2006 African Cup of Nations

2006 African Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 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 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
Runner-up	Côte d'Ivoire
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)

The 2006 African Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). 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.

Host Cities & Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2006 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For the 2006 African 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 African Cup of Nations. The exception was qualification group 3, which contained hosts Egypt. Since Egypt qualified for the African Cup 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

Angola  Cameroon  Congo DR  Côte d'Ivoire  Egypt (qualified as hosts)  Ghana  Guinea  Libya

Morocco  Nigeria  Senegal  South Africa  Togo  Tunisia  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Participating nations

Finals

Croconile, the championship's official mascot

Group Stages

Teams in Bold progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in italics are eliminated from the tournament.

All Times Local: EET (UTC +2)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	7	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
Côte d'Ivoire	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Morocco	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1
Libya	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4

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

January 21, 2006 14:00	Morocco	0 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Ref: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			Drogba  39'

January 24, 2006 17:15	Libya	1 - 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Ref: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Kames  42'		Drogba  10' Yaya Touré  74'

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

January 28, 2006 19:00	Egypt	3 - 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Ref: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Motaeb  8, 69' Aboutreika  61'		A. Koné  43'

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group C

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group D

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 31, 2006 19:00	Ghana	1 - 2	Zimbabwe	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Ref: René Louzaya (Congo)
	Adamu  90+2'		Ahmed  60' Mwaruwari  68'

Knockout Stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	February 3 (19:00) - Cairo
	Egypt	4
					February 7 (19:00) - Cairo
	Congo DR	1
					Egypt	2
	February 3 (15:00) - Alexandria
					Senegal	1
	Guinea	2
									February 10 (18:00) - Cairo
	Senegal	3
									Egypt	0 (4)
	February 4 (19:00) - Cairo
									Côte d'Ivoire	0 (2)
	Cameroon	1 (11)
					February 7 (15:00) - Alexandria
	Côte d'Ivoire (pso)	1 (12)
					Côte d'Ivoire	1			Third place
	February 4 (15:00) - Port Said
					Nigeria	0
	Nigeria (pso)	1 (6)							Senegal	0
	Tunisia	1 (5)							Nigeria	1
									February 9 (18:00) - Cairo

Quarterfinals

February 3, 2006 15:00	Guinea	2 - 3	Senegal	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 17,000 Ref: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Diawara  24' Feindouno  90+5'		Diop  61' Niang  83' H. Camara  90+3'

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

February 4, 2006 15:00	Nigeria	1 - 1 (AET) 6 - 5 (PEN)	Tunisia	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 10,000 Ref: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Obinna  6'		Haggui  49 (pen)'

		Penalties
	Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Obi Mikel Enyeama Kanu	6-5	Namouchi Guemamdia Chedli Ben Achour Clayton Boumnijel Haj Massaoud Bouazizi

February 4, 2006 19:00	Cameroon	1 - 1 (AET) 11 - 12 (PEN)	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Ref: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Meyong Ze  95'		B. Koné  92'

		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

Semifinals

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

February 7, 2006 15:00	Nigeria	0-1	Côte d'Ivoire	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 21,000 Ref: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			Drogba 47'

Third place playoff

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

Final

February 10, 2006 18:00	Egypt	0-0 (AET) 4-2 (PEN)	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 80,000 Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

		Penalties
	A. Hassan AbdelWahab Ali Zaky Aboutreika	4-2	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Eboué

African Cup of Nations 2006 Winners
Egypt Fifth title

Individual scorers

See also

• Cairo
• Egyptian Soccer Cup

External links

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