The 1998 African Cup of Nations was the 21st edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Burkina Faso. Just like in 1996, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.

Egypt won a fourth title, defeating defending champions South Africa 2–0 in the final.

Qualification

Nigeria was banned from participating in the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifiers because of its withdrawal from the 1996 tournament after it had already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during the 1996 tournament qualifiers.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament Hosts (1978, 1996) Holders (1996) Group 1 winners (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994,1996) Group 4 runners-up (1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1994) Group 4 winners (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996) Group 2 runners-up (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) Group 6 runners-up (1996) Group 5 winners (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996) Group 6 runners-up (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996) Group 3 runners-up (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986,1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) Group 2 winners (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992,1994, 1996) Group 3 winners (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992) Group 7 runners-up (1986, 1996) Group 5 runners-up (debut) Group 6 winners (1972, 1984) Group 7 winners (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) Notes

Teams excluded

Squads

Venues Ouagadougou Stade du 4 Août Stade Municipal Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 30,000 Bobo-Dioulasso Stade Municipal Capacity: 40,000

Group stage Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics Goalscorers

Team of the Tournament The following eleven players were chosen as the CAF Team of the Tournament for the 1998 African Cup of Nations.

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Nader El-Sayed Mark Fish Jojo Noureddine Naybet Mohamed Emara Charles Akonnor Hassen Gabsi Tchiressoua Guel Didier Ekanza Simba Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy

Tournament rankings Ranking criteria Teams are ranked according to the round in which they were eliminated, with the teams eliminated in the same round ranked according to their results and goal difference in that round.

| colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals

| colspan="11" | Eliminated in the group stage

References

External links

Details at RSSSF