Histora.org newsletter February 17, 2000 Cameroon are African champions after beating Nigeria in the final on Penalties. Defending champions Egypt were knocked out in the quarter finals by Tunisia. This is Cameroon's third African title (also in 1984 and 1988) and can be looked at as some consolation for their unjust elimination in the first round of the 1998 World Cup. First Round ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Group 1 Pts GD P W D L F A Cam Gha ICt Tog ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Cameroon 4 +2 3 1 1 1 4 2 _____ 1 - 1 3 - 0 0 - 1 2 Ghana 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 _____ _____ 0 - 2 2 - 0 3 Ivory Coast 4 -1 3 1 1 1 3 4 _____ _____ _____ 1 - 1 4 Togo 4 -1 3 1 1 1 2 3 _____ _____ _____ _____ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Group 2 Pts GD P W D L F A SAf Alg Zai Gab ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 South Africa 7 +3 3 2 1 0 5 2 _____ 1 - 1 1 - 0 3 - 1 2 Algeria 5 +2 3 1 2 0 4 2 _____ _____ 0 - 0 3 - 1 3 Congo (Kinshasa) 2 -1 3 0 2 1 0 1 _____ _____ _____ 0 - 0 4 Gabon 1 -4 3 0 1 2 2 6 _____ _____ _____ _____ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Group 3 Pts GD P W D L F A Egy Sen Zam BFo ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Egypt 9 +5 3 3 0 0 7 2 _____ 1 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 2 2 Senegal 4 +1 3 1 1 1 5 4 _____ _____ 2 - 2 3 - 1 3 Zambia 2 -2 3 0 2 1 3 5 _____ _____ _____ 1 - 1 4 Burkina Faso 1 -4 3 0 1 2 4 8 _____ _____ _____ _____ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank Group 4 Pts GD P W D L F A Nig Tun Mor Cng ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Nigeria 7 +4 3 2 1 0 6 2 _____ 4 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 0 2 Tunisia 4 -1 3 1 1 1 3 4 _____ _____ 0 - 0 1 - 0 3 Morocco 4 -1 3 1 1 1 1 2 _____ _____ _____ 1 - 0 4 Congo (Brazzaville) 1 -2 3 0 1 2 0 2 _____ _____ _____ _____ ==================================================================== ==================================================================== Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final Winner -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameroon (2 - 1) Cameroon Algeria (3 - 0) Cameroon Egypt (0 - 1) Tunisia Tunisia (2 - 2) Cameroon South Africa (1 - 0) South Africa Ghana (0 - 2) Nigeria Senegal (1 - 2) Nigeria Nigeria =================================================================== Previous winners and runners-up of the African Cup of Nations: =================================================================== Year Winner Scores Runner-Up =================================================================== 1957 Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia 1959 Egypt 2-1 Sudan 1962 Ethiopia 4-2 Egypt 1963 Ghana 3-0 Sudan 1965 Ghana 3-2 Tunisia 1968 Congo (Kinshasa) 1-0 Ghana 1970 Sudan 1-0 Ghana 1972 Congo 3-2 Mali 1974 Zaire 2-2,2-0 Zambia 1976 Morocco 1-1 Guinea 1978 Ghana 2-0 Uganda 1980 Nigeria 3-0 Algeria 1982 Ghana 1-1 Libya 1984 Cameroon 3-1 Nigeria 1986 Egypt 0-0 Cameroon 1988 Cameroon 1-0 Nigeria 1990 Algeria 1-0 Nigeria 1992 Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana 1994 Nigeria 2-1 Zambia 1996 South Africa 2-0 Tunisia 1998 Egypt 2-0 South Africa 2000 Cameroon 2-2 Nigeria ================================================================= Cameroon's history in major tournaments: ==================================================================== Year Tournament RA TPt Finishing round W D L GF GA ==================================================================== 1970 African Cup Finals 0 0 Quarter-Finals 1 0 1 4 4 1972 African Cup Finals 2 1 Semi-Finals 2 1 1 5 3 1982 World Cup Finals 0 1 First Round 0 3 0 1 1 African Cup Finals 0 0 Quarter-Finals 