2004 African Cup of Nations

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The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the Nokia 2004 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, was the 24th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was played between 24 January and 14 February 2004 in Tunisia, taking place in the country for the third time following the 1965 and 1994 editions. The organization of the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000.

The defending champions were Cameroon's Indomitable Lions from the 2002 edition. A total of 32 matches were played, in which 88 goals were scored, at an average of 2.75 goals per match. Attendance at all stages of the tournament reached 617,500, averaging 19,297 viewers per match. Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. Cameroon as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament. As in the 2002 edition, sixteen teams, divided into four groups each comprising four teams, took part in the competition. The defending champions, Cameroon, were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 1–2 against Nigeria's Super Eagles. Tunisia won the title for the first time in their history, after beating one-time champions Morocco in the final match with a score of 2–1, so the Eagles of Carthage are the 13th selection in history to be crowned African champions. Nigeria secured third place after beating Mali in the third place match, which placed them fourth.

Four players scored the most goals at the end of the tournament: Tunisian Francileudo Santos, Cameroonian Patrick Mboma, Malian Frédéric Kanouté and Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha, however the top scorer title was given to Tunisia's Santos as he was the player of the champion team and did not receive any cards throughout the tournament, while Nigeria's Okocha won the best player award. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, as a representative of African continent.

Host selection

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The 7 November Stadium (pictured in 2009) host the final match, were one aspect of Tunisia's perceived success.

The organization of the 2004 edition was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This edition was awarded to Tunisia of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 editions. Two years before the start of the tournament, an organizing committee (Comité d'organisation de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations; COCAN) was established, headed by Slim Chiboub (who was the head of the organizing committee in 1994).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Voting results

Country	Votes
Template:Flagicon Tunisia	9
Template:Flagicon Zimbabwe	3
Template:Flagicon Malawi / Template:Flagicon Zambia	1
Template:Flagicon Benin / Template:Flagicon Togo	Withdrew
Total votes	13

Venues

Template:Further Template:OSM Location map The main host cities are concentrated on the country's coastal strip: Bizerte, Monastir, Sousse, Sfax and the capital Tunis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 7 November Stadium is the largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, located in city of Radès, in the southern suburb of the city Tunis, it was built to host the 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament and opened on 6 July 2001 during the final of the 2000–01 Tunisian Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The stadium obtains the Class 1 Certificate from the World Athletics,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}.</ref> which means that it reaches the best standards and specifications in its field.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

El Menzah Stadium in Tunis and Sousse Olympic Stadium in Sousse hosted matches of the 1994 African Cup of Nations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Taieb Mhiri Stadium in Sfax was one of the stadiums of the 1965 African Cup of Nations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir and 15 October Stadium in Bizerte have also been added to host the event.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All stadiums were renovated before the start of the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stadiums

List of candidate host cities

City	Stadium	Capacity
Bizerte	15 October Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Monastir	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sfax	Taieb Mhiri Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sousse	Sousse Olympic Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tunis	7 November Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	El Menzah Stadium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Qualification

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Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003. The 49 nations registered for the competition are divided into thirteen groups: ten groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The selections of Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Djibouti forfeit before the start of qualifying.

The first of each group qualify for the final tournament in Tunisia, as well as the best of the second. Cameroon, as defending champion, and Tunisia, as host country, are automatically qualified for the final phase of the competition. Benin, Rwanda and Zimbabwe managed to qualify for the African Cup of Nations for the first final phase of their history, after finishing at the top of their group in the qualifiers in front of two former African champions, Sudan and Ghana.

Qualified teams

The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA ranking at start of event
Template:Fb	Hosts	11th	2002	Template:Sort (1965, 1996)	45
Template:Fb	Holders	13th	2002	Template:Sort (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)	14
Template:Fb	Group 1 winners	13th	2002	Template:Sort (1980, 1994)	35
Template:Fb	Group 2 winners	7th	1998	Template:Sort (1976)	102
Template:Fb	Group 3 winners	1st	None	Template:Sort	123
Template:Fb	Group 4 winners	6th	2002	Template:Sort (1998)	72
Template:Fb	Group 5 winners	5th	1992	Template:Sort (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992)	76
Template:Fb	Group 6 winners	4th	2002	Template:Sort (1972)	51
Template:Fb	Group 7 winners	12th	2002	Template:Sort (1976)	38
Template:Fb	Group 8 winners	9th	2002	Template:Sort (2002)	33
Template:Fb	Group 9 winners	14th	2002	Template:Sort (1968, 1974)	54
Template:Fb	Group 10 winners	19th	2002	Template:Sort (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998)	32
Template:Fb	Group 11 winners	5th	2002	Template:Sort (1996)	36
Template:Fb	Group 12 winners	13th	2002	Template:Sort (1990)	63
Template:Fb	Group 13 winners	1st	None	Template:Sort	109
Template:Fb	Group 6 runner-up	1st	None	Template:Sort	49

