1986 African Cup of Nations

The 1986 African Cup of Nations was the 15th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, a football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1984, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Egypt won its third championship, beating Cameroon on penalty kicks 5–4 after a goalless draw.

Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
 * Notes

Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Cairo and Alexandria.

Scorers

 * 4 goals
 * 🇨🇲 Roger Milla


 * 3 goals


 * 🇪🇬 Taher Abouzaid
 * 🇨🇮 Abdoulaye Traoré


 * 2 goals


 * 🇨🇲 André Kana-Biyik
 * 🇨🇲 Louis-Paul M'Fédé
 * 🇨🇮 Lucien Kassi-Kouadio


 * 1 goal


 * Rabah Madjer
 * Karim Maroc
 * 🇪🇬 Shawky Gharib
 * 🇪🇬 Gamal Abdelhamid
 * 🇨🇮 Kouassi N'Dri
 * 🇨🇮 Oumar Ben Salah
 * 🇲🇦 Abdelkrim Merry "Krimau"
 * 🇲🇦 Abdelfettah Rhiati
 * 🇲🇦 Mohammed Sahil
 * 🇸🇳 Jules Bocandé
 * 🇸🇳 Pape Fall
 * 🇸🇳 Thierno Youm
 * Kalusha Bwalya
 * Michael Chabala


 * Own goal
 * Jones Chilengi (against Morocco)