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1980 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
Dates8 − 22 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Morocco
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored33 (2.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Khaled Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Christian Chukwu
← 1978
1982 →

The 1980 Africa Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its first championship, beating Algeria in the final 3−0.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Lagos
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Locations of the 1980 African Cup of Nations venues
 Ibadan
Surulere Stadium Liberty Stadium
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 35,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
 Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Tanzania 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Nigeria 3–1 Tanzania
Lawal 11'
Onyedika 35'
Odegbami 85'		 Report Mkambi 54'
Attendance: 80,000
Egypt 2–1 Ivory Coast
Hammam 8'
Mokhtar 20'		 Report Gome 7'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Joel Mondoka (Zambia)
Egypt 2–1 Tanzania
Shehata 32'
Nour 38'		 Report 86' Waziri
Attendance: 55,000
Nigeria 0–0 Ivory Coast
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Ivory Coast 1–1 Tanzania
Koma 7' Report Waziri 59'
Attendance: 70,000
Nigeria 1–0 Egypt
Isima 15' Report
Attendance: 70,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Algeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Ghana 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
 Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Ghana 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Morocco 1–1 Guinea
Mustapha 7' Report M. Camara 8'
Attendance: 40,000
Algeria 1–0 Morocco
Belloumi 90+3' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ali Dridi (Tunisia)
Ghana 1–0 Guinea
Klutse 69' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Algeria 3–2 Guinea
Bensaoula 12', 49'
Belloumi 37'		 Report Diawara 82'
Bangoura 90+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Morocco 1–0 Ghana
Labied 44' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dodou N'Jie (Gambia)

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 March – Lagos
 
 
  Nigeria 1
 
22 March – Lagos
 
  Morocco 0
 
  Nigeria 3
 
 19 March – Ibadan
 
  Algeria 0
 
  Algeria (p) 2 (4)
 
 
  Egypt 2 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 21 March – Lagos
 
 
  Morocco 2
 
 
  Egypt 0

Semi-finals

Nigeria 1–0 Morocco
Owolabi 9' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Algeria 2–2 Egypt
Assad 55' (pen.)
Benmiloudi 62'		 Report El Khatib 32'
El Sayed 47'
Penalties
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Assad soccer ball with check mark		 4-2 soccer ball with check mark Shehata
soccer ball with check mark Mokhtar
soccer ball with red X El Khatib
soccer ball with red X Amer
Attendance: 5,000

Third place match

Morocco 2–0 Egypt
Labied 9', 78' Report
Attendance: 5,000

Final

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Nations Final
Nigeria 3–0 Algeria
Odegbami 2', 42'
Lawal 50'		 Report
Attendance: 85,000

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1980 Champions 

Nigeria
1st title

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nigeria Best Ogedegbe

Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu

Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawky Gharieb

Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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