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African Cup of Nations 1990

2 Mar 1990 – 16 Mar 1990 · Algeria · ← African Cup of Nations 1988 · African Cup of Nations 1992 →

Winner: Algeria
Runner-up: Nigeria
Teams: 8
Matches: 16
Goals: 30
Per match: 1.88

Final: Algeria 1–0 Nigeria · Biggest win: Algeria 5–1 Nigeria

Knockout bracket

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

Semi-finals

Algeria2Senegal1

Nigeria2Zambia0

Final

Algeria1Nigeria0

Third place

Senegal0Zambia1

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
1Algeria	3	3	0	0	+9	6
2Nigeria	3	2	0	1	-2	4
3Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	-2	2
4Egypt	3	0	0	3	-5	0

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Zambia	3	2	1	0	+2	5
2Senegal	3	1	2	0	+2	4
3Cameroon	3	1	0	2	-1	2
4Kenya	3	0	1	2	-3	1

Where everyone finished8


Algeria	Winner	5	5	0	0	13	2	+11	A · 1
Nigeria	Runner-up	5	3	0	2	5	6	-1	A · 2
Zambia	Third place	5	3	1	1	3	2	+1	B · 1
Senegal	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	3	3	0	B · 2
Cameroon	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	B · 3
Ivory Coast	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	A · 3
Kenya	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	B · 4
Egypt	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	A · 4

Scorers17

Own goals aside.


Djamel Menad	Algeria	4	0
Djamel Amani	Algeria	3	0
Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	3	0
Abdoulaye Traoré	Ivory Coast	2	0
Chérif Oudjani	Algeria	2	0
Emmanuel Maboang	Cameroon	2	0
Rabah Madjer	Algeria	2	0
Webster Chikabala	Zambia	2	0
Adel Abdelrahman	Egypt	1	0
Emmanuel Okocha	Nigeria	1	0
Linos Makwaza	Zambia	1	0
Mamadou Diallo	Senegal	1	0
Moussa N'Dao	Senegal	1	0
Moussa Saïb	Algeria	1	0
Serge Maguy	Ivory Coast	1	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 6 · Goals in the match

Every match16


2 Mar 1990	Group stage	Ivory Coast	3–1	Egypt
2 Mar 1990	Group stage	Algeria	5–1	Nigeria
3 Mar 1990	Group stage	Senegal	0–0	Kenya
3 Mar 1990	Group stage	Cameroon	0–1	Zambia
5 Mar 1990	Group stage	Algeria	3–0	Ivory Coast
5 Mar 1990	Group stage	Nigeria	1–0	Egypt
6 Mar 1990	Group stage	Zambia	1–0	Kenya
6 Mar 1990	Group stage	Cameroon	0–2	Senegal
8 Mar 1990	Group stage	Algeria	2–0	Egypt
8 Mar 1990	Group stage	Nigeria	1–0	Ivory Coast
9 Mar 1990	Group stage	Cameroon	2–0	Kenya
9 Mar 1990	Group stage	Zambia	0–0	Senegal
12 Mar 1990	Semi-final	Algeria	2–1	Senegal
12 Mar 1990	Semi-final	Nigeria	2–0	Zambia
15 Mar 1990	Third-place play-off	Senegal	0–1	Zambia
16 Mar 1990	Final	Algeria	1–0	Nigeria

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