2004 African Cup of Nations
International football competition
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The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the Nokia 2004 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 24th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was played between 24 January and 14 February 2004 in Tunisia, taking place in the country for the third time following the 1965 and 1994 editions. The organization of the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000.
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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 |
← 2002 2006 → | |
The defending champions were Cameroon from the 2002 edition. A total of 32 matches were played, in which 88 goals were scored, at an average of 2.75 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 617,500, averaging 19,297 viewers per match. Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. Cameroon as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament. As in the 2002 edition, sixteen teams, divided into four groups each comprising four teams, took part in the competition. The defending champions Cameroon were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 1–2 against Nigeria's Super eagles. Tunisia won the title for the first time in their history, after beating one-time champions Morocco in the final match with a score of 2–1, so the Eagles of Carthage are the 13th selection in history to be crowned African champions. Nigeria secured third place after beating Mali in the third place match, which placed them fourth.
Four players scored the most goals at the end of the tournament: Tunisian Francileudo Santos, Cameroonian Patrick Mboma, Malian Frédéric Kanouté and Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, however the top scorer title was given to Tunisia's Santos as he was the player of the champion team and did not receive any cards throughout the tournament, while Nigeria's Okocha won the best player award. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, as a representative of African continent.
Host selection
The organization of the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.[1] Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.[2] Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.[3] 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.[4] This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 editions. Two years before the start of the tournament, an organizing committee (Comité d'organisation de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations; COCAN) was established, headed by Slim Chiboub (who was the head of the organizing committee in 1994).[5]
| Country | Votes |
|---|---|
| Tunisia |
9 |
 Zimbabwe |
3 |
 Malawi /  Zambia |
1 |
 Benin /  Togo |
Withdrew |
| Total votes | 13 |
Prize money
Each of the four teams eliminated in the quarter-finals received a bonus of 61,000 euros 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.[6]
Marketing
Sponsorship
On 20 September 2003, in Tunis, Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the "title sponsor" of the 24th edition,[7] which is therefore officially called Nokia Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.[8][9]
| Title sponsor | Official sponsors | Regional sponsors | ||
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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.[10]
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 held in South Korea and Japan and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup held in United States, the ball was reused during the 2004 African Cup of Nations.[11]
Venues
The main host cities are concentrated on the country's coastal strip: Bizerte, Monastir, Sousse, Sfax and Tunis. The 7 November Stadium is the largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, located in city of Radès, in the southern suburb of the city Tunis, it was built to host the 2001 Mediterranean Games and opened on 6 July 2001.[12] The stadium obtains the Class 1 Certificate from the World Athletics,[13] which means that it reaches the best standards and specifications in its field.[14]
El Menzah Stadium in Tunis and Sousse Olympic Stadium in Sousse hosted matches of the 1994 African Cup of Nations.[15][16] Taieb Mhiri Stadium in Sfax was one of the stadiums of the 1965 African Cup of Nations.[17] Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir and 15 October Stadium in Bizerte have also been added to host the event.[18][19] All stadiums were renovated before the start of the tournament.[20]
Stadiums
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Bizerte | 15 October Stadium | 20,000[21] |
| Monastir | Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium | 22,000[22] |
| Sfax | Taieb Mhiri Stadium | 22,000[23] |
| Sousse | Sousse Olympic Stadium | 28,000[24] |
| Tunis | 7 November Stadium | 60,000[25] |
| El Menzah Stadium | 45,000[26] |
Qualification
Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. 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, São Tomé and Príncipe 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. Benin, Rwanda and Zimbabwe managed to qualify for the African Cup of Nations 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.
