| كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2006 | |
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 Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 20 January – 10 February |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 6 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Ivory Coast |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Senegal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 73 (2.28 per match) |
| Attendance | 714,054 (22,314 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Samuel Eto'o (5 goals) |
| Best player | Ahmed Hassan |
←2004 2008 → | |
The2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of theAfrica Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt, from 20 January to 10 February. Just like in2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.Egypt won its fifth championship, beatingIvory Coast in the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout after the regulation time had ended in a goalless draw.
Bids:
The organization of the 2006Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Egypt on 24 October 2002 by theCAF Executive Committee meeting inCairo, 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 after1959,1974 and1986.
It also coincides with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of CAF.
| Results | |
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| Nation | Votes |
| Egypt | 7 |
 Libya | 2 |
 Algeria | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Total votes | 11 |
For the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, qualification was done through theCAF's qualification process for the2006 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 hostsEgypt. 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, althoughtitle holdersTunisia did manage to qualify.
| Cairo | Port Said | ||
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| Cairo International Stadium | Cairo Military Academy Stadium | Port Said Stadium | |
| Capacity:74,100 | Capacity:25,500 | Capacity:24,060 | |
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| Alexandria | Ismailia | ||
| Haras El Hodoud Stadium | Alexandria Stadium | Ismailia Stadium | |
| Capacity:21,650 | Capacity:19,676 | Capacity:16,606 | |
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The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 October 2005 inCairo. 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 |
The top two teams of each group (highlighted in green) progress to the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt(H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Morocco | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
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Drogba 39' (pen.) |
| Libya | 1–2 | Ivory Coast |
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| Kames 42' | Drogba 10' Y. Touré 74' |
| Egypt | 3–1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Moteab 8',69' Aboutrika 61' | A. Koné 43' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| South Africa | 0–2 | Guinea |
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| S. Bangoura 78' O. Bangoura 88' |
| Tunisia | 2–0 | South Africa |
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| Santos 32' Benachour 58' |
| Tunisia | 0–3 | Guinea |
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| O. Bangoura 16' Feindouno 70'Diawara 90+1' |
| Zambia | 1–0 | South Africa |
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| C. Katongo 75' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tunisia |
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| Obinna 6' | Haggui 49' | |
| Penalties | ||
Yobo Taiwo  Ayila Obinna Martins Mikel Enyeama Kanu | 6–5 | NamouchiGuemamdiaChedliBenachourClaytonBoumnijelMassaoudBouazizi |
| Nigeria | 0–1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Drogba 47' |
| Egypt | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast |
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| Penalties | ||
| A. Hassan Abdelwahab A.H. Ali Zaki Aboutrika | 4–2 | DrogbaK. TouréB. KonéEboué |
There were 73 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Norberto MauritoGeremiLomana LuaLuaTresor MputuHossam HassanMidoAmr ZakiBaba AdamuMatthew AmoahSambégou BangouraArouna KonéBakari KonéYaya TouréAbdusalam KhamesGarba LawalMikel John ObiVictor ObinnaChristian ObodoTaye TaiwoIssa BaSouleymane CamaraPapa Bouba DiopMohamed KaderChérif Touré MamamSelim BenachourRiadh BouaziziKarim HagguiJames ChamangaChristopher KatongoElijah TanaBenjani Mwaruwari1 own goal
Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR)Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe)Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
| Ranking criteria |
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For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:
For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:
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| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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 |
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