The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into two groups of four.
Ghana won a record fourth championship, defeating Libya 7−6 on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are: Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament Hosts (debut) Holders (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980) 2nd round winners (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980) 2nd round winners (1970, 1972) 2nd round winners (1974, 1978) 2nd round winners (1968, 1980) 2nd round winners (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976) 2nd round winners (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978) Notes
Squads
Venues The competition was played in two venues in Tripoli and Benghazi.
Tripoli 11 June Stadium Capacity: 67,000 Benghazi28 March StadiumCapacity: 40,000
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: Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Drawing of lots
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Thomas Nkono Chaabane Merzekane Sampson Lamptey Haruna Yusif Ali Al-Beshari George Alhassan Samuel Opoku Nti Emmanuel Quarshie Fawzi Al-Issawi Salah Assad Rabah Madjer
References
External links 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