1994 African Cup of Nations final

1994 African Cup of Nations final

Stade El Menzah in Tunis hosted the final
Event	1994 African Cup of Nations
Nigeria Zambia 2 1
Date	10 April 1994
Venue	Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee	Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance	25,000

The 1994 African Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 10 April 1994, and was the final match of the 19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. It was played in the Stade El Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia. Nigeria won its second championship, beating Zambia in the final 2−1.

The Zambian team was recently constituted, following the 1993 air disaster in which eighteen players and several staff members from the previous team were killed.

Road to the final

Nigeria		Zambia
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Gabon	3–0	Sierra Leone	0–0
Egypt	0–0	Ivory Coast	1–0
Quarter-finals
Zaire	2–0	Senegal	1–0
Semi-finals
Ivory Coast	2–2 (4–2 p)	Mali	4–0

Match

Details

10 April 1994

Nigeria	2–1	Zambia
Amunike 5', 47'	Report Report	Litana 3'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Nigeria

Zambia

GK 22 Peter Rufai RB 2 Augustine Eguavoen (c)  78' CB 5 Uche Okechukwu CB 6 Uche Okafor LB 3 Benedict Iroha  68' DM 15 Sunday Oliseh RM 7 Finidi George  41' LM 11 Emmanuel Amunike AM 10 Jay-Jay Okocha  73' CF 14 Daniel Amokachi CF 9 Rashidi Yekini Substitutions: FW 13 Samson Siasia  41' DF 19 Nduka Ugbade  73' Manager: Clemens Westerhof

GK 1 James Phiri SW 2 Harrison Chongo RB 3 Elijah Litana  25' CB 5 Mordon Malitoli  42' LB 13 Aggrey Chiyangi RM 4 Kapambwe Mulenga  60' CM 14 Joel Bwalya CM 10 Evans Sakala LM 12 Kenneth Malitoli CF 9 Zeddy Saileti CF 11 Kalusha Bwalya (c)  70' Substitutions: MF 18 Linos Makwaza  60' FW 7 Johnson Bwalya  70' Manager: Ian Porterfield

Assistant referees: El-Jilali R'Harib (Morocco) Abdel-Magid Hassan (Egypt)

External links

• Final match details - worldfootball.net
  11v11.com
• Qualifications details - rsssf