Nigeria beats Ivory Coast to advance to AFCON semifinals
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 |
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![]() | 9 |
![]() | 6 |
![]() | 3 |
![]() | 0 |
Matches
AFCON History

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