2006 Africa Cup of Nations
25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations
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The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt, from 20 January to 10 February. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fifth championship, beating Ivory Coast in the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout after the regulation time had ended in a goalless draw.
| كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2006 | |
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Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 20 January – 10 February |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 6 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Ivory Coast |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Senegal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 73 (2.28 per match) |
| Attendance | 714,054 (22,314 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Samuel Eto'o (5 goals) |
| Best player | Ahmed Hassan |
← 2004 2008 → | |
Host selection
Bids:
- Algeria
- Egypt (selected as hosts)
- Ivory Coast
- Libya
The organization of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Egypt on 24 October 2002 by the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice among four countries : Algeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Libya.
This marks the fourth time that Egypt has hosted the African Cup after 1959, 1974 and 1986.
It also coincides with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of CAF.
| Results | |
|---|---|
| Nation | Votes |
| Egypt |
7 |
 Libya |
2 |
 Algeria |
1 |
| Ivory Coast |
1 |
| Total votes | 11 |
Qualification
For the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, qualification was done through the CAF's qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Whereas only the winner of each group qualified for the World Cup, the top 3 finishers in each of the five qualification groups gained entry into the Africa Cup of Nations. The exception was qualification group 3, which contained hosts Egypt. Since Egypt qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations automatically as the hosts, the final berth was instead awarded to the fourth-place finishers, Libya.
2006 also marked the first time that the defending champion did not automatically qualify for the finals, although title holders Tunisia did manage to qualify.
Participating teams
Squads
Venues
| Cairo | Port Said | ||
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| Cairo International Stadium | Cairo Military Academy Stadium | Port Said Stadium | |
| Capacity: 74,100 | Capacity: 25,500 | Capacity: 24,060 | |
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| Alexandria | Ismailia | ||
| Haras El Hodoud Stadium | Alexandria Stadium | Ismailia Stadium | |
| Capacity: 21,650 | Capacity: 19,676 | Capacity: 16,606 | |
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Draw
The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 October 2005 in Cairo. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Egypt, as hosts, were automatically seeded as the top team in Group A. Tunisia, the defending champions, were seeded as the top team in Group C. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition.
Group stage
The top two teams of each group (highlighted in green) progress to the quarter-finals.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ivory Coast |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Morocco |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Libya |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
(H) Hosts
| Morocco | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
Drogba  39' (pen.) |
| Libya | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Kames 42' |
Drogba 10' Y. Touré 74' |
| Egypt | 3–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Moteab 8', 69' Aboutrika 61' |
A. Koné 43' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  DR Congo |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Angola |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Togo |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guinea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Tunisia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Zambia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  South Africa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0–2 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bangoura 78' O. Bangoura 88' |
| Tunisia | 2–0 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Santos 32' Benachour 58' |
| Tunisia | 0–3 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| O. Bangoura 16' Feindouno 70' Diawara 90+1' |
| Zambia | 1–0 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| C. Katongo 75' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Ghana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| DR Congo | 1 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 February – Alexandria | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 1 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 3 | |||||||||
| Egypt (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 4 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Cameroon | 1 (11) | |||||||||
| 7 February – Alexandria | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast (p) | 1 (12) | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Port Said | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Nigeria (p) | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| 9 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| Tunisia | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Senegal | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
| Nigeria | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba 47' |
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
There were 73 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Norberto Maurito
Geremi
Lomana LuaLua- Tresor Mputu
Hossam Hassan- Mido
- Amr Zaki
Baba Adamu- Matthew Amoah
Sambégou Bangoura
Arouna Koné- Bakari Koné
- Yaya Touré
Abdusalam Khames
Garba Lawal- Mikel John Obi
- Victor Obinna
- Christian Obodo
- Taye Taiwo
Issa Ba- Souleymane Camara
- Papa Bouba Diop
Mohamed Kader- Chérif Touré Mamam
Selim Benachour- Riadh Bouazizi
- Karim Haggui
James Chamanga- Christopher Katongo
- Elijah Tana
Benjani Mwaruwari
1 own goal
- Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR)
- Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe)
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Tournament rankings
| Ranking criteria |
|---|
For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:
For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:
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| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt |
A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 3 | +9 |
| 2 | Ivory Coast |
A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| 3 | Nigeria |
D | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| 4 | Senegal |
D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Cameroon |
B | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| 6 | Guinea |
C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| 7 | Tunisia |
C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| 8 |  DR Congo |
B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Angola |
B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
| 10 | Zambia |
C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| 11 | Ghana |
D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe |
D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| 13 | Morocco |
A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| 14 |  Libya |
A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| 15 | Togo |
B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
| 16 | South Africa |
C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
See also
External links
