2006 Africa Cup of Nations

2006 Africa Cup of Nations

كأس الأمم الأفريقية 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)	Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player	Ahmed Hassan
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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. 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

Main article: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 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

Angola Cameroon Congo DR Ivory Coast Egypt (qualified as hosts) Ghana Guinea Libya

Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe

Squads

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

Host Cities & Venues

Cairo Alexandria Port Said Ismailia		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

Results

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	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Morocco	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
Libya	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

20 January 2006 19:00	Egypt	3 – 0	Libya	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
	Mido  18' Aboutreika  22' A. Hassan  78'

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21 January 2006 14:00	Morocco	0 – 1	Ivory Coast	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			39' Drogba

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24 January 2006 17:15	Libya	1 – 2	Ivory Coast	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Kames  42'		10' Drogba  74' Yaya Touré

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24 January 2006 20:00	Egypt	0 – 0	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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28 January 2006 19:00	Egypt	3 – 1	Ivory Coast	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Motaeb  8', 69' Aboutreika  61'		43' A. Koné

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28 January 2006 19:00	Libya	0 – 0	Morocco	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Congo DR	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Angola	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Togo	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

21 January 2006 17:15	Cameroon	3 – 1	Angola	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Eto'o  20', 39', 78'		31' (pen.) Flávio

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21 January 2006 20:00	Togo	0 – 2	Congo DR	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
			45' Mputu  64' LuaLua

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25 January 2006 17:15	Angola	0 – 0	Congo DR	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

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25 January 2006 20:00	Cameroon	2 – 0	Togo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
	Eto'o  68' Meyong Ze  85'

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

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29 January 2006 19:00	Cameroon	2 – 0	Congo DR	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Geremi  31' Eto'o  33'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Zambia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
South Africa	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

22 January 2006 17:15	Tunisia	4 – 1	Zambia	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	dos Santos  35', 82', 90+3' Bouazizi  53'		9' Chamanga

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22 January 2006 20:00	South Africa	0 – 2	Guinea	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
			78' S. Bangoura  88' O. Bangoura

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

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26 January 2006 20:00	Tunisia	2 – 0	South Africa	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
	dos Santos  32' Ben Achour  58'

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30 January 2006 19:00	Tunisia	0 – 3	Guinea	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
			16' O. Bangoura  70' Feindouno  90+1' Diawara

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30 January 2006 19:00	Zambia	1 – 0	South Africa	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	C. Katongo  75'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Senegal	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
Ghana	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

23 January 2006 17:15	Nigeria	1 – 0	Ghana	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Taiwo  85'

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

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

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27 January 2006 20:00	Nigeria	2 – 0	Zimbabwe	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Obodo  57' Mikel  60'

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31 January 2006 19:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Senegal	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
	Martins  79', 88'		58' S. Camara

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

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 February – Cairo
	Egypt	4
					7 February – Cairo
	Congo DR	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	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Diawara  24' Feindouno  90+5'		61' Diop  83' Niang  90+3' H. Camara

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

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4 February 2006 15:00	Nigeria	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Obinna  6'		49' Haggui
		Penalties
	Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Obi Mikel Enyeama Kanu	6 – 5	Namouchi Guemamdia Chedli Ben Achour Clayton Boumnijel Hadj Massaoud Bouazizi

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4 February 2006 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Meyong Ze  95'		92' B. Koné
		Penalties
	Eto'o Geremi Atouba Kome Meyong Ze Makoun Song Saidou Douala Bikey Hamidou Eto'o	11 – 12	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Faé A. Koné Kouassi Romaric Boka Zokora Zoro Tizié Drogba

Semi-finals

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

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7 February 2006 15:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	Ivory Coast	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			47' Drogba

Third-place play-off

9 February 2006 18:00	Senegal	0 – 1	Nigeria	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
			79' Lawal

Final

10 February 2006 18:00	Egypt	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
		Penalties
	A. Hassan Abdelwahab Abdel Halim Ali Zaky Aboutreika	4 – 2	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Eboué

Winners

2006 Africa Cup of Nations Winners
Egypt Fifth title

Scorers

5 goals

• Samuel Eto'o

4 goals

• Ahmed Hassan

• Pascal Feindouno

• Francileudo dos Santos

3 goals

• Emad Moteab

• Flávio

• Didier Drogba

2 goals

• Mohamed Aboutreika
• Albert Meyong Ze
• Ousmane Bangoura

• Kaba Diawara
• Obafemi Martins

• Henri Camara
• Mamadou Niang

1 goal

• Norberto Maurito
• Geremi
• Lomana LuaLua
• Tresor Mputu
• Arouna Koné
• Bakari Koné
• Yaya Touré
• Hossam Hassan
• Mido
• Amr Zaki
• Baba Adamu

• Matthew Amoah
• Sambégou Bangoura
• Abdusalam Khames
• Garba Lawal
• Mikel John Obi
• Victor Nsofor Obinna
• Christian Obodo
• Taye Ismaila Taiwo
• Issa Ba
• Souleymane Camara

• Papa Bouba Diop
• Mohamed Kader
• Mamam Cherif Touré
• Selim Ben Achour
• Riadh Bouazizi
• Karim Haggui
• James Chamanga
• Christopher Katongo
• Elijah Tana
• Benjani Mwaruwari

Own goal

• Abdel-Zaher El-Saqua (against Congo DR)

• Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Essam El-Hadary

Defenders

• Emmanuel Eboué
• Rigobert Song
• Wael Gomaa
• Taye Taiwo

Midfielders

• Stephen Appiah
• Mohamed Aboutreika
• Ahmed Hassan
• Pascal Feindouno

Forwards

• Didier Drogba
• Samuel Eto'o

See also

• Cairo
• Egyptian Soccer Cup

External links

• BBC coverage
• Details at RSSSF
• A guide to the teams