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2006 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 2006
Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates20 January – 10 February
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored73 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Ahmed Hassan
← 2004
2008 →
All statistics correct as of 21 January 2008.

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

Squads

Further information: 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 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
Egypt 3–0 Libya
Mido 18'
Aboutrika 22'
A. Hassan 78'
Morocco 0–1 Ivory Coast
Drogba 39'
Libya 1–2 Ivory Coast
Kames 42' Drogba 10'
Y. Touré 74'
Egypt 0–0 Morocco
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt 3–1 Ivory Coast
Moteab 8', 69'
Aboutrika 61'		 A. Koné 43'
Libya 0–0 Morocco

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 DR Congo 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
Cameroon 3–1 Angola
Eto'o 20', 39', 78' Flávio 31' (pen.)
Togo 0–2 DR Congo
Mputu 45'
LuaLua 64'
Angola 0–0 DR Congo
Cameroon 2–0 Togo
Eto'o 68'
Meyong Ze 85'
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Angola 3–2 Togo
Flávio 9', 38'
Maurito 86'		 Kader 24'
Cherif Touré 67'
Cameroon 2–0 DR Congo
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
Tunisia 4−1 Zambia
dos Santos 35', 82', 90+3'
Bouazizi 53'		 Chamanga 9'
South Africa 0–2 Guinea
S. Bangoura 78'
O. Bangoura 88'
Zambia 1–2 Guinea
Tana 33' Feindouno 73' (pen.), 90+1'
Tunisia 2–0 South Africa
dos Santos 32'
Ben Achour 58'
Tunisia 0–3 Guinea
O. Bangoura 16'
Feindouno 70'
Diawara 90+1'
Zambia 1–0 South Africa
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
Nigeria 1–0 Ghana
Taiwo 85'
Zimbabwe 0–2 Senegal
H. Camara 59'
Ba 80'
Ghana 1–0 Senegal
Amoah 13'
Nigeria 2–0 Zimbabwe
Obodo 57'
Mikel 60'
Nigeria 2–1 Senegal
Martins 79', 88' S. Camara 58'
Ghana 1–2 Zimbabwe
Adamu 90+2' Ahmed 60' (o.g.)
Benjani 68'
Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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

Guinea 2–3 Senegal
Diawara 24'
Feindouno 90+5'		 Diop 61'
Niang 83'
H. Camara 90+3'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt 4–1 DR Congo
A. Hassan 33', 89' (pen.)
H. Hassan 39'
Moteab 57'		 El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Nigeria 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Obinna 6' Haggui 49'
Penalties
Yobo soccer ball with red X
Taiwo soccer ball with check mark
Ayila soccer ball with red X
Obinna soccer ball with check mark
Martins soccer ball with check mark
Mikel soccer ball with check mark
Enyeama soccer ball with check mark
Kanu soccer ball with check mark		 6–5 soccer ball with check mark Namouchi
soccer ball with check mark Guemamdia
soccer ball with red X Chedli
soccer ball with red X Ben Achour
soccer ball with check mark Clayton
soccer ball with check mark Boumnijel
soccer ball with check mark Hadj Massaoud
soccer ball with red X Bouazizi
Attendance: 10,000
Cameroon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Meyong Ze 95' B. Koné 92'
Penalties
Eto'o soccer ball with check mark
Geremi soccer ball with check mark
Atouba soccer ball with check mark
Kome soccer ball with check mark
Meyong Ze soccer ball with check mark
Makoun soccer ball with check mark
Song soccer ball with check mark
Saidou soccer ball with check mark
Douala soccer ball with check mark
Bikey soccer ball with check mark
Hamidou soccer ball with check mark
Eto'o soccer ball with red X		 11–12 soccer ball with check mark Drogba
soccer ball with check mark K. Touré
soccer ball with check mark B. Koné
soccer ball with check mark Faé
soccer ball with check mark A. Koné
soccer ball with check mark Kouassi
soccer ball with check mark Romaric
soccer ball with check mark Boka
soccer ball with check mark Zokora
soccer ball with check mark Zoro
soccer ball with check mark Tizié
soccer ball with check mark Drogba
Attendance: 4,000

Semi-finals

Egypt 2–1 Senegal
A. Hassan 37' (pen.)
Zaki 81'		 Niang 52'
Attendance: 76,000
Nigeria 0–1 Ivory Coast
Drogba 47'
Attendance: 21,000

Third-place match

Senegal 0–1 Nigeria
Lawal 79'
Attendance: 11,354

Final

Main article: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Egypt 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Penalties
A. Hassan soccer ball with check mark
Abdelwahab soccer ball with check mark
Abdel Halim Ali soccer ball with red X
Zaky soccer ball with check mark
Aboutrika soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Drogba
soccer ball with check mark K. Touré
soccer ball with red X B. Koné
soccer ball with check mark Eboué
Attendance: 80,000

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

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