Final draw

The draw took place on 20 September 2003 in Tunis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The sixteen teams were divided into four pots according to their performances in past Cup of Nations tournaments.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The January 2004 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
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Squads

Template:Further As is the case in all versions of the African Cup of Nations, each team participating in the tournament must consist of 23 players (including three goalkeepers). Participating national teams must confirm the final list of 23 players no later than ten days before the start of the tournament. In the event that a player suffers an injury which prevents him from participating in the tournament, his team has the right to replace him with another player at any time up to 24 hours before the team's first game.

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees

• Template:Flagicon Divine Evehe
• Template:Flagicon Abubakar Sharaf
• Template:Flagicon Jerome Damon
• Template:Flagicon Modou Sowe
• Template:Flagicon Tessama Hailemalek
• Template:Flagicon Falla N'Doye
• Template:Flagicon Mohamed Guezzaz
• Template:Flagicon Abdul Hakim Shelmani
• Template:Flagicon Essam Abdel-Fatah
• Template:Flagicon Lassina Paré
• Template:Flagicon Coffi Codjia
• Template:Flagicon Alain Hamer
• Template:Flagicon Eddy Maillet
• Template:Flagicon Koman Coulibaly
• Template:Flagicon Ali Bujsaim
• Template:Flagicon Hichem Guirat

Match summary

The 16 national teams participating in the tournament together played a total of 32 matches ranging from group stage and progression matches to knockout matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages. Rest days are set aside during the different stages to allow players to recover during the tournament.

Day	Time	Venue	Stage	Team 1	Result	Team 2
24 January 2004	Preliminary events
	18:00	7 November Stadium	Opening ceremony
	First round of group stage matches
	19:30	7 November Stadium	Group A	Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb
25 January 2004	14:00	El Menzah Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–2	Template:Fb
	16:30	Taieb Mhiri Stadium	Group C	Template:Fb-rt	1–2	Template:Fb
	19:00	Sousse Olympic Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–1	Template:Fb
26 January 2004	14:00	15 October Stadium	Group B	Template:Fb-rt	1–3	Template:Fb
	19:00	El Menzah Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	0–0	Template:Fb
27 January 2004	14:00	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium	Group D	Template:Fb-rt	0–1	Template:Fb
	18:00	Taieb Mhiri Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	2–0	Template:Fb
28 January 2004	Second round of group stage matches
	14:00	15 October Stadium	Group A	Template:Fb-rt	1–1	Template:Fb
	16:15	7 November Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	3–0	Template:Fb
29 January 2004	16:30	Taieb Mhiri Stadium	Group C	Template:Fb-rt	5–3	Template:Fb
	19:00	Sousse Olympic Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb
30 January 2004	14:00	15 October Stadium	Group B	Template:Fb-rt	3–0	Template:Fb
	19:00	El Menzah Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–3	Template:Fb
31 January 2004	14:00	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium	Group D	Template:Fb-rt	4–0	Template:Fb
	18:00	Taieb Mhiri Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	4–0	Template:Fb
1 February 2004	Third round of group stage matches
	14:00	7 November Stadium	Group A	Template:Fb-rt	1–1	Template:Fb
	14:00	15 October Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–0	Template:Fb
2 February 2004	14:00	El Menzah Stadium	Group B	Template:Fb-rt	1–1	Template:Fb
	14:00	15 October Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	0–3	Template:Fb
3 February 2004	14:00	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium	Group C	Template:Fb-rt	0–0	Template:Fb
	14:00	Sousse Olympic Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–2	Template:Fb
4 February 2004	18:00	Sousse Olympic Stadium	Group D	Template:Fb-rt	1–1	Template:Fb
	18:00	Taieb Mhiri Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb
5 February 2004	Rest days
6 February 2004
7 February 2004	Knockout stage matches
	14:00	El Menzah Stadium	Quarter-finals	Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb
	17:00	7 November Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–0	Template:Fb
8 February 2004	14:00	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	1–2	Template:Fb
	17:00	Taieb Mhiri Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	3–1 Template:After extra time	Template:Fb
9 February 2004	Rest days
10 February 2004
11 February 2004	16:00	7 November Stadium	Semi-finals	Template:Fb-rt	1–1 Template:Pen	Template:Fb
	19:00	Sousse Olympic Stadium		Template:Fb-rt	4–0	Template:Fb
12 February 2004	Rest days
13 February 2004	20:00	Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium	Third place match	Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb
14 February 2004	14:30	7 November Stadium	Final	Template:Fb-rt	2–1	Template:Fb