0 3 0 1 1 1984 African Cup Finals 3 6 Winner 3 1 1 9 3 1986 African Cup Finals 3 3 Final 3 2 0 8 5 1988 African Cup Finals 3 6 Winner 3 2 0 4 1 1990 World Cup Finals 3 4 Quarter-Finals 3 0 2 7 9 African Cup Finals 0 0 Quarter-Finals 1 0 2 2 3 1992 African Cup Finals 3 1 Semi-Finals 2 2 0 3 1 1994 World Cup Finals 0 1 First Round 0 1 2 3 11 1996 African Cup Finals 0 0 First Round 1 1 1 5 7 1998 World Cup Finals 0 1 First Round 0 2 1 2 5 African Cup Finals 2 0 Quarter-Finals 2 1 1 5 4 2000 African Cup Finals 5 6 Winner 3 2 1 11 5 ==================================================================== (RA = Rounds advanced, TPts = 'Tournament Points' earned) Nigeria's history: ==================================================================== Year Tournament RA TPt Finishing round W D L GF GA ==================================================================== 1963 African Cup Finals 0 0 Semi-Finals 0 0 2 3 10 1976 African Cup Finals 1 1 Final 3 1 2 11 9 1978 African Cup Finals 1 1 Semi-Finals 1 2 1 6 5 1980 African Cup Finals 4 6 Winner 4 1 0 8 1 1982 African Cup Finals 0 0 Quarter-Finals 1 0 2 4 5 1984 African Cup Finals 2 3 Final 1 3 1 7 8 1988 African Cup Finals 3 3 Final 1 3 1 5 3 1990 African Cup Finals 2 3 Final 3 0 2 5 6 1992 African Cup Finals 3 1 Semi-Finals 3 0 1 6 4 1994 World Cup Finals 2 2 Second Round 2 0 2 7 4 African Cup Finals 4 6 Winner 3 2 0 9 3 1996 African Cup Finals 0 0 First Round 0 0 0 0 0 1998 World Cup Finals 2 2 Second Round 2 0 2 6 9 2000 African Cup Finals 4 3 Final 4 2 0 12 5 ==================================================================== All time rankings for African Cup of nations: ====================================================================== Rank Entity TPts App 1 2 3 4 P/Ap W D L GF GA Pct Dif ====================================================================== 1. Ghana 34 13 4 3 1 4 2.62 30 11 11 76 45 57 31 2. Egypt 33 17 4 1 6 5 1.94 30 11 19 95 62 50 33 3. Nigeria 27 12 2 4 3 2 2.25 24 14 12 76 59 47 17 4. Cameroon 23 11 3 1 2 4 2.09 21 15 8 57 37 47 20 5. Congo (Kinshasa) 14 11 2 _ 2 6 1.27 14 12 15 49 48 34 1 6. Sudan 13 6 1 2 1 2 2.17 6 5 6 24 22 35 2 7. Algeria 12 11 1 1 3 4 1.09 16 13 12 52 41 39 11 8. Ethiopia 12 9 1 1 3 4 1.33 7 2 12 26 47 33 -21 9. Ivory Coast 11 14 1 _ 5 6 0.79 17 13 18 66 57 35 9 10. South Africa 10 3 1 1 1 _ 3.33 11 3 3 26 12 64 14 11. Morocco 9 9 1 _ 3 3 1.00 11 14 8 30 27 33 3 12. Tunisia 9 8 _ 2 3 2 1.12 8 9 11 34 38 28 -4 13. Zambia 9 10 _ 2 3 3 0.90 16 9 14 50 41 41 9 14. Congo (Brazzaville) 7 7 1 _ 1 4 1.00 5 6 12 23 38 21 -15 15. Mali 4 2 _ 1 1 _ 2.00 3 3 3 14 16 33 -2 16. Uganda 4 5 _ 1 1 3 0.80 3 1 11 17 28 20 -11 17. Guinea 3 7 _ 1 _ 4 0.43 5 9 8 29 34 22 -5 18. Libya 3 1 _ 1 _ _ 3.00 2 3 _ 7 4 40 3 19. Senegal 2 7 _ _ 2 5 0.29 8 5 9 28 21 36 7 20. Burkina Faso 1 4 _ _ 1 1 0.25 2 2 10 13 31 14 -18 21. Angola _ 2 _ _ _ _ 0.00 _ 3 3 9 14 _ -5 22. Gabon _ 3 _ _ _ 1 0.00 1 2 5 6 16 12 -10 23. Kenya _ 4 _ _ _ 3 0.00 _ 4 7 4 18 _ -14 24. Liberia _ 1 _ _ _ _ 0.00 1 _ 1 2 3 50 -1 25. Malawi _ 1 _ _ _ 1 0.00 _ 1 2 2 6 _ -4 26. Mauritius _ 1 _ _ _ 1 0.00 _ _ 3 2 8 _ -6 27. Mozambique _ 3 _ _ _ 1 0.00 _ 1 8 2 19 _ -17 28. Namibia _ 1 _ _ _ _ 0.00 _ 1 2 7 11 _ -4 29. Sierra Leone _ 2 _ _ _ _ 0.00 1 1 3 2 11 20 -9 30. Tanzania _ 1 _ _ _ 1 0.00 _ 1 2 3 6 _ -3 31. Togo _ 4 _ _ _ 2 0.00 2 4 6 11 22 16 -11 ====================================================================== Abrev Statistic ---------------------------------------- TPts Tournament Points App Appearances 1 Titles / 1st in league 2 Final / 2nd in league 3 Semi-final / 3rd in league 4 Quarter-final / 4th in league P/Ap Points per appearance W Victories D Draws L Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against Pct Winning percentage Dif Goal difference