Nigeria beats Ivory Coast to advance to AFCON semifinals

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Posted on 8 March 1990

ALGIERS, Mar. 8, 1990 (AMP) — Algeria 1990 : Nigeria defeated Ivory Coast by a score of 1-0 (halftime: 1-0), in a AFCON group stage game on Thursday. Nigeria advance to the Semifinals. Ivory Coast is eliminated.

Fixtures and Results : Group A

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Overview

Nigeria at the AFCON

1 title (1980)
8 appearances (first in 1963)
12 participations in the qualifications (first in 1962)
Statistics: Champions (1980) Runners-up (1984, 1988) Third Place (1976, 1978)

Ivory Coast at the AFCON

9 appearances (first in 1965)
12 participations in the qualifications (first in 1965)
Statistics: Third Place (1965, 1968, 1986) Fourth Place (1970)

Nigeria

1:0

Ivory Coast

1:0 (1:0)

8 March 1990
Algiers

Group A

Team	Pts
Algeria	9
Nigeria	6
Ivory Coast	3
Egypt	0

Matches

Algeria 5-1 Nigeria (2 Mar. 1990)
Ivory Coast 3-1 Egypt (3 Mar. 1990)
Nigeria 1-0 Egypt (5 Mar. 1990)
Algeria 3-0 Ivory Coast (5 Mar. 1990)
Nigeria 1-0 Ivory Coast (8 Mar. 1990)
Algeria 2-0 Egypt (8 Mar. 1990)

AFCON History

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