William Troost-Ekong won it at the death for Nigeria to leave South Africa heartbroken
Cairo, Egypt, Jul 14 – Nigeria are the only 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists in Egypt who boast a positive record in the penultimate stage of the competition.
The three-time champions have been involved in 13 last-four matches, winning seven and losing six.
Algeria have won only two of six semi-finals in the biennial African competition, Tunisia two of five and Senegal one of three.
Here, AFP Sport lists the semi-finals results of the four contenders to succeed Cameroon as African champions:
Algeria
1980 Nigeria Algeria 2 Egypt 2 (4-2 pen)
1982 Libya Algeria 2 Ghana 3
1984 I. Coast Algeria 0 Cameroon 0 (4-5 pen)
1988 Morocco Algeria 1 Nigeria 1 (8-9 pen)
1990 Algeria Algeria 2 Senegal 1
2010 Angola Algeria 0 Egypt 4
Nigeria
1978 Ghana Nigeria 1 Uganda 2
1980 Nigeria Nigeria 1 Morocco 0
1984 I. Coast Nigeria 2 Egypt 2 (8-7 pen)
1988 Morocco Nigeria 1 Algeria 1 (9-8 pen)
1990 Algeria Nigeria 2 Zambia 0
1992 Senegal Nigeria 1 Ghana 2
1994 Tunisia Nigeria 2 Ivory Coast 2 (4-2 pen)
2000 Nigeria Nigeria 2 South Africa 0
2002 Mali Nigeria 1 Senegal 2
2004 Tunisia Nigeria 1 Tunisia 1 (3-5 pen)
2006 Egypt Nigeria 0 Ivory Coast 1
2010 Angola Nigeria 0 Ghana 1
2013 S. Africa Nigeria 4 Mali 1
Senegal
1990 Algeria Senegal 1 Algeria 2
2002 Mali Senegal 2 Nigeria 1
2006 Egypt Senegal 1 Egypt 2
Tunisia
1962 Ethiopia Tunisia 2 Ethiopia 4
1978 Ghana Tunisia 0 Ghana 1
1996 S. Africa Tunisia 4 Zambia 2
2000 Ghana Tunisia 0 Cameroon 3
2004 Tunisia Tunisia 1 Nigeria 1 (5-3 pen)
