| كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2004 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tunisia |
| Dates | 24 January – 14 February |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tunisia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Morocco |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Mali |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 88 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 617,500 (19,297 per match) |
| Top scorers | (4 goals each) |
| Best player | Jay-Jay Okocha |
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The2004 African Cup of Nations was held from 24 January to 14 February 2004 inTunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennialinternational men's football championship of Africa, organized by theConfederation of African Football (CAF). Tunisia hosted the tournament for the third time, having previously done so in1965 and1994.
Tunisia won the title for the first time in its history, defeatingMorocco 2–1 in thefinal.Nigeria secured third place with a 2–1 victory overMali in the third-place match.Cameroon, the defending champions from the 2002 edition, were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a 2–1 loss to Nigeria.
A total of 32 matches were played, with 88goals scored — an average of 2.75 goals per match. The tournament attracted a total attendance of 617,500, averaging 19,297 spectators per match. As in the 2002 edition, sixteen teams competed, beginning with a group stage of four groups of four teams each, followed by knockout rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final). Cameroon, as the title holder, and Tunisia, as the host nation, automatically qualified. The remaining fourteen teams secured their spots through a qualification phase held from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. The tournament was hosted byNokia.
The tournament's top scorers were Tunisia'sFrancileudo Santos, Cameroon'sPatrick Mboma, Mali'sFrédéric Kanouté, and Nigeria'sJay-Jay Okocha. Santos received theGolden Boot, as he played for the championship-winning team and did not receive any cards during the tournament.[citation needed] Okocha was named the Player of the Tournament. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the2005 FIFA Confederations Cup inGermany as Africa's representative.
Bids :
The right to host the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 during a CAF Executive Committee meeting inCairo,Egypt[1][2] Four bids were submitted: Tunisia;Zimbabwe;[3] a joint bid byMalawi andZambia; and another joint bid byBenin andTogo, which was withdrawn on the day of the CAF meeting.[4] This marked the third time Tunisia hosted the tournament, after previously organizing it in 1965 and 1994. Two years prior to the competition, an organizing committee (Comité d'organisation de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, or COCAN) was formed, chaired by Slim Chiboub, who had also led the organizing committee in 1994..[5]
| Country | Votes |
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| Tunisia | 9 |
 Zimbabwe | 3 |
 Malawi / Zambia | 1 |
 Benin / Togo | Withdrew |
| Total votes | 13 |
| Tunis | Sousse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade 7 November | Stade El Menzah | Stade Olympique de Sousse | ||
| Capacity:60,000[6] | Capacity:45,000[7] | Capacity:28,000[8] | ||
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| Monastir | Sfax | Bizerte | ||
| Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet | Stade Taïeb Mhiri | Stade 15 Octobre | ||
| Capacity:22,000[9] | Capacity:22,000[10] | Capacity:20,000[11] | ||
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Qualification for the tournament took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. A total of 49 nations registered for the competition and were initially divided into 13 groups: 10 groups of four teams and 3 groups of three teams. However,Guinea-Bissau,São Tomé and Príncipe andDjibouti withdrew their participation before the start of qualifying, so the 13 groups involved 7 four-team groups and 6 three-team groups.
The winner of each group qualified for the final tournament in Tunisia, as well as the best of the second. Cameroon, as defending champion, and Tunisia, as host country, automatically qualified for the final phase of the competition.Benin,Rwanda andZimbabwe managed to qualify for the first time, with Benin and Rwanda finishing top of their groups in the qualifiers in front of two former African champions,Sudan andGhana. Zimbabwe qualified as the best runner-up.
The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament. Cameroon were the highest-ranked team under the January 2004FIFA World Rankings (14th), while hosts Tunisia were ranked 45th.[12]
| 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 | 12th | 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 6 runner-up | 1st | None | Debut | 49 |
The draw took place on 20 September 2003 inTunis.[13] The sixteen teams were divided into four pots according to their performances in past Cup of Nations tournaments.[14]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| Tunisia(hosts) Cameroon(title holders) Nigeria Senegal | Mali South Africa Egypt DR Congo | Morocco Burkina Faso Algeria Guinea | Kenya Rwanda Benin Zimbabwe |
On 20 September 2003, in Tunis,Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the "title sponsor" of the 24th edition,[15] and hence the tournament was referred to as the Nokia Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.[16][17]
| Title sponsor | Official sponsors | Regional sponsors | ||
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| Territory | Channel |
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| Tunisia | Tunis 7[17] |
 France | Canal+ |
 MENA | ART |
 Sub-Saharan Africa | LC 2 AFNEX |
The organizing committee ran a competition to design a mascot for the tournament. The chosen mascot was an eagle named Nçayir, wearing a red and white jersey, in reference to the colors of theTunisian flag.
