The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four. Ghana won its fourth championship, beating Libya on penalties 7−6 after a 1–1 draw.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

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! Team

! Qualified as

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! Previous appearances in tournament

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| || Hosts || || (debut)

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| || Holders || || (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1970, 1972)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1974, 1978)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1968, 1980)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976)

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| || 2nd round winners || || (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978)

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Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.

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! Tripoli

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| 11 June Stadium

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| Capacity: 88,000

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!Benghazi

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|28 March Stadium

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|Capacity: 55,000

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Group stage

Tiebreakers

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:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

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! Goalkeepers

! Defenders

! Midfielders

! Forwards

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Thomas Nkono

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Chaabane Merzekane <br>

Sampson Lamptey <br>

Haruna Yusif <br>

Ali Al-Beshari

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George Alhassan <br>

Samuel Opoku Nti <br>

Emmanuel Quarshie <br>

Fawzi Al-Issawi

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Salah Assad <br>

Rabah Madjer

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References

  • Details at RSSSF
  • Photographs of different ACN Finals (includes Libya 82)
  • 1982 African Cup of Nations on www.world-results.net
  • 1982 African Cup of Nations for football mundial