/ 6 February 1998

African Nations Cup programme

GROUP A (Ouagadougou)

Feb 7: Burkina Faso v Cameroon; Feb 8: Algeria v Guinea; Feb 11: Cameroon v Guinea, Burkina Faso v Algeria; Feb 15: Burkina Faso v Guinea, Algeria v Cameroon

GROUP B (Ouagadougou)

Feb 9: Democratic Republic of Congo v Togo, Ghana v Tunisia; Feb 12: DR Congo v Tunisia, Ghana v Togo; Feb 16: DR Congo v Ghana, Togo v Tunisia

Group C (Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouagadougou)

Feb 8: Angola v South Africa, Ivory Coast v Namibia; Feb 11: Ivory Coast v South Africa; Feb12: Angola v Namibia; Feb 16: Angola v Ivory Coast, Namibia v South Africa

Group D (Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouagadougou)

Feb 9: Morocco v Zambia; Feb10: Egypt v Mozambique; Feb 13: Egypt v Zambia, Morocco v Mozambique; Feb 17: Egypt v Morocco, Mozambique v Zambia

Quarter-finals (Ouagadougou, Bobo- Dioulasso)

Feb 20: (1) Winners Group A v runners-up Group B; Feb 21: (2) winners B v runners-up A, (3) winners C v runners-up B; Feb 22: (4) winners D v runners-up C

Semi-finals (Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso)

Feb 25: (5) winner 1 v winner 4, (6) winner 2 v winner 3

Third place (Ouagadougou)

Feb 27: Losers 5 v losers 6

Final (Ouagadougou): February 28

Previous champions

1957, 1959 Egypt, 1962 Ethiopia, 1963, 1965 Ghana, 1968 DR Congo, 1970 Sudan, 1972 Congo, 1974 DR Congo, 1976 Morocco, 1978 Ghana, 1980 Nigeria, 1982 Ghana, 1984 Cameroon, 1986 Egypt, 1988 Cameroon, 1990 Algeria, 1992 Ivory Coast, 1994 Nigeria, 1996 South Africa (End)