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Africa Cup of Nations

1998

ACON · 112 games · 34 Teams
Hosted byBurkina Faso
Phase
32Games
93goals
2.91Goals / Game
16Teams
Egypt 🏆 Champion
6P
4W
1D
1L
10GF
1GA
+9GD
5Clean Sheets
Win rate 67%
Final 28 Feb
South Africa 2-0

Results

By who hosted - neither side does at a neutral ground

Home wins
2
Away wins
2
Neutral-ground wins
20
Draws
8

Scoring

Home goals
8
Away goals
9
Neutral-ground goals
76
Avg / Game
2.91
Both Scored
1856.2%
Clean Sheets
1625%
Extra Time
4

Performance

Goals Timeline

Cumulative goals through the tournament

Stage Analysis

Games and average goals per stage

Home Advantage

Goal Distribution

Total goals per game frequency

Scoring

Score Distribution

most common scorelines

Team Analysis

Team Comparison

Top teams compared across multiple dimensions

Top Teams by Goals

Goals scored and conceded

Venues

Host Locations

Games played per host location

Host Stadiums

3 grounds used

11 (34%)
Stade du 4-Août

Ouagadougou

9 (28%)

Group Tables

Group 1 / A

2 points for a win

# Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 5 3 5
2 Burkina Faso 3 2 0 1 3 2 4
3 Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
4 Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 5 0

Group 2 / B

2 points for a win

# Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Congo Democratic Republic 3 2 0 1 4 3 4
2 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 5 4 4
3 Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 2
4 Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 2

Group 3 / C

2 points for a win

# Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Côte d'Ivoire 3 2 1 0 10 6 5
2 South Africa 3 1 2 0 5 2 4
3 Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 2
4 Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 1

Group 4 / D

2 points for a win

# Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 1 5
2 Egypt 3 2 0 1 6 1 4
3 Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 3
4 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 0

Team Statistics

Team Statistics

Table
# Team P W D L GF GA GDPtsWin%
1 Egypt 6 4 1 1 10 1 +9966.7%
2 South Africa 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3850.0%
3 Congo Democratic Republic 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1750.0%
4 Côte d'Ivoire 4 2 2 0 10 6 +4650.0%
5 Burkina Faso 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1633.3%
6 Morocco 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3550.0%
7 Cameroon 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1550.0%
8 Tunisia 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1550.0%
9 Guinea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0333.3%
10 Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2333.3%
11 Ghana 3 1 0 2 3 3 0233.3%
12 Togo 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2233.3%
13 Angola 3 0 2 1 5 8 -320.0%
14 Namibia 3 0 1 2 7 11 -410.0%
15 Algeria 3 0 0 3 2 5 -300.0%
16 Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 -700.0%

All Games

All Games

Complete game list

Group 1 / A6 games
Saturday 07 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
0 - 1
Cameroon
Sunday 08 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Algeria
0 - 1
Guinea
Wednesday 11 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
2 - 1
Algeria
Wednesday 11 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Cameroon
2 - 2
Guinea
Sunday 15 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
1 - 0
Guinea
Sunday 15 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Cameroon
2 - 1
Algeria
Group 2 / B6 games
Monday 09 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Congo Democratic Republic
2 - 1
Togo
Monday 09 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Ghana
2 - 0
Tunisia
Thursday 12 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Togo
2 - 1
Ghana
Thursday 12 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Tunisia
2 - 1
Congo Democratic Republic
Monday 16 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Congo Democratic Republic
1 - 0
Ghana
Monday 16 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Tunisia
3 - 1
Togo
Group 3 / C6 games
Sunday 08 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Côte d'Ivoire
4 - 3
Namibia
Sunday 08 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
South Africa
0 - 0
Angola
Wednesday 11 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Côte d'Ivoire
1 - 1
South Africa
Thursday 12 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Angola
3 - 3
Namibia
Monday 16 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Côte d'Ivoire
5 - 2
Angola
Monday 16 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
South Africa
4 - 1
Namibia
Group 4 / D6 games
Monday 09 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Morocco
1 - 1
Zambia
Tuesday 10 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Egypt
2 - 0
Mozambique
Friday 13 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Morocco
3 - 0
Mozambique
Friday 13 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Egypt
4 - 0
Zambia
Tuesday 17 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Morocco
1 - 0
Egypt
Tuesday 17 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Zambia
3 - 1
Mozambique
Quarter Final4 games
Friday 20 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Cameroon
0 - 1
Congo Democratic Republic
Saturday 21 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Tunisia
1 - 1
Burkina Faso
AET
Saturday 21 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Côte d'Ivoire
0 - 0
Egypt
AET
Sunday 22 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Morocco
1 - 2
South Africa
Semi Final2 games
Wednesday 25 Feb 98Bobo-Dioulasso
Burkina Faso
0 - 2
Egypt
Wednesday 25 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Congo Democratic Republic
1 - 2
South Africa
AET
Playoff - Third Place
Friday 27 Feb 98Ouagadougou
Congo Democratic Republic
4 - 4
Burkina Faso
AET
Final
Saturday 28 Feb 98Ouagadougou
South Africa
0 - 2
Egypt