2004 African Cup of Nations

The African Cup of Nations 2004 ( English African Cup of Nations, French Coupe d' Afrique des Nations ) was the 24th playout of the African continental championship in football and was held from January 24 to February 14 for the third time after 1965 and 1994 in Tunisia instead. Host Tunisia used its home court advantage, won the tournament and was the first time African champions in football. Tunisia Thus qualified, with the French coach Roger Lemerre, even for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 in Germany.

  • 5.1 quarterfinals
  • 5.2 Semi-finals
  • 5.3 3rd place match
  • 5.4 final

Qualification

As previously found a qualification for the reduction of the field of 51 contestants on the sixteen finalists instead, where hosts Tunisia and defending champions Cameroon qualified automatically. Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Algeria, Egypt ( with nineteen appearances record attendance ), Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cameroon, Kenya, DR Congo, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.

Game Mode

It was played with four groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group then played as usual from the quarter finals in the knockout system from the tournament winner.

Venues

On the Enter the games were held in the following stages:

  • Stadium of November 7, wheel, 60,000 places
  • Stade Olympique d' El Menzah, Tunis, 45,000 places
  • Stadium October 15, Bizerta, 20,000 places
  • Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, 25,000 places
  • Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, 20,000 places
  • Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, 22,000 seats

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Final

Top scorers

In addition, 10 players came with two and 36 players, each with one hit.

Trivia

The ticket prices were at three TND (2.32 € ) for the cheapest ticket and 30 TND ( € 23.24 ) for the most expensive ticket. The prices varied depending on the stadium and play.

Sports TV Station Euro Sport transferred 27 of the 32 games live and exclusively in 54 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The games were offered in 19 different languages ​​. In the Arab countries, Al Jazeera Sports and ART radiated all 32 games.

Stade Olympique de Radès Stade El Menzah Monastir, Tunisia Youssef Mokhtari Youssouf Hadji
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