1984 African Cup of Nations

The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroon won its first championship, beating Nigeria in the final 3−1.

Qualified teams

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The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts		Template:Sort (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
Template:Fb	Holders	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1968, 1980, 1982)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1970, 1972, 1982)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (debut)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Template:Fb	2nd round winners	Template:Dts	Template:Sort (1972)

Notes

Squads

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Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Abidjan and Bouaké.

Abidjan	Template:Location map+
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Capacity: 40,000
Bouaké
Stade Bouaké
Capacity: 35,000

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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Knockout stage

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Final

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Flagicon Joseph-Antoine Bell	Template:Flagicon Isaac Sinkot Template:Flagicon Ali Shehata Template:Flagicon Ibrahim Youssef Template:Flagicon Stephen Keshi	Template:Flagicon Lakhdar Belloumi Template:Flagicon Théophile Abega Template:Flagicon Taher Abouzeid Template:Flagicon Clement Temile	Template:Flagicon Djamel Menad Template:Flagicon Clifton Msiya

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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