Africa Cup of Nations 1988
Morocco · 13 Mar 1988 – 27 Mar 1988
CameroonChampionNigeriaRunner-up
8Teams
16Matches
23Goals
Tournament summary
The Africa Cup of Nations 1988 was played in Morocco from 13 March 1988 to 27 March 1988. 8 teams took part, playing 16 matches with 23 goals (1.44 per match).
Cameroon won the title (their 2nd), beating Nigeria 1–0 in the final in Casablanca.
Abdoulaye Traoré (Ivory Coast), Gamal Abdelhamid (Egypt), Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria) and Roger Milla (Cameroon) shared the scoring lead with 2 goals each.
Participants
Shading by points won; the champion is highlighted in gold.
Team statistics
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
 Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
 Algeria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Morocco | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
 Kenya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 |
Aggregated over all matches of the tournament (group stage and knock-outs).
All results
Sunday 13 March 1988
- Algeria 1–1 Ivory CoastCasablanca
- Morocco 1–1 DR CongoCasablanca
Monday 14 March 1988
Wednesday 16 March 1988
- Ivory Coast 1–1 DR CongoCasablanca
- Morocco 1–0 AlgeriaCasablanca
Thursday 17 March 1988
Saturday 19 March 1988
- Algeria 1–0 DR CongoCasablanca
- Morocco 0–0 Ivory CoastCasablanca