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2006 Africa Cup of Nations
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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
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International football competition

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.

Host selection

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 Egypt 7
Libya Libya 2
Algeria Algeria 1
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1
Total votes 11

Qualification

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

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

Squads

Venues

Draw

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

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

All times local: EET (UTC+2)

Group A

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:
(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.)
Libya 1–2 Ivory Coast
Kames 42' Drogba 10'
Y. Touré 74'
Egypt 0–0 Morocco
Egypt 3–1 Ivory Coast
Moteab 8', 69'
Aboutrika 61'		 A. Koné 43'
Libya 0–0 Morocco

Group B

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:
Cameroon 3–1 Angola
Eto'o 20', 39', 78' FlĂĄvio 31' (pen.)
Togo 0–2 DR Congo
Mputu 45'
LuaLua 64'
Angola 0–0 DR Congo
Cameroon 2–0 Togo
Eto'o 68'
Meyong 85'
Angola 3–2 Togo
FlĂĄvio 9', 38'
Maurito 86'		 Kader 24'
Mamam 67'
Cameroon 2–0 DR Congo
Geremi 31'
Eto'o 33'

Group C

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:
Tunisia 4–1 Zambia
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
Santos 32'
Benachour 58'
Tunisia 0–3 Guinea
O. Bangoura 16'
Feindouno 70'
Diawara 90+1'
Zambia 1–0 South Africa
C. Katongo 75'

Group D

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:
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'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria 2–1 Senegal
Martins 79', 88' S. Camara 58'
Ghana 1–2 Zimbabwe
Adamu 90+2' Issah 60' (o.g.)
Benjani 68'
Attendance: 18,500

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 (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

Guinea 2–3 Senegal
Diawara 24'
Feindouno 90+5'		 Report Bouba Diop 61'
Niang 83'
H. Camara 90+3'
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)

Semi-finals

Egypt 2–1 Senegal
A. Hassan 37' (pen.)
Zaki 81'		 Niang 52'
Nigeria 0–1 Ivory Coast
Drogba 47'

Third-place match

Senegal 0–1 Nigeria
Lawal 79'

Final

Goalscorers

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

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Tournament rankings

Ranking criteria
For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:
  1. Goal difference in round eliminated;
  2. Goals scored in round eliminated;
  3. If teams eliminated in the semi-finals or quarter-finals are tied, the above criteria are reapplied for the previous knockout round, with this process repeated once more should two semi-finalists remain tied;
  4. Points in group stage;
  5. Goal difference in group stage;
  6. Goals scored in group stage;
  7. Disciplinary points.

For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:

  1. Position in group;
  2. Points;
  3. Goal difference;
  4. Goals scored;
  5. Disciplinary points.
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

References

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

External links

Editions
Qualification
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Bids
Squads
Statistics
Miscellaneous
Notes
The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
Football in Africa portal

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