2004 African Cup of Nations

2004 African Cup of Nations

2004 Nokia African Cup of Nations Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004 كأس الأمم الأفريقية 2004
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	24 January – 14 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	617,500 (19,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frédéric Kanouté Patrick Mboma Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jay-Jay Okocha
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The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the 2004 AFCON or CAN 2004 for short and as the Nokia African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship purposes, was the 24th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football hosted in Tunisia from 24 January and 14 February 2004.^[1]

Qualification took place from 7 September 2002 to 6 July 2003.^[2] Cameroon as title holder and Tunisia as host country automatically qualified for the final phase of the tournament. As in the 2002 edition, sixteen teams, divided into four groups each comprising four teams, took part in the competition. The defending champions Cameroon were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 1–2 to Nigeria.

Tunisia won their first title after defeating one-time champions Morocco 2–1 in the final,^[3] and Nigeria finished third after beating Mali 2–1 in the third place play-off. As champions, Tunisia qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany, as a representative of CAF.