Africa Cup of Nations 1998
Burkina Faso · 7 Feb 1998 – 28 Feb 1998
EgyptChampionSouth AfricaRunner-up
16Teams
32Matches
93Goals
Tournament summary
The Africa Cup of Nations 1998 was played in Burkina Faso from 7 February 1998 to 28 February 1998. 16 teams took part, playing 32 matches with 93 goals (2.91 per match).
Egypt won the title (their 4th), beating South Africa 2–0 in the final in Ouagadougou.
Benni McCarthy (South Africa) and Hossam Hassan (Egypt) shared the scoring lead with 7 goals each.
Participants
Shading by points won; the champion is highlighted in gold.
Team statistics
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
 South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
 DR Congo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
 Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
 Burkina Faso | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
 Morocco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
 Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
 Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
 Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Togo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
 Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 |
 Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
 Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
 Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 |
Aggregated over all matches of the tournament (group stage and knock-outs).
All results
Saturday 7 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 0–1 CameroonOuagadougou
Sunday 8 February 1998
- Algeria 0–1 GuineaOuagadougou
- Ivory Coast 4–3 NamibiaBobo Dioulasso
- South Africa 0–0 AngolaBobo Dioulasso
Monday 9 February 1998
Tuesday 10 February 1998
- Egypt 2–0 MozambiqueBobo Dioulasso
Wednesday 11 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 2–1 AlgeriaOuagadougou
- Cameroon 2–2 GuineaOuagadougou
- South Africa 1–1 Ivory CoastBobo Dioulasso
Thursday 12 February 1998
Friday 13 February 1998
- Morocco 3–0 MozambiqueBobo Dioulasso
- Zambia 0–4 EgyptBobo Dioulasso
Sunday 15 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 1–0 GuineaOuagadougou
- Cameroon 2–1 AlgeriaOuagadougou
Monday 16 February 1998
- Ghana 0–1 DR CongoOuagadougou
- Ivory Coast 5–2 AngolaOuagadougou
- South Africa 4–1 NamibiaBobo Dioulasso
- Tunisia 3–1 TogoOuagadougou
Tuesday 17 February 1998
- Egypt 0–1 MoroccoOuagadougou
- Zambia 3–1 MozambiqueBobo Dioulasso
Friday 20 February 1998
Saturday 21 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 1–1 TunisiaBurkina Faso won on penalties · Ouagadougou
- Ivory Coast 0–0 EgyptEgypt won on penalties · Ouagadougou
Sunday 22 February 1998
- Morocco 1–2 South AfricaOuagadougou
Wednesday 25 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 0–2 EgyptBobo Dioulasso
- DR Congo 1–2 South AfricaOuagadougou
Friday 27 February 1998
- Burkina Faso 4–4 DR CongoDR Congo won on penalties · Ouagadougou
Saturday 28 February 1998
- South Africa 0–2 EgyptOuagadougou