The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...

, the

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia, who replaced original hosts Zaire. Just as in

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, the field of twelve teams was split into four groups of three.

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

won its second championship, beating

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

2–1 in the final. The Zambian team was recently formed, following an air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members of the previous team had been killed.

Qualified teams

The 12 qualified teams are: * (holders) * * * * * * * * * * (host) * * * ''

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

replaced

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(disqualified)''

Squads

Venues

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Scorers

;5 goals *

Rashidi Yekini Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is all-time top goalscorer for his nation. His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated wi ...

;4 goals *

Joël Tiéhi Joël Tiéhi (born 12 June 1964) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Tiéhi played in the French Ligue 1 and for the Ivory Coast national team. With his national team, he played at the 1992, 1994, 1996 ...

;2 goals * Bashir Abdel Samad * Charles Akonnor * Michel Bassolé *

Emmanuel Amuneke Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former professional football player who played as a winger. and is currently the assistant coach of Nigeria national team. Playing career He played fo ...

* Elijah Litana * Kenneth Malitoli ;1 goal * Hamza El-Gamal * Ayman Mansour *

Prince Polley Prince Opoku Bismark Polley Sampene (born 4 May 1969), known as Prince Polley, is a Ghanaian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career He used to play for the Dutch club FC Twente. International Polley participated for ...

* Aboubacar Titi Camara *

Tchiressoua Guel Tchiressoua Guel (born 27 December 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Guel played for various clubs in France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, including Olympique de Marseille, AS Saint-Étienne and FC Lorient ...

* Adama Koné * Ahmed Ouattara * Donald-Olivier Sie * Abdoulaye Traoré *

Fernand Coulibaly Fernand Coulibaly (born 1 August 1971) is a retired Malian professional football striker who played for several clubs in Europe and the Mali national football team. He has Turkish citizenship with the name Muhammed Doğan. Coulibaly was born ...

Amadou Diallo In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes offi ...

* Modibo Sidibé * Soumaila Traoré *

Mutiu Adepoju Mutiu Adepoju (born 22 December 1970) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven se ...

* Ben Iroha * Momath Gueye * Athanas Tendeng *

Faouzi Rouissi Faouzi Rouissi (born 20 March 1971 in Tunis) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rouissi's career started at the age of 10, when he joined local club Club Africain. He spent seven successful years in their yout ...

* Lemba Basaula *

Nsumbu Ngoy Ngoy Nsumbu (born 30 December 1972) is a retired Congolese football midfielder. He was a squad member at the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations. Honours Genk *Belgian First Division: 1998–99 *Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de ...

* Kalusha Bwalya * Zeddy Saileti * Evans Sakala

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper *

Ahmed Shobair Ahmed Abdelaziz Shobeir ( ar, أحمد عبد العزيز شوبير; born 28 September 1960) is former Egyptian goalkeeper who played for Al Ahly club & Egypt national football team. He is a former vice-president of the Egyptian Football Associa ...

Defenders * Frank Amankwah * Harrison Chongo * Elijah Litana * Benedict Iroha Midfielders * Serge-Alain Maguy *

Jay-Jay Okocha Augustine Azuka Okocha ( ; born 14 August 1973), commonly known as Jay-Jay Okocha, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played 73 times for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scorin ...

Daniel Amokachi Daniel Owefin Amokachi (born 30 December 1972) is a Nigerian football manager and former professional footballer and a member of the dubious goals panel for the Premier League. As a player he was a forward who notably played in the Premier L ...

Abedi Pele Abedi Ayew ( ; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the gr ...

Forwards *

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