1982 West African Nations Cup

The 1982 West African Nations Cup, was held in Benin between 13 February and 23 February 1982. The West African Nations Cup was an annual football competition between national teams in West Africa, The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) the sport's governing body in Africa, has been functioning as a specialised agency of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). It was the first time that the Zone III finals was held in West Africa.

The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) was established in July 1965 in Brazzaville as the Comite Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Its present title was adopted in Bamako on 14 December 1966. Since 3 July 1977, the SCSA has been functioning as a specialised agency of the Organization of African Unity. The SCSA has its headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [cite news | date=2007-10-20 | url=http://www.tessemas.net/Reforming%20the%20SCSA.HTM | title=The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (S.C.S.A.). | publisher=tessamas.net | accessdate=2007-10-20]

Benin hosted the event.

Group 1

Group matches

Knockout stages

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: Semi-finals and Final. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen minute halves); If scores were still level after 30 minutes extra time there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (AET), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (PSO).

Round4
19 February – Cotonou|flagicon|Ghana Ghana|1|flagicon|Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta |0
21 February - Cotonou|flagicon|Togo Togo (pso) |1 (5)|flagicon|Ivory Coast Ivory Coast |1 (3)
23 February – Cotonou|flagicon|Togo Togo |1|flagicon|Ghana Ghana|2
22 February - Cotonou|flagicon|Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta (pso) |1 (5)|flagicon|Ivory Coast Ivory Coast |1 (3)

Semi-finals

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date = February 19, 1982
team1 = fb-rt|GHA
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|Republic of Upper Volta
goals1 = goal
stadium = Cotonou----footballbox
date = February 21, 1982
team1 = fb-rt|TOG
score = 1 – 1 (AET)
(Togo won 5-3 on PSO) | team2 = fb|CIV
goals1 = goal
goals2 = goal
stadium = Cotonou

Third place play-off

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date = February 22, 1982
team1 = fb|Republic of Upper Volta
score = 1 – 1 (AET)
(Upper Volta won on PSO)
team2 = fb|CIV
goals1 = goal
goals2 = goal
stadium = Cotonou

Final

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date = February 23, 1982
team1 = fb-rt|TOG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|GHA
goals1 = goal
goals2 = goal
goal
stadium = Cotonou

Result

References

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External links

* [http://rsssf.com/tablesc/cssa.html#82 1982 West African Nations Cup] - Rsssf
* [http://www.rdasilva.demon.co.uk/football/other/wnc1982.html Statistics]