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AFCON 1988

ChampionsCameroon

Cameroon won, ahead of Nigeria (1–0 in the final, 27 Mar 1988). 8 teams, 16 games, 1.44 goals a game; hosted by Morocco.

The road to the final

Semi-finals

Morocco0
Cameroon1
Algeria1
Nigeria1p

Final

Cameroon1
Nigeria0

p: won on penalties. Scores include extra time; where a tie was replayed, the replay is shown.

Group stage

Group A

TeamPWDLGDPts
Moroccothrough3120+14
Algeriathrough311103
Ivory Coast303003
Zaïre3021-12

Group B

TeamPWDLGDPts
Nigeriathrough3120+34
Cameroonthrough3120+14
Egypt3111+23
Kenya3012-61

2 points for a win. Ordered by points, goal difference, then goals scored; the official tie-breakers vary by tournament, so “through” is taken from who played in the next round.

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Top scorers

  1. Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria 2
  2. Abdoulaye Traoré Ivory Coast 2
  3. Roger Milla Cameroon 2
  4. Gamal Abdelhamid Egypt 2
  5. Abdelkrim Merry Morocco 1
  6. Vita Lutonadio DR Congo 1
  7. Rashidi Yekini Nigeria 1
  8. Humphrey Edobor Nigeria 1
  9. Ndubuisi Okosieme Nigeria 1
  10. Eugène Kabongo DR Congo 1

Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.