2006 Africa Cup of Nations

2006 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006

كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة القدم 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)
Runners-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 goals)
Best player	Ahmed Hassan
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The 2006 African 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.

Host Cities & Venues

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

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

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
Côte d'Ivoire	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'

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

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

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

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

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'		Flávio  31' (pen.)

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

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

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

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

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'		Chamanga  9'

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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
									Côte d'Ivoire	0 (2)
	Cameroon	1 (11)
					7 February – Alexandria
	Côte d'Ivoire (p)	1 (12)
					Côte d'Ivoire	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'		Diop  61' Niang  83' H. Camara  90+3'

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'		El-Saqua  45+2' (o.g.)

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'		Haggui  49'
		Penalties
	Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Obi Mikel Enyeama Kanu	6 – 5	Namouchi Guemamdia Chedli Ben Achour Clayton Boumnijel Hadj Massaoud Bouazizi

4 February 2006 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: 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

Semi-finals

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

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

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)
			Lawal  79'

Final

10 February 2006 18:00	Egypt	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Côte d'Ivoire	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

African Cup of Nations 2006 Winners
Egypt Fifth title

Scorers

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