1982 African Cup of Nations

The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970, 1972)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1974, 1978)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968, 1980)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)

Notes

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

Template:Location map+	Tripoli
	11 June Stadium
	Capacity: 88,000
	File:11 June Stadium BenTaher.jpg
	Benghazi
	28 March Stadium
	Capacity: 55,000
	File:28 March Stadium BenTaher 2007.jpg

Group stage

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Flagicon Thomas Nkono	Template:Flagicon Chaabane Merzekane Template:Flagicon Sampson Lamptey Template:Flagicon Haruna Yusif Template:Flagicon Ali Al-Beshari	Template:Flagicon George Alhassan Template:Flagicon Samuel Opoku Nti Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Quarshie Template:Flagicon Fawzi Al-Issawi	Template:Flagicon Salah Assad Template:Flagicon Rabah Madjer

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82)
• 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net
• 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial

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