I sent my proposal by post without even giving my phone number. I just wanted to participate. One day, someone knocked on the door. To my great surprise, I learned that my mascot proposal had won the contest ! I then had to change a few details requested by the organizing committee.
— Malek Khalfallah (mascot designer)[18]
The official ball for the 2004 African Cup of Nations was theAdidas Fevernova. Designed two years earlier by Adidas for the2002 FIFA World Cup held inSouth Korea andJapan, and the2003 FIFA Women's World Cup held in theUnited States. The ball was reused during the 2004 African Cup of Nations.[19]
The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.
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.
Champion Runner-up Third place | Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage |
Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.[20]
Teams were ranked according topoints (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):[21]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia(H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Rwanda | 1–1 | Guinea |
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K. Kamanzi 90+3' | Report | T. Camara 49' |
| Tunisia | 1–1 | Guinea |
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| Ben Achour 58' | Report | T. Camara 84' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Senegal | 3–0 | Kenya |
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| Niang 4',31' Bouba Diop 19' | Report |
| Burkina Faso | 1–3 | Mali |
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| Minoungou 50' | Report | Kanouté 34' Diarra 37'S. Coulibaly 78' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Cameroon | 0–0 | Egypt |
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| Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| South Africa | 2–0 | Benin |
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| Nomvethe 58',76' | Report |
| Nigeria | 4–0 | South Africa |
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| Yobo 4' Okocha 64' (pen.)Odemwingie 81',83' | Report |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
"Winning the tournament was the main priority of the people who hired me, but it wasn't mine."
During the final, on 14 February 2004 at Stade 7 November inRadès in front of 60,000 supporters,[54] Tunisia got off to a good start with a lead 1–0 after four minutes withMehdi Nafti crossing to Francileudo Santos, who scored his fourth goal of the tournament. At the end of the first half, Morocco equalised with a goal fromYoussouf Hadji, with anassist fromYoussef Mokhtari. Seven minutes into the second half, Tunisian strikerZiad Jaziri gave his country the lead again, after Moroccan keeperKhalid Fouhami fumbled a cross fromJose Clayton. The match ended 2–1, giving Tunisia their first African Cup of Nations title.[55]Khaled Badra andRiadh Bouazizi lifted the trophy after receiving it from PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali.[56] In winning the title, the Eagles of Carthage became the 13th nation to be crowned African champions.Roger Lemerre also became the first coach to win two different continental tournaments after having previously won theUEFA Euro 2000 withFrance.[57] Tunisia also were accorded theAfrican National Team of the Year award from the Confederation of African Football.[58] As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, as a representative of African continent.[59]
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
Abdelmalek CherradMaamar MamouniBrahim ZafourMoussa LatoundjiDieudonné MinoungouSamuel Eto'oAlain MasudiTamer Abdel HamidMohamed BarakatAhmad BelalJohn BarazaEmmanuel AkeTitus MulamaDennis OliechSédonoudé AboutaSoumaïla CoulibalyMohamed SissokoDramane TraoréNabil BahaTalal El KarkouriAbdeslam OuaddouYoussef SafriJaouad ZairiGarba LawalJoseph YoboJoão Elias ManamanaKarim KamanziSaïd MakasiHabib BeyePapa Bouba DiopPatrick MayoKhaled BadraSelim BenachourNajeh BrahamJawhar MnariJoel LuphahlaAdam NdlovuEsrom Nyandoro1 own goal
Anicet Adjamossi (Against Morocco)| 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 | Runners-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 the 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 the 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 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 |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected the best players of the 2004 African Cup of Nations. This team was called the Ideal Team of the African Cup of Nations 2004 and consisted of:[65]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Enyeama | Walid RegraguiKhaled BadraAbdeslam OuaddouTimothée Atouba | Karim ZianiRiadh Bouazizi Jay-Jay OkochaJohn Utaka | Frédéric KanoutéYoussouf Hadji |
Each of the four teams eliminated in the quarter-finals received a bonus of 61,000euros for reaching this level of competition. The semi-finalists received 122,600 euros, the finalists 245,200 euros and the winner 280,000 euros. Compensation was also provided to help the various federations, calculated according to the length of each team's stay in Tunisia and based on a daily lump sum of 6 euros per player and coach.[66]
| Final position | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Champions | 280,000 euros |
| Runners-up | 245,200 euros |
| Semi-finalists | 122,600 euros |
| Quarter-finalists | 61,000 euros |
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2004 African Cup of Nations finalists | |
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| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Eliminated inquarter-finals | |
| Eliminated ingroup stage | |
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| Qualification | |
| Finals | |
| Bids | |
| Squads | |
| Statistics | |
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