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Africa Cup of Nations 1982

Winner

Ghana

Statistics

Total goals
32
Matches played
16
Goals/match
2.00
Best attack (goals scored)
7
Ghana
Best defense (goals conceded)
1
Cameroon

First round

Qualified for the next round

Group A

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Libya 4 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
2.Ghana 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
3.Cameroon 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
4.Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
Match results
Libya - Ghana2 - 2
Cameroon - Tunisia1 - 1
Cameroon - Ghana0 - 0
Libya - Tunisia2 - 0
Ghana - Tunisia1 - 0
Libya - Cameroon0 - 0

Group B

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Algeria 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
2.Zambia 4 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3
3.Nigeria 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
4.Ethiopia 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4
Match results
Nigeria - Ethiopia3 - 0
Algeria - Zambia1 - 0
Zambia - Ethiopia1 - 0
Algeria - Nigeria2 - 1
Algeria - Ethiopia0 - 0
Zambia - Nigeria3 - 0

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Ghana - Algeria3 - 2 a.e.t.
Libya - Zambia2 - 1

Third place

Zambia - Algeria2 - 0

Final

Ghana1
Libya1

After extra time, 7-6 on penalties

Top Scorers

Rank Player Goals Penalties Goals/match
1 Paolo Rossi 6 0 0.86
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 5 0 0.71
3 Zico 4 0 0.80
3 Zbigniew Boniek 4 0 0.67
5 László Kiss 3 0 1.00
5 Falcao 3 0 0.60
5 Gerry Armstrong 3 0 0.60
5 Alain Giresse 3 0 0.50
9 Antonín Panenka 2 2 1.00
9 László Fazekas 2 0 0.67
9 Salah Assad 2 0 0.67
9 Gábor Pölöskei 2 0 0.67
9 Tibor Nyilasi 2 0 0.67
9 John Wark 2 0 0.67
9 Bryan Robson 2 0 0.50
9 Dominique Rocheteau 2 0 0.50
9 Daniel Bertoni 2 0 0.40
9 Serginho 2 0 0.40
9 Bernard Genghini 2 0 0.40
9 Trevor Francis 2 0 0.40
9 Diego Maradona 2 0 0.40
9 Daniel Passarella 2 1 0.40
9 Eder 2 0 0.40
9 Sócrates 2 0 0.40
9 Billy Hamilton 2 0 0.40
9 Walter Schachner 2 0 0.40
9 Michel Platini 2 1 0.40
9 Klaus Fischer 2 0 0.33
9 Didier Six 2 0 0.29
9 Pierre Littbarski 2 0 0.29
9 Marco Tardelli 2 0 0.29
32 Joe Jordan 1 0 1.00
32 Lázár Szentes 1 0 0.50
32 Eduardo Laing 1 0 0.50
32 Uwe Reinders 1 0 0.50
32 Juan Letelier 1 0 0.50
32 Kenny Dalglish 1 0 0.50
32 Andrzej Szarmach 1 0 0.50
32 Lakhdar Belloumi 1 0 0.50
32 József Tóth 1 0 0.50
32 József Varga 1 0 0.50
32 Alessandro Altobelli 1 0 0.33
32 Alain Couriol 1 0 0.33
32 Tedj Bensaoula 1 0 0.33
32 Guillermo La Rosa 1 0 0.33
32 Miguel Neira 1 1 0.33
32 David Narey 1 0 0.33
32 Steve Archibald 1 0 0.33
32 Khoren Oganesian 1 0 0.33
32 Luis Ramírez 1 0 0.33
32 Gustavo Moscoso 1 0 0.33
32 Rabah Madjer 1 0 0.33
32 Grégoire Mbida 1 0 0.33
32 Vladimir Petrovic 1 1 0.33
32 Steve Sumner 1 0 0.33
32 Abdulaziz Al Balushi 1 0 0.33
32 Faisal Al Dakhil 1 0 0.33
32 Graeme Souness 1 0 0.33
32 Ivan Gudelj 1 0 0.33
32 Rubén Díaz 1 0 0.33
32 Steve Wooddin 1 0 0.33
32 Héctor Zelaya 1 0 0.33
32 John Robertson 1 0 0.33
32 Wlodzimierz Ciolek 1 0 0.25
32 Ramón Díaz 1 0 0.25
32 Enrique Saura 1 0 0.25
32 Juanito 1 1 0.25
32 Roberto López Ufarte 1 1 0.25
32 Andrei Bal 1 0 0.25
32 Hans Krankl 1 0 0.25
32 Jesús María Zamora 1 0 0.25
32 René Girard 1 0 0.20
32 Horst Hrubesch 1 0 0.20
32 Alex Czerniatynski 1 0 0.20
32 Janusz Kupcewicz 1 0 0.20
32 Reinhold Hintermaier 1 0 0.20
32 Yuri Gavrilov 1 0 0.20
32 Ramaz Shengelia 1 0 0.20
32 Oscar 1 0 0.20
32 Osvaldo Ardiles 1 0 0.20
32 Oleg Blokhin 1 0 0.20
32 Bruno Pezzey 1 0 0.20
32 Júnior 1 0 0.20
32 Paul Mariner 1 0 0.20
32 Aleksandre Chivadze 1 0 0.20
32 Ludo Coeck 1 0 0.20
32 Sergei Baltacha 1 0 0.20
32 Erwin Vandenbergh 1 0 0.20
32 Wlodimierz Smolarek 1 0 0.17
32 Gérard Soler 1 0 0.17
32 Maxime Bossis 1 0 0.17
32 Francesco Graziani 1 0 0.14
32 Antonio Cabrini 1 0 0.14
32 Bruno Conti 1 0 0.14
32 Grzegorz Lato 1 0 0.14
32 Stefan Majewski 1 0 0.14
32 Andrzej Buncol 1 0 0.14
32 Paul Breitner 1 0 0.14
32 Marius Trésor 1 0 0.14