Group stage

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Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):<ref name="regulations">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

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Final

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Quote box During the final, on 14 February 2004 at Stade 7 November in Radès in front of 60,000 supporters,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tunisia got off to a good start with a lead 1–0 after four minutes with Mehdi Nafti centered on Francileudo Santos, who scored his fourth goal of the tournament. At the end of the first half, Morocco came back to score with a goal from Youssouf Hadji on a lift from Youssef Mokhtari. Seven minutes passed in the second half before another Tunisian striker, Ziad Jaziri gave his country the lead. The match finally ends with the score of 2–1, giving Tunisia their first African Cup of Nations title.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Khaled Badra and Riadh Bouazizi lifted the trophy after receiving it from President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Eagles of Carthage are the 13th selection in history to be crowned African champions. Roger Lemerre also becomes the first coach to win two different continental tournaments after having previously won the UEFA Euro 2000 with France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The national team also wins the African National Team of the Year award from the Confederation of African Football.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, as a representative of African continent.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Footballbox

Statistics

Tournament rankings

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Player of the Tournament

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Top Scorer

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Team of the Tournament

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected the best players of the African Cup of Nations as part of the tournament's ideal team. This team was called the Ideal Team of the African Cup of Nations 2004 and consisted of:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Template:Fbicon Vincent Enyeama	Template:Fbicon Walid Regragui Template:Fbicon Khaled Badra Template:Fbicon Abdeslam Ouaddou Template:Fbicon Timothée Atouba	Template:Fbicon Karim Ziani Template:Fbicon Riadh Bouazizi Template:Fbicon Jay-Jay Okocha Template:Fbicon John Utaka	Template:Fbicon Frédéric Kanouté Template:Fbicon Youssouf Hadji

Prize money

Each of the four teams eliminated in the quarter-finals received a bonus of 61,000 euros for reaching this level of competition. The semi-finalists received 122,600 euros, the finalists 245,200 euros and the winner 280,000 euros. Compensation was also provided to help the various federations, calculated according to the length of each team's stay in Tunisia and based on a daily lump sum of 6 euros per player and coach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Final position	Prize money
Champions	280,000 euros
Runners-up	245,200 euros
Semi-finalists	122,600 euros
Quarter-finalists	61,000 euros

Marketing

Sponsorship

On 20 September 2003, in Tunis, Nokia acquired from CAF the right to be the "title sponsor" of the 24th edition,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which is therefore officially called Nokia Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sponsors list<ref name=":0" />

Title sponsor	Official sponsors	Regional sponsors
Nokia	Toyota Pepsi Henkel Western Union The Laughing Cow Glo	Tunisie Telecom Tunisair AGIL Délice Danone

Broadcasting

Territory	Channel
Template:TUN	Tunis 7<ref name=":0" />
{{#invoke:flag	France}}	Canal+
Template:Flagicon MENA	ART
Template:Noflag Sub-Saharan Africa	LC 2 AFNEX

Symbols

Mascot

File:Afcon 2004 mascot.png

Official mascot poster.

To choose the tournament mascot, the organizing committee is launching a competition open to the entire Tunisian population. The only rules imposed, this mascot must be an eagle and must represent football, Africa and Tunisia. Of the fifty or so proposals submitted to the committee, it is the work of Malek Khalfallah that is retained. It is an eagle, which the author baptized Nçayir. The colors of its equipment, red and white, refer to the colors of the Tunisian flag.

I sent my proposal by post without even giving my phone number. I just wanted to participate. And one day someone knocked on the door telling me that I urgently needed to call a number. To my great surprise I learned that it was my first mascot proposal that won the contest! I then had to change a few details requested by the organizing committee.{{#if:Malek Khalfallah (mascot designer)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Match ball

The official ball for the 2004 African Cup of Nations is the Adidas Fevernova. Designed two years earlier by Adidas for the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup held in United States, the ball was reused during the 2004 African Cup of Nations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament
• 2004 African Women's Championship
• Football in Tunisia

External links

• 2004 edition records and statistics at RSSSF

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