingie
Yobo
Udeze
Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

11 February 2004
19:00
Morocco  4–0  Mali
Mokhtari  44', 58'
Hadji  80'
Baha  90+1'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)

Third place match

13 February 2004
20:00
Nigeria  2–1  Mali
Okocha  16'
Odemwingie  52'
Abouta  70'

Final

14 February 2004
14:30
Tunisia  2–1  Morocco
Santos  5'
Jaziri  52'
Mokhtari  38'
Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Winners

 2004 African Cup of Nations Champions 

Tunisia
1st title

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

1Possibly 2nd goal Anicet Adjamossi 73og against Morocco

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

References

  1. "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 2011-03-14.

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