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Egypt managed to defeat its Cameroonian counterpart, by penalty shootout, with three goals against a goal after the match ended in a goalless draw, in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations, to meet in the final of the tournament with Senegal, who defeated Burkina Faso by three goals to one.

The following are the most important stations in which Egypt and Cameroon met in the African Cup of Nations.

Egypt and Cameroon football teams met in 27 matches, Egypt won 15 of them, while the Cameroon team won six matches, and the two teams tied in six matches as well.

The two teams met in the African Nations Cup in 10 matches, making Thursday’s meeting the eleventh confrontation between them.

Egypt defeated Cameroon in 5 matches in the African Cup of Nations, while Cameroon won 4 matches and the two teams tied in only one match.

The two teams met in the final of this competition three times. The Egyptian team won two of them, in 1986 and 2008, while the Cameroon national team won one final in 2017.

The first match for the two teams in this tournament was in 1984, in which the Egyptian team defeated its Cameroonian counterpart.

In the following competition, Cameroon won the 1986 African Cup of Nations final on penalties, with the result being five goals for Cameroon against four for Egypt.

In 1988, Cameroon also beat Egypt in the group stage, with a goal to none. The Lions of Cameroon defeated the Pharaohs in the group stage of the tournament in 1996, with two goals to one.

In 2002, Cameroon defeated Egypt in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, with a goal without a response. The two teams tied without goals in the group stage of the competition in 2004.

On the other hand, Egypt defeated Cameroon in the group stage of the African Cup of Nations by four goals to two. In the same edition of the competition, Egypt repeated the victory over its traditional opponent in this tournament in the final match of the tournament with a goal without a response when Egypt won the cup.

In the quarter-finals of the 2010 edition of the tournament, Egypt defeated Cameroon by three goals to one.

The last confrontation between the two teams resulted in Cameroon winning the 2017 African Nations Cup after scoring two goals against Egypt against one goal for the Pharaohs.