2006 Africa Cup of Nations

2006 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 2006

Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates 20 January – 10 February
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 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)
Top scorer(s) Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player Egypt Ahmed Hassan

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. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won its fifth championship, beating Cote d'Ivoire in the final 4−2 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw.

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. Tunisia, 2004's champion, qualified for the Cup of Nations by winning their group in the qualification process.

Participating teams

Participating nations

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads.

Venues

Cairo Cairo
Cairo International Stadium Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Capacity: 74,100 Capacity: 25,500
Alexandria Port Said Alexandria Ismailia
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium Port Said Stadium Alexandria Stadium Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 21,650 Capacity: 24,060 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 16,606
Croconile, the championship's official mascot

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: EET (UTC+2)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 321061+57
 Ivory Coast 32014406
 Morocco 30210112
 Libya 30121541

20 January 2006
19:00
Egypt  3–0  Libya
Mido  18'
Aboutrika  22'
A. Hassan  78'


24 January 2006
17:15
Libya  1–2  Ivory Coast
Kames  42' Drogba  10'
Y. Touré  74'

24 January 2006
20:00
Egypt  0–0  Morocco

28 January 2006
19:00
Egypt  3–1  Ivory Coast
Moteab  8', 69'
Aboutrika  61'
A. Koné  43'

28 January 2006
19:00
Libya  0–0  Morocco

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 330071+69
 DR Congo 31112204
 Angola 311145−14
 Togo 300327−50

21 January 2006
17:15
Cameroon  3–1  Angola
Eto'o  20', 39', 78' Flávio  31' (pen.)

21 January 2006
20:00
Togo  0–2  DR Congo
Mputu  45'
LuaLua  64'

25 January 2006
17:15
Angola  0–0  DR Congo

25 January 2006
20:00
Cameroon  2–0  Togo
Eto'o  68'
Meyong Ze  85'

29 January 2006
19:00
Angola  3–2  Togo
Flávio  9', 38'
Maurito  86'
Kader  24'
Cherif Touré  67'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)

29 January 2006
19:00
Cameroon  2–0  DR Congo
Geremi  31'
Eto'o  33'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 330071+69
 Tunisia 320164+26
 Zambia 310236−33
 South Africa 300305−50

22 January 2006
17:15
Tunisia  4−1  Zambia
dos Santos  35', 82', 90+3'
Bouazizi  53'
Chamanga  9'


26 January 2006
17:15
Zambia  1–2  Guinea
Tana  33' Feindouno  73' (pen.), 90+1'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

26 January 2006
20:00
Tunisia  2–0  South Africa
dos Santos  32'
Ben Achour  58'

30 January 2006
19:00
Tunisia  0–3  Guinea
O. Bangoura  16'
Feindouno  70'
Diawara  90+1'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330051+49
 Senegal 31023303
 Ghana 31022313
 Zimbabwe 31022533

23 January 2006
17:15
Nigeria  1–0  Ghana
Taiwo  85'

23 January 2006
20:00
Zimbabwe  0–2  Senegal
H. Camara  59'
Ba  80'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

27 January 2006
17:15
Ghana  1–0  Senegal
Amoah  13'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)

27 January 2006
20:00
Nigeria  2–0  Zimbabwe
Obodo  57'
Mikel  60'

31 January 2006
19:00
Nigeria  2–1  Senegal
Martins  79', 88' S. Camara  58'

31 January 2006
19:00
Ghana  1–2  Zimbabwe
Adamu  90+2' Ahmed  60' (o.g.)
Benjani  68'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

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 Third place
4 February – Port Said
    Nigeria  0  
  Nigeria (p)  1 (6)   Senegal  0
  Tunisia  1 (5)     Nigeria  1
9 February – Cairo

Quarter-finals

3 February 2006
15:00
Guinea  2–3  Senegal
Diawara  24'
Feindouno  90+5'
Diop  61'
Niang  83'
H. Camara  90+3'

3 February 2006
19:00
Egypt  4–1  DR Congo
A. Hassan  33', 89' (pen.)
H. Hassan  39'
Moteab  57'
El-Saqqa  45+2' (o.g.)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)


Semi-finals

7 February 2006
19:00
Egypt  2–1  Senegal
A. Hassan  37' (pen.)
Zaki  81'
Niang  52'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

7 February 2006
15:00
Nigeria  0–1  Ivory Coast
Drogba  47'

Third-place match

9 February 2006
18:00
Senegal  0–1  Nigeria
Lawal  79'

Final

Winners

 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Winners 

Egypt
Fifth title

Scorers

5 goals
4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

See also

External links

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