2004 African Cup of Nations

2004 African Cup of Nations
2004 NOKIA African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004
كأس الأمم الأفريقية 2004
2004 Africa Cup of Nations logo.svg
African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates24 January – 14 February
Teams16
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up Morocco
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Youssef Mokhtari
Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Tunisia Francileudo Santos
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
2002
2006

The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004), was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The tournament was instead hosted by Tunisia. Tunisia won their first title after defeating one-time champions Morocco 2–1 in the final. Nigeria finished third after beating Mali 2–1 in the third place play-off. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany. Tournament defending champions Cameroon eliminated in the quarter-finals after failing to win their match against Nigeria.

Host selection

Bids :

  • Benin / Togo
  • Malawi / Zambia
  • Tunisia
  • Zimbabwe

The organization of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.

This edition was awarded to Tunisia which represented Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by taking the majority of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee members which are 13 after its impressive success in the 1994 edition.

This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results
Nation(s) Votes
Tunisia 9
Zimbabwe 3
Malawi / Zambia 1
Benin / Togo Withdrew
Total votes 13

Sponsorship

On 20 September 2003, in Tunis, Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the "title sponsor" of the 24th edition, which is therefore officially called NOKIA Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.

Sponsors list
Title sponsor Official sponsors Regional sponsors

Mascot

To choose the tournament mascot, the organizing committee is launching a competition open to the entire Tunisian population. The only rules imposed, this mascot must be an eagle and must represent football, Africa and Tunisia.

Of the fifty or so proposals submitted to the committee, it is the work of Malek Khalfallah that is retained. It is an eagle, which the author baptized Nçayir. The colors of its equipment, red and white, refer to the colors of the Tunisian flag.

I sent my proposal by post without even giving my phone number. I just wanted to participate. And one day someone knocks on the door telling me that I must urgently call a number. To my surprise I learned that it was my first mascot proposal that won the competition! I then had to modify some details requested by the organizing committee.

— Malek Khalfallah

Match ball

The official ball for the 2004 African Cup of Nations is the Adidas Fevernova. Designed two years earlier by Adidas for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the ball was reused during 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Qualification

 Qualified
 Failed to qualify
 Withdrew or did not enter
 Not part of CAF

The 49 nations registered for the competition are divided into thirteen groups: ten groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The selections of Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe and Djibouti forfeit before the start of qualifying.

The first of each group qualify for the final tournament in Tunisia, as well as the best of the second. Cameroon, as defending champion, and Tunisia, as host country, are automatically qualified for the final phase of the competition.

First participation

Benin and Rwanda manage to qualify for the AFCON for the first final phase of their history, after finishing at the top of their group in the qualifiers in front of two former African champions, Sudan and Ghana.

Zimbabwe do the same after finishing first in the finalists in all qualifying groups.

Qualified teams

The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking at start of event
 Tunisia Hosts 11th 2002 Runners-up (1965, 1996) 45
 Cameroon Holders 13th 2002 Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) 14
 Nigeria Group 1 winners 13th 2002 Winners (1980, 1994) 35
 Guinea Group 2 winners 7th 1998 Runners-up (1976) 102
 Benin Group 3 winners 1st None Debut 123
 Burkina Faso Group 4 winners 6th 2002 Fourth place (1998) 72
 Kenya Group 5 winners 5th 1992 Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992) 76
 Mali Group 6 winners 4th 2002 Runners-up (1972) 51
 Morocco Group 7 winners 11th 2002 Winners (1976) 38
 Senegal Group 8 winners 9th 2002 Runners-up (2002) 33
 DR Congo Group 9 winners 14th 2002 Winners (1968, 1974) 54
 Egypt Group 10 winners 19th 2002 Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998) 32
 South Africa Group 11 winners 5th 2002 Winners (1996) 36
 Algeria Group 12 winners 13th 2002 Winners (1990) 63
 Rwanda Group 13 winners 1st None Debut 109
 Zimbabwe Group 14 winners 1st None Debut 49

Venues

The five cities selected to host the event are coastal.

Tunis Sousse
Stade 7 November Stade El Menzah Stade Olympique de Sousse
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 28,000
Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès).jpg Stade El Menzah.jpg Stade olympique de Sousse.jpg
Monastir Sfax Bizerte
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Stade Taïeb Mhiri Stade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000
Stade Mustapha-Ben-Jennet.jpg Stade taieb mehiri.JPG Stade de bizerte.jpg

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees

Squads

As is the case in all versions of the African Cup of Nations, each team participating in the tournament must consist of 23 players (including three goalkeepers). Participating national teams must confirm the final list of 23 players no later than ten days before the start of the tournament. In the event that a player suffers an injury which prevents him from participating in the tournament, his team has the right to replace him with another player at any time up to 24 hours before the team's first game.

Format

Only the hosts received an automatic qualification spot; the other 15 teams qualified through a qualification tournament. At the finals, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams in each group played a single round robin. After the group stage, the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final losers played in a third place match, while the semi-final winners played in the final.

Draw

The draw took place on 20 September 2003 in Tunis. In parentheses, the FIFA World Rankings as of 14 January 2004.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Tunisia (45) (hosts)
 Cameroon (14) (title holders)
 Nigeria (35)
 Senegal (33)

 Algeria (63)
 South Africa (36)
 Egypt (32)
 DR Congo (54)

 Morocco (38)
 Burkina Faso (72)
 Mali (51)
 Guinea (102)

 Kenya (76)
 Rwanda (109)
 Benin (123)
 Zimbabwe (49)

Match summary

The 16 national teams participating in the tournament together played a total of 32 matches ranging from group stage and progression matches to knockout matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages. Rest days are set aside during the different stages to allow players to recover during the tournament.