Qualified teams
The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualification method | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance | WR | |||
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| Total | First | Last | Streak | ||||
| Tunisia |
Hosts | 11th | 1962 | 2002 | 6 | Runners-up (1965, 1996) | 45 |
 Cameroon |
Holders | 13th | 1970 | 2002 | 5 | Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) | 14 |
| Nigeria |
Group A winners | 13th | 1963 | 2002 | 3 | Winners (1980, 1994) | 35 |
 Guinea |
Group B winners | 7th | 1970 | 1998 | 1 | Runners-up (1976) | 102 |
| Benin |
Group C winners | 1st | Debut | 123 | |||
 Burkina Faso |
Group D winners | 6th | 1978 | 2002 | 5 | Fourth place (1998) | 72 |
 Kenya |
Group E winners | 5th | 1972 | 1992 | 1 | Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992) | 76 |
| Mali |
Group F winners | 4th | 1972 | 2002 | 2 | Runners-up (1972) | 51 |
| Morocco |
Group G winners | 12th | 1972 | 2002 | 4 | Winners (1976) | 38 |
 Senegal |
Group H winners | 9th | 1965 | 2002 | 3 | Runners-up (2002) | 33 |
 DR Congo |
Group I winners | 14th | 1965 | 2002 | 7 | Winners (1968, 1974) | 54 |
 Egypt |
Group J winners | 19th | 1957 | 2002 | 11 | Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998) | 32 |
 South Africa |
Group K winners | 5th | 1996 | 2002 | 5 | Winners (1996) | 36 |
 Algeria |
Group L winners | 13th | 1968 | 2002 | 5 | Winners (1990) | 63 |
 Rwanda |
Group M winners | 1st | Debut | 109 | |||
| Zimbabwe |
Group F runner-up | 1st | Debut | 49 | |||
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.
Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.
Referees
Divine Evehe
Abubakar Sharaf
Jerome Damon
Modou Sowe
Tessama Hailemalek
Falla N'Doye
Mohamed Guezzaz
Abdul Hakim Shelmani
Essam Abdel-Fatah
Lassina Paré
Coffi Codjia
Alain Hamer
Eddy Maillet
Koman Coulibaly
Ali Bujsaim
Hichem Guirat
Draw
Group stage
Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.[30]
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):[31]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia (H) |
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 |
| 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' |
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 |
| Senegal | 3–0 | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| 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' |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
Knockout stage
| 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 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
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
Abdelmalek Cherrad- Maamar Mamouni
- Brahim Zafour
- Moussa Latoundji
- Dieudonné Minoungou
- Samuel Eto'o
Alain Masudi- Tamer Abdel Hamid
- Mohamed Barakat
- Ahmad Belal
John Baraza- Emmanuel Ake
- Titus Mulama
- Dennis Oliech
- Sédonoudé Abouta
- Soumaïla Coulibaly
- Mohamed Sissoko
- Dramane Traoré
- Nabil Baha
- Talal El Karkouri
- Abdeslam Ouaddou
- Youssef Safri
- Jaouad Zairi
Garba Lawal- Joseph Yobo
João Elias Manamana- Karim Kamanzi
- Saïd Makasi
- Habib Beye
- Papa Bouba Diop
- Patrick Mayo
- Khaled Badra
- Selim Benachour
- Najeh Braham
- Jawhar Mnari
Joel Luphahla- Adam Ndlovu
- Esrom Nyandoro
1 own goal
- Anicet Adjamossi (Against Morocco)
Tournament rankings
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Champion
Runner-up
Third place |
Fourth place
Quarter-finals
Group stage
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| 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 | |
| 5 | Senegal |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 6 | Cameroon |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Guinea |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Algeria |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Rwanda |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 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 |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Man of the Competition |
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| Jay-Jay Okocha[64] |
| Top Scorer |
| Francileudo Santos (4 goals)[65] |
Team of the Tournament
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected the best players of the African Cup of Nations as part of the tournament's ideal team. This team was called the Ideal Team of the African Cup of Nations 2004 and consisted of:[66]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Enyeama |
Walid Regragui Khaled Badra Abdeslam Ouaddou Timothée Atouba |
Karim Ziani Riadh Bouazizi Jay-Jay Okocha John Utaka |
Frédéric Kanouté Youssouf Hadji |
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