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There were five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments throughout the 1980s, with Nigeria hosting and winning in 1980; Libya hosting in 1982 in which they were runners-up up to Ghana; Ivory Coast hosting a Cameroon defeat of Nigeria in the final of 1984; Egypt defeating Cameroon on home soil to win in 1986; and Morocco in 1988 (replacing original hosts Zambia due to financial reasons) with a final again featuring a Cameroonian victory over the Nigerians.

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AFCON 1980 – nigeria

 

Nigeria vs Tanzania, Group A, Surulere Stadium, Lagos, 08/03/1980:

 

Nigeria vs Egypt, Group A, Surulere Stadium, Lagos, 15/03/1980:

 

Nigeria vs Morocco, SEMI-FINAL, Surulere Stadium, Lagos, 19/03/1980:

 

Nigeria vs Algeria, FINAL, Surulere Stadium, Lagos, 22/03/1980:

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afcon 1982 – lIbYa

 

Algeria vs Ethiopia, Group B, 28 March Stadium, Benghazi, 13/03/1982:

 

Libya vs Ghana, FINAL, 11 June Stadium, Tripoli, 19/03/1982:

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afcon 1984 – ivory coast

 

Cameroon vs Egypt, Group A, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, 04/03/1984:

 

Algeria vs Malawi, Group B, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, 05/03/1984:

 

Ivory Coast vs Egypt, Group A, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, 07/03/1984:

 

Cameroon vs Nigeria, FINAL, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, 18/03/1984:

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afcon 1986 – egypt

 

Egypt vs Senegal, Group A, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, 07/03/1986:

 

Egypt vs Ivory Coast, Group A, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, 10/03/1986:

 

Cameroon vs Morocco, Group B, Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, 11/03/1986:

 

Egypt vs Mozambique,  Group A, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, 13/03/1986:

 

Cameroon vs Algeria, Group B, Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, 14/03/1986:

 

Egypt vs Morocco, SEMI-FINAL, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, 17/03/1986:

 

Egypt vs Cameroon, FINAL, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, 21/03/1986:

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afcon 1988 – MOROCCO

 

Morocco vs Zaire, Group A, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 13/03/1988:

 

Cameroon vs Egypt, Group B, Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, 14/03/1988:

 

Nigeria vs Kenya, Group B, Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, 14/03/1988:

 

Ivory Coast vs Zaire, Group A, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 16/03/1988:

Morocco vs Ivory Coast, Group A, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 19/03/1988:

Nigeria vs Algeria, SEMI-FINAL, Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, 23/03/1988:

Morocco vs Cameroon, SEMI-FINAL, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 23/03/1988:

Morocco vs Algeria, 3rd place playoff, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 26/031988:

Cameroon vs Nigeria, FINAL, Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, 27/03/1988:

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YOUTUBE LINKS:

Nigeria vs Tanzania, 1980
Nigeria vs Egypt, 1980
Nigeria vs Morocco, 1980
Nigeria vs Algeria, 1980
Algeria vs Ethiopia, 1982
Libya vs Ghana, 1982
Libya vs Ghana, 1982 B
Cameroon vs Egypt, 1984
Algeria vs Malawi, 1984
Algeria vs Malawi, 1984 B
Ivory Coast vs Egypt, 1984
Cameroon vs Nigeria, 1984
Egypt vs Senegal, 1986
Egypt vs Ivory Coast, 1986
Cameroon vs Morocco, 1986
Egypt vs Mozambique, 1986
Cameroon vs Algeria, 1986
Egypt vs Morocco, 1986
Egypt vs Cameroon, 1986
Morocco vs Zaire, 1988
Cameroon vs Egypt, 1988
Nigeria vs Kenya, 1988
Ivory Coast vs Zaire, 1988
Morocco vs Ivory Coast, 1988
Nigeria vs Algeria, 1988
Nigeria vs Algeria, 1988 B
Nigeria vs Algeria, 1988 C
Morocco vs Cameroon, 1988
Morocco vs Algeria, 1988
Cameroon vs Nigeria, 1988

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