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Guinea 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Tunisia 2–1 Rwanda
Jaziri 27'
Santos 57'
Elias 41'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

DR Congo 1–2 Guinea
Masudi 35' T. Camara 68'
Feindouno 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

Rwanda 1–1 Guinea
K. Kamanzi 90+3' T. Camara 49'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Tunisia 3–0 DR Congo
Santos 55', 87'
Braham 65'
Attendance: 60,000

Tunisia 1–1 Guinea
Ben Achour 58' T. Camara 84'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hailemalek Tessama (Ethiopia)

Rwanda 1–0 DR Congo
Makasi 74'
Attendance: 700

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Kenya 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Kenya 1–3 Mali
Mulama 58' Sissoko 28'
Kanouté 63', 81'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)

Senegal 0–0 Burkina Faso
Attendance: 2,000

Senegal 3–0 Kenya
Niang 4', 31'
P. B. Diop 19'
Attendance: 13,500

Burkina Faso 1–3 Mali
Minoungou 50' Kanouté 34'
Diarra 37'
S. Coulibaly 78'
Attendance: 1,500

Senegal 1–1 Mali
Beye 45+2' D. Traoré 34'
Attendance: 7,550
Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

Burkina Faso 0–3 Kenya
Ake 51'
Oliech 64'
Baraza 83'
Attendance: 4,550
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
Zimbabwe 1–2 Egypt
P. Ndlovu 46' T. Abdel Hamid 58'
Barakat 63'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Cameroon 1–1 Algeria
M'Boma 43' Zafour 52'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Cameroon 5–3 Zimbabwe
M'Boma 31', 44', 65'
M'Bami 40', 67'
P. Ndlovu 8', 47' (pen.)
Nyandoro 89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

Algeria 2–1 Egypt
Mamouni 13'
Achiou 86'
Belal 25'

Cameroon 0–0 Egypt

Algeria 1–2 Zimbabwe
Achiou 73' A. Ndlovu 65'
Lupahla 71'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Nigeria 0–1 Morocco
Hadji 77'

South Africa 2–0 Benin
Nomvethe 58', 76'
Attendance: 12,000

Nigeria 4–0 South Africa
Yobo 4'
Okocha 64' (pen.)
Odemwingie 81', 83'

Morocco 4–0 Benin
Chamakh 17'
Adjamossi 73' (o.g.)
Ouaddou 75'
El Karkouri 80'
Attendance: 20,000

Morocco 1–1 South Africa
Safri 38' (pen.) Mayo 29'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Nigeria 2–1 Benin
Lawal 35'
Utaka 76'
Latoundji 90'
Attendance: 15,000

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 February – Tunis (Radès)
 
 
 Tunisia 1
 
11 February – Tunis (Radès)
 
 Senegal 0
 
 Tunisia (pen.) 1 (5)
 
8 February – Monastir
 
 Nigeria 1 (3)
 
 Cameroon 1
 
14 February – Tunis (Radès)
 
 Nigeria 2
 
 Tunisia 2
 
8 February – Sfax
 
 Morocco 1
 
 Morocco (a.e.t.) 3
 
11 February – Sousse
 
 Algeria 1
 
 Morocco 4
 
7 February – Tunis (El Menzah)
 
 Mali 0 Third place
 
 Mali 2
 
13 February – Monastir
 
 Guinea 1
 
 Nigeria 2
 
 
 Mali 1
 

Quarter-finals

Mali 2–1 Guinea
Kanouté 45'
Diarra 90'
Feindouno 15'
Attendance: 1,450

Tunisia 1–0 Senegal
Mnari 65'

Cameroon 1–2 Nigeria
Eto'o 42' Okocha 45'
Utaka 73'

Morocco 3–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Chamakh 90'
Hadji 113'
Zairi 120'
Cherrad 84'

Semi-finals

Tunisia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Badra 82' (pen.) Report Okocha 67' (pen.)
Penalties
Badra soccer ball with check mark
Santos soccer ball with check mark
Mhedhebi soccer ball with check mark
Ben Achour soccer ball with check mark
Haggui soccer ball with check mark
5–3 soccer ball with check mark Utaka
soccer ball with red X Odemwingie
soccer ball with check mark Yobo
soccer ball with check mark Udeze
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Morocco 4–0 Mali
Mokhtari 44', 58'
Hadji 80'
Baha 90+1'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

Third place match

Nigeria 2–1 Mali
Okocha 16'
Odemwingie 52'
Abouta 70'

Final

Tunisia 2–1 Morocco
Santos 5'
Jaziri 52'
Mokhtari 38'
Attendance: 60,000


 2004 Africa Cup of Nations
Champions 

Tunisia
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

 Champion
 Runner-up
 Third place
 Fourth place
 Quarter-finals
 Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Tunisia (H) 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Champions
2  Morocco 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13 Runner-up
3  Nigeria 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Third place
4  Mali 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10 Fourth place
5  Senegal 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Cameroon 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1 5
7  Guinea 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
8  Algeria 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
9  Rwanda 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
11  South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
12  Kenya 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
13  Zimbabwe 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
14  Burkina Faso 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
15  DR Congo 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
16  Benin 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Host

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Man of the Competition
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Top Scorer
Tunisia Francileudo Santos
(4 goals)

CAF AFCON Team of the Tournament

  • Source:
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Nigeria Vincent Enyeama Morocco Walid Regragui
Tunisia Khaled Badra
Morocco Abdeslam Ouaddou
Cameroon Timothée Atouba
Algeria Karim Ziani
Tunisia Riadh Bouazizi
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Nigeria John Utaka
Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Tunisia Francileudo Santos

Media

Broadcasting

Territory Channel Ref
 Tunisia Tunis 7
 France Canal+
Arab League MENA ART
Sub-Saharan Africa LC 2 International

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