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2006 Africa Cup of Nations

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 a goalless draw.

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
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)
Attendance714,054 (22,314 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Ahmed Hassan
← 2004
2008 →

Host selection edit

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 edit

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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 edit

 
A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.

Squads edit

Further information: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Venues edit

Cairo Cairo
Cairo International Stadium Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Capacity: 74,100 Capacity: 25,500
   
Alexandria Port Said Alexandria Ismailia
Haras El Hodoud Stadium Port Said Stadium Alexandria Stadium Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 21,650 Capacity: 24,060 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 16,606
       

Draw edit

 
Croconile, the championship's official mascot

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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Egypt (hosts)
  Tunisia (title holders)
  Cameroon
  Nigeria 		  Morocco
  South Africa
  Senegal
  DR Congo 		  Ghana
  Ivory Coast
  Guinea
  Togo 		  Zambia
  Angola
  Zimbabwe
  Libya

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group (highlighted in green) progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: EET (UTC+2)

Group A edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Egypt  3–0  Libya
Mido   18'
Aboutrika   22'
A. Hassan   78'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Morocco  0–1  Ivory Coast
Drogba   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Libya  1–2  Ivory Coast
Kames   42' Drogba   10'
Y. Touré   74'
Attendance: 42,000
Egypt  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt  3–1  Ivory Coast
Moteab   8', 69'
Aboutrika   61'		 A. Koné   43'
Attendance: 74,000
Libya  0–0  Morocco
Attendance: 5,000

Group B edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Cameroon  3–1  Angola
Eto'o   20', 39', 78' [1] Flávio   31' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Togo  0–2  DR Congo
Mputu   45'
LuaLua   64'
Attendance: 6,000
Angola  0–0  DR Congo
[2]
Attendance: 2,000
Cameroon  2–0  Togo
Eto'o   68'
Meyong   85'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Angola  3–2  Togo
Flávio   9', 38'
Maurito   86'		 [3] Kader   24'
Mamam   67'
Attendance: 4,000
Cameroon  2–0  DR Congo
Geremi   31'
Eto'o   33'
Attendance: 5,000

Group C edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Tunisia  4–1  Zambia
Santos   35', 82', 90+3'
Bouazizi   53'		 Chamanga   9'
Attendance: 16,000
South Africa  0–2  Guinea
S. Bangoura   78'
O. Bangoura   88'
Attendance: 10,000
Zambia  1–2  Guinea
Tana   33' Feindouno   73' (pen.), 90+1'
Attendance: 24,000
Tunisia  2–0  South Africa
Santos   32'
Benachour   58'
Attendance: 10,000
Tunisia  0–3  Guinea
O. Bangoura   16'
Feindouno   70'
Diawara   90+1'
Attendance: 18,000
Zambia  1–0  South Africa
C. Katongo   75'
Attendance: 4,000

Group D edit

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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria  1–0  Ghana
Taiwo   85'
Attendance: 18,000
Zimbabwe  0–2  Senegal
H. Camara   59'
Ba   80'
Attendance: 15,000
Ghana  1–0  Senegal
Amoah   13'
Attendance: 18,000
Nigeria  2–0  Zimbabwe
Obodo   57'
Mikel   60'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria  2–1  Senegal
Martins   79', 88' S. Camara   58'
Attendance: 17,000
Ghana  1–2  Zimbabwe
Adamu   90+2' Issah   60' (o.g.)
Benjani   68'
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

Knockout stage edit

 
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 (pen.) 0 (4)
 
 4 February – Cairo
 
   Ivory Coast 0 (2)
 
   Cameroon 1 (11)
 
 7 February – Alexandria
 
   Ivory Coast (pen.) 1 (12)
 
   Ivory Coast 1
 
 4 February – Port Said
 
   Nigeria 0 Third place
 
   Nigeria (pen.) 1 (6)
 
 9 February – Cairo
 
   Tunisia 1 (5)
 
   Senegal 0
 
 
   Nigeria 1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Guinea  2–3  Senegal
Diawara   24'
Feindouno   90+5'		 Report Bouba Diop   61'
Niang   83'
H. Camara   90+3'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt  4–1  DR Congo
A. Hassan   33' (pen.), 89'
H. Hassan   39'
Moteab   58'		 Report El-Saqqa   45+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Nigeria  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Tunisia
Obinna   6' Report Haggui   49'
Penalties
Yobo  
Taiwo  
Ayila  
Obinna  
Martins  
Mikel  
Enyeama  
Kanu  		 6–5   Namouchi
  Guemamdia
  Chedli
  Benachour
  Clayton
  Boumnijel
  Massaoud
  Bouazizi
Attendance: 10,000
Cameroon  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
Meyong   95' Report B. Koné   92'
Penalties
Eto'o  
Geremi  
Atouba  
Kome  
Meyong  
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
Attendance: 4,000

Semi-finals edit

Egypt  2–1  Senegal
A. Hassan   37' (pen.)
Zaki   81'		 Niang   52'
Attendance: 74,100
Nigeria  0–1  Ivory Coast
Drogba   47'
Attendance: 20,000

Third-place match edit

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

Final edit

Main article: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Egypt  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Ivory Coast
Report
Penalties
A. Hassan  
Abdelwahab  
A.H. Ali  
Zaki  
Aboutrika  		 4–2   Drogba
  K. Touré
  B. Koné
  Eboué
Attendance: 74,100

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal


CAF Team of the Tournament edit

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Tournament rankings edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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