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Africa Cup of Nations 1998

Winner

Egypt

Statistics

Total goals
93
Matches played
32
Goals/match
2.91
Best attack (goals scored)
10
Ivory Coast
Best defense (goals conceded)
1
Egypt

First round

Qualified for the next round

Group A

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Cameroon 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2
2.Burkina Faso 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
3.Guinea 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
4.Algeria 0 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3
Match results
Burkina Faso - Cameroon0 - 1
Algeria - Guinea0 - 1
Cameroon - Guinea2 - 2
Burkina Faso - Algeria2 - 1
Burkina Faso - Guinea1 - 0
Cameroon - Algeria2 - 1

Group B

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Tunisia 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
2.Democratic Republic of Congo 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1
3.Ghana 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
4.Togo 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
Match results
Democratic Republic of Congo - Togo2 - 1
Ghana - Tunisia2 - 0
Tunisia - Democratic Republic of Congo2 - 1
Togo - Ghana2 - 1
Democratic Republic of Congo - Ghana1 - 0
Tunisia - Togo3 - 1

Group C

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Ivory Coast 7 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4
2.South Africa 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3
3.Angola 2 3 0 2 1 5 8 -3
4.Namibia 1 3 0 1 2 7 11 -4
Match results
South Africa - Angola0 - 0
Ivory Coast - Namibia4 - 3
Ivory Coast - South Africa1 - 1
Angola - Namibia3 - 3
Ivory Coast - Angola5 - 2
South Africa - Namibia4 - 1

Group D

Team PtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1.Morocco 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
2.Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
3.Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2
4.Mozambique 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7
Match results
Morocco - Zambia1 - 1
Egypt - Mozambique2 - 0
Egypt - Zambia4 - 0
Morocco - Mozambique3 - 0
Zambia - Mozambique3 - 1
Morocco - Egypt1 - 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Cameroon - Democratic Republic of Congo0 - 1
Tunisia - Burkina Faso1 - 1 a.e.t. (7-8 p)
Ivory Coast - Egypt0 - 0 a.e.t. (4-5 p)
Morocco - South Africa1 - 2

Semi-finals

Democratic Republic of Congo - South Africa1 - 2 a.e.t.
Burkina Faso - Egypt0 - 2

Third place

Democratic Republic of Congo - Burkina Faso4 - 4 a.e.t. (4-1 p)

Final

South Africa0
Egypt2

Top Scorers

Rank Player Goals Penalties Goals/match
1 Davor Suker 6 1 0.86
2 Gabriel Batistuta 5 2 1.00
2 Christian Vieri 5 0 1.00
4 Luis Hernández 4 0 1.00
4 Marcelo Salas 4 0 1.00
4 Ronaldo 4 1 0.57
7 Jürgen Klinsmann 3 0 0.60
7 Oliver Bierhoff 3 0 0.60
7 Thierry Henry 3 0 0.50
7 César Sampaio 3 0 0.50
7 Bebeto 3 0 0.43
7 Dennis Bergkamp 3 0 0.43
7 Rivaldo 3 0 0.43
14 Fernando Morientes 2 0 1.00
14 Ricardo Peláez 2 0 0.67
14 Shaun Bartlett 2 1 0.67
14 Theodore Whitmore 2 0 0.67
14 Abdeljalil Hadda 2 0 0.67
14 Salaheddine Bassir 2 0 0.67
14 Slobodan Komljenovic 2 0 0.67
14 Fernando Hierro 2 1 0.67
14 Marc Wilmots 2 0 0.67
14 Roberto Baggio 2 1 0.50
14 Michael Owen 2 0 0.50
14 Viorel Moldovan 2 0 0.50
14 Patrick Kluivert 2 0 0.50
14 Alan Shearer 2 1 0.50
14 Robert Prosinecki 2 0 0.40
14 Brian Laudrup 2 0 0.40
14 Ariel Ortega 2 0 0.40
14 Zinédine Zidane 2 0 0.40
14 Emmanuel Petit 2 0 0.33
14 Ronald De Boer 2 0 0.33
14 Lilian Thuram 2 0 0.33
14 Phillip Cocu 2 0 0.29
36 Wilson Oruma 1 0 1.00
36 Youssef Al Tunayan 1 1 0.50
36 Ha Seok Ju 1 0 0.50
36 Peter Moller 1 0 0.50
36 Brian Mcbride 1 0 0.50
36 Léider Preciado 1 0 0.33
36 Pierre Van Hooijdonk 1 0 0.33
36 Robert Earle 1 0 0.33
36 Ivica Vastic 1 0 0.33
36 Christophe Dugarry 1 0 0.33
36 Mauricio Pineda 1 0 0.33
36 Andreas Herzog 1 1 0.33
36 Kiko 1 0 0.33
36 Andreas Möller 1 0 0.33
36 David Beckham 1 0 0.33
36 Raúl 1 0 0.33
36 Emil Kostadinov 1 0 0.33
36 Masashi Nakayama 1 0 0.33
36 Skander Souayeh 1 1 0.33
36 Benni Mccarthy 1 0 0.33
36 Craig Burley 1 0 0.33
36 Toni Polster 1 0 0.33
36 Patrick Mboma 1 0 0.33
36 Victor Ikpeba 1 0 0.33
36 Luis Enrique 1 0 0.33
36 Luc Nilis 1 0 0.33
36 Sami Al Jaber 1 1 0.33
36 Mutiu Adepoju 1 0 0.33
36 Hamid Estili 1 0 0.33
36 Mustafa El Hadji 1 0 0.33
36 Mehdi Mahdavikia 1 0 0.33
36 John Collins 1 1 0.33
36 Pierre Njanka 1 0 0.33
36 Yoo Sang Chul 1 0 0.33
36 José Cardozo 1 0 0.33
36 Tijani Babangida 1 0 0.25
36 José Sierra 1 0 0.25
36 Boudewijn Zenden 1 0 0.25
36 Havard Flo 1 0 0.25
36 Dragan Stojkovic 1 0 0.25
36 Predrag Mijatovic 1 0 0.25
36 Alberto García Aspe 1 1 0.25
36 Sunday Oliseh 1 0 0.25
36 Adrian Ilie 1 0 0.25
36 Paul Scholes 1 0 0.25
36 Dan Petrescu 1 0 0.25
36 Sinisa Mihajlovic 1 0 0.25
36 Darren Anderton 1 0 0.25
36 Tore André Flo 1 0 0.25
36 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 0 0.25
36 Kjetil Rekdal 1 1 0.25
36 Dan Eggen 1 0 0.25
36 Miguel Benítez 1 0 0.25
36 Celso Ayala 1 0 0.25
36 Ebbe Sand 1 0 0.20
36 Claudio López 1 0 0.20
36 Allan Nielsen 1 0 0.20
36 Martin Jorgensen 1 0 0.20
36 Michael Laudrup 1 1 0.20
36 Luigi Di Biagio 1 0 0.20
36 Thomas Helveg 1 0 0.20
36 Marc Rieper 1 0 0.20
36 Javier Zanetti 1 0 0.20
36 Laurent Blanc 1 0 0.20
36 David Trezeguet 1 0 0.17
36 Marc Overmars 1 0 0.17
36 Edgar Davids 1 0 0.17
36 Bixente Lizarazu 1 0 0.17
36 Goran Vlaovic 1 0 0.14
36 Youri Djorkaeff 1 1 0.14
36 Mario Stanic 1 0 0.14
36 Robert Jarni 1 0 0.14