| 1986كأس الأمم الأفريقية | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 7–21 March |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Cameroon |
| Third place |  Ivory Coast |
| Fourth place |  Morocco |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 31 (1.94 per match) |
| Top scorer | Roger Milla (4 goals) |
| Best player | Roger Milla |
←1984 1988 → | |
The1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of theAfrica Cup of Nations, afootball championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted byEgypt. Just like in1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four.Egypt won its third championship, beatingCameroon onpenalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.
The 8 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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| Egypt | Hosts | 7 (1962,1963,1970,1974,1976,1980,1984) | |
| Cameroon | Holders | 18 March 1984 | 4 (1970,1972,1982,1984) |
 Algeria | 2nd round winners | 13 August 1985 | 4 (1968,1980,1982,1984) |
 Zambia | 2nd round winners | 18 August 1985 | 3 (1974,1978,1982) |
| Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 1 September 1985 | 6 (1965,1968,1970,1974,1980,1984) |
 Senegal | 2nd round winners | 1 September 1985 | 2 (1965,1968) |
| Morocco | 2nd round winners | 8 September 1985 | 4 (1972,1976,1978,1980) |
 Mozambique | 2nd round winners | 15 September 1985 | 0 (debut) |
The competition was played in two venues inCairo andAlexandria.
| Cairo | |
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| Cairo International Stadium | |
| Capacity:90,000 | |
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| Alexandria | |
| Alexandria Stadium | |
| Capacity:15,000 | |
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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance toKnockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 3–0 | Mozambique |
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A. Traoré 25',74'N'Dri 86' | Report |
| Senegal | 2–0 | Mozambique |
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| Fall 28' Bocandé 83' | Report |
| Egypt | 2–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| Gharieb 73' Abdelhamid 83' | Report |
| Ivory Coast | 1–0 | Senegal |
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| A. Traoré 71' | Report |
| Egypt | 2–0 | Mozambique |
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| Abouzaid 13',15' | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance toKnockout stage |
| 2 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Zambia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 17 March –Alexandria | ||||||
| Cameroon | 1 | |||||
| 21 March –Cairo | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 0 | |||||
| Cameroon | 0 (4) | |||||
| 17 March –Cairo | ||||||
| Egypt (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||
| Morocco | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 20 March –Cairo | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 3 | |||||
| Morocco | 2 | |||||
| Cameroon | 1–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| Milla 46' | Report |
| Ivory Coast | 3–2 | Morocco |
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| Ben Salah 8' Kassi-Kouadio 38',68' (pen.) | Report | Rhiati 44' Sahil 85' |
| Egypt | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Yehia Abdelghani Abdou  Mayhoub Shehata Kassem | 5–4 | M'FédéKundéM'BidaMillaAoudouKana-Biyik |
There were 31 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Finals | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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