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African Cup of Nations 1982

5 Mar 1982 – 19 Mar 1982 · Libya · ← African Cup of Nations 1980 · African Cup of Nations 1984 →

Winner: Ghana
Runner-up: Libya
Teams: 8
Matches: 16
Goals: 32
Per match: 2

Final: Libya 1–1 Ghana — Ghana on penalties · Biggest win: Ethiopia 0–3 Nigeria

Knockout bracket

The side that went through is in bold. Click a match to open it.

Semi-finals

Algeria2Ghana3aet

Final

Libya1Ghana1pens

Third place

Algeria0Zambia2

Groups2

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Libya	3	1	2	0	+2	4
2Ghana	3	1	2	0	+1	4
3Cameroon	3	0	3	0	0	3
4Tunisia	3	0	1	2	-3	1

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Algeria	3	2	1	0	+2	5
2Zambia	3	2	0	1	+3	4
3Nigeria	3	1	0	2	-1	2
4Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	-4	1

Where everyone finished8


Ghana	Winner	5	2	3	0	7	5	+2	A · 2
Libya	Runner-up	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	A · 1
Zambia	Third place	5	3	0	2	7	3	+4	B · 2
Algeria	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	5	6	-1	B · 1
Cameroon	Group stage	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	A · 3
Nigeria	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	B · 3
Tunisia	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	A · 4
Ethiopia	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	B · 4

Scorers18

Own goals aside.


George Alhassan	Ghana	4	0
Ali Al-Beshari	Libya	3	0
Peter Kaumba	Zambia	3	0
Geofrey Munshya	Zambia	2	0
Opoku Nti	Ghana	2	0
Salah Assad	Algeria	2	0
Stephen Keshi	Nigeria	2	0
Aaron Njovu	Zambia	1	0
Abdel Razak Jaranah	Libya	1	0
Ademola Adeshina	Nigeria	1	0
Chaabane Merzekane	Algeria	1	0
Djamel Zidane	Algeria	1	0
Emmanuel Osigwe	Nigeria	1	0
Faraj Al-Bor'osi	Libya	1	0
Fawzi Al-Issawi	Libya	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 4 · Goals in the match

Every match16


5 Mar 1982	Group stage	Libya	2–2	Ghana
5 Mar 1982	Group stage	Cameroon	1–1	Tunisia
7 Mar 1982	Group stage	Ethiopia	0–3	Nigeria
7 Mar 1982	Group stage	Algeria	1–0	Zambia
9 Mar 1982	Group stage	Cameroon	0–0	Ghana
9 Mar 1982	Group stage	Libya	2–0	Tunisia
10 Mar 1982	Group stage	Ethiopia	0–1	Zambia
10 Mar 1982	Group stage	Algeria	2–1	Nigeria
12 Mar 1982	Group stage	Ghana	1–0	Tunisia
12 Mar 1982	Group stage	Libya	0–0	Cameroon
13 Mar 1982	Group stage	Algeria	0–0	Ethiopia
13 Mar 1982	Group stage	Nigeria	0–3	Zambia
16 Mar 1982	Semi-final	Algeria	2–3	Ghana
16 Mar 1982	Semi-final	Libya	2–1	Zambia
18 Mar 1982	Third-place play-off	Algeria	0–2	Zambia
19 Mar 1982	Final	Libya	1–1 (Ghana on pens)	Ghana

Every African Cup of Nations36


African Cup of Nations 2026	—	—	—	Morocco	16
African Cup of Nations 2025	—	—	—	Morocco	24
African Cup of Nations 2024	Ivory Coast	2–1	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	24
African Cup of Nations 2022	Senegal	0–0 (pens)	Egypt	Cameroon	24
African Cup of Nations 2019	Algeria	0–1	Senegal	Egypt	24
African Cup of Nations 2017	Cameroon	1–2	Egypt	Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2015	Ivory Coast	0–0 (pens)	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea	16
African Cup of Nations 2013	Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso	South Africa	16
African Cup of Nations 2012	Zambia	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon	16
African Cup of Nations 2010	Egypt	0–1	Ghana	Angola	15
African Cup of Nations 2008	Egypt	0–1	Cameroon	Ghana	16
African Cup of Nations 2006	Egypt	0–0 (pens)	Ivory Coast	Egypt	16