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2004 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 2004
	; African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo;
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	24 January – 14 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 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	553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Frédéric Kanouté ; Patrick Mboma ; Jay-Jay Okocha ; Francileudo Santos ; (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	; Jay-Jay Okocha;
	; ← 2002 ; ; 2006 → ;

The 2004 African Cup of Nations was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia won their first title, beating Morocco in the final 2−1.^[1] Tunisia participated in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany as the representative from CAF.

Host Selection

Bids :

Benin / Togo

Malawi / Zambia

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

The organization of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Tunisia on 4 September 2000 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between four countries : Malawi and Zambia (joint bid), Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

Benin and Togo were both also candidates at the start (joint bid) but withdrew on 4 September 2000 before the meeting.

This edition was awarded to Tunisia which represented Africa in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by taking the majority of the votes of the CAF Executive Committee members which are 13 after its impressive success in the 1994 edition.

This is the third time that Tunisia has hosted the African Cup after 1965 and 1994 Africa Cup of Nations.

Results
Nation(s)	Votes
Tunisia	9
Zimbabwe	3
Malawi / Zambia	1
Benin / Togo	Withdrew
Total votes	13

Qualification

A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.

Algeria

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon (holders)

DR Congo

Egypt

Guinea

Kenya

Mali

Morocco

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia (hosts)

Zimbabwe

Squads

Venues

Radès	Radès Tunis Sousse Sfax Monastir Bizerte	Tunis
Stade 7 Novembre		Stade El Menzah

Capacity: 60,000		Capacity: 45,000
Sousse		Monastir
Stade Olympique de Sousse		Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet

Capacity: 28,000		Capacity: 22,000
Sfax		Bizerte
Stade Taïeb El Mhiri		Stade 15 Octobre

Capacity: 22,000		Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: CET (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Guinea	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Rwanda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
DR Congo	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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24 January 2004

19:30

Tunisia	2–1	Rwanda
Jaziri 27' Santos 57'		Elias 41'

Stade 7 Novembre, Radès

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

25 January 2004