2010 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It was held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and concluded on 31 January.[1][2]

2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Campeonato Africano das Nações de 2010 (Angolan Portuguese)
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryAngola
Dates10–31 January
Teams15
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (7th title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored71 (2.45 per match)
Attendance543,500 (18,741 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Gedo (5 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Ahmed Hassan
Best goalkeeperEgypt Essam El Hadary

In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15. A total of 29 games were played, instead of the scheduled 32 games. Egypt won the tournament, their seventh ACN title and an unprecedented third in a row, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final.[3]

Host selection

Bids :

  • Angola (selected as hosts for 2010)
  • Gabon / Equatorial Guinea (selected as hosts for 2012)
  • Libya (selected as hosts for 2013)
  • Nigeria (selected as reserve hosts for 2010, 2012 & 2013 tournaments)

Rejected Bids :

  • Benin / Central African Republic
  • Botswana
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Senegal
  • Zimbabwe

On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.

This edition was awarded to Angola to encourage the country to move towards peace after the Angolan Civil War.

Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries failed to meet the requirements established by CAF, although this ended up being unnecessary.

The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to 2013 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the FIFA World Cup.[4]

Qualification
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

The Confederation of African Football announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification would also be the qualification for this tournament. Despite the fact Angola were the host of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, they also needed to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. South Africa suffered the same situation, being the hosts for the World Cup but still needing to compete in qualification in order to qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]

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

Venues
Luanda
Cabinda
Estádio 11 de NovembroEstádio Nacional do Chiazi
Capacity: 50,000Capacity: 20,000
BenguelaLubango
Estádio Nacional de OmbakaEstádio Nacional da Tundavala
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 20,000

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, Angola. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Angola were seeded as hosts and Egypt as reigning holders. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition. Cameroon and Ivory Coast had the two strongest records and so completed the top seeded Pot 1. The four seeded teams were placed into their groups in advance of the final draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Angola
 Egypt
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast		  Ghana
 Nigeria
 Tunisia
 Mali		  Zambia
 Benin
 Algeria
 Togo (withdrew)		  Burkina Faso
 Mozambique
 Gabon
 Malawi

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees Assistant Referees

Algeria Mohamed Benouza
Angola Hélder Martins de Carvalho
Benin Coffi Codjia
Ivory Coast Noumandiez Doué
Egypt Essam Abdel-Fatah
Mali Koman Coulibaly
Mauritius Rajindraparsad Seechurn
Saudi Arabia Khalil Al Ghamdi
Senegal Badara Diatta
Seychelles Eddy Maillet
South Africa Daniel Bennett
South Africa Jerome Damon
Sudan Khalid Abdel Rahman
Togo Kokou Djaoupe
Tunisia Kacem Bennaceur
Uganda Muhmed Ssegonga

Angola Inácio Manuel Candido
Burundi Desire Gahungu
Cameroon Evarist Menkouande
Egypt Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Eritrea Angesom Ogbamariam
Ghana Ayuba Haruna
Iran Hassan Kamranifar
Libya Fooad El Maghrabi
Malawi Moffat Champiti
Morocco Redouane Achik
Nigeria Peter Edibe
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Ghamdi
South Africa Enock Molefe
Rwanda Celestin Ntagungira
Tunisia Bechir Hassani
Zambia Kenneth Chichenga

Squads
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[6]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
  7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group A
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola (H) 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Mali 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Malawi 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Algeria finished ahead of Mali due to winning the match between the teams (see tie-breaking criteria).
Angola 4–4 Mali
Flávio 36', 42'
Gilberto 67' (pen.)
Manucho 74' (pen.)		 Report Keita 79', 90+3'
Kanouté 88'
Yatabaré 90+4'
Attendance: 45,000
Malawi 3–0 Algeria
Mwafulirwa 17'
Kafoteka 35'
Banda 48'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Mali 0–1 Algeria
Report Halliche 43'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda)
Angola 2–0 Malawi
Flávio 49'
Manucho 55'		 Report
Attendance: 48,500
Angola 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Mali 3–1 Malawi
Kanouté 1'
Keita 3'
Bagayoko 85'		 Report Mwafulirwa 58'
Attendance: 21,000

Group B
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ghana 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3  Burkina Faso 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
4  Togo (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. Togo withdrew from the tournament due to the attack on their team bus while traveling to their opening match against Ghana, thus they were officially disqualified.[7] Group B became a three-team group.
Ivory Coast 0–0 Burkina Faso
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur (Tunisia)
Ghana Cancelled Togo
Burkina Faso Cancelled Togo
Ivory Coast 3–1 Ghana
Gervinho 23'
Tiéné 66'
Drogba 90'		 Report Gyan 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,000
Burkina Faso 0–1 Ghana
Report A. Ayew 30'
Attendance: 8,000
Ivory Coast Cancelled Togo

Group C
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
4  Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Egypt 3–1 Nigeria
Moteab 34'
Hassan 54'
Gedo 87'		 Report Obasi 12'
Attendance: 18,000
Mozambique 2–2 Benin
Miro 29'
Fumo 54'		 Report Omotoyossi 14' (pen.)
Khan 20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Nigeria 1–0 Benin
Yakubu 42' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Egypt 2–0 Mozambique
Khan 47' (o.g.)
Gedo 81'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
Egypt 2–0 Benin
Elmohamady 7'
Moteab 23'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Nigeria 3–0 Mozambique
Odemwingie 45', 47'
Martins 86'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000

Group D
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Zambia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2  Cameroon 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Gabon 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Tunisia 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Notes:
  1. The tie-breaking criteria for teams level on points consider only the results of matches between those teams (in this case, this excludes their results against Tunisia). All three teams were level on points and goal difference, and were ranked based on goals scored: Zambia 4, Cameroon 3, Gabon 2.
Cameroon 0–1 Gabon
Report Cousin 17'
Attendance: 15,000
Zambia 1–1 Tunisia
J. Mulenga 19' Report Dhaouadi 40'
Attendance: 17,000
Gabon 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Cameroon 3–2 Zambia
Geremi 68'
Eto'o 72'
Idrissou 86'		 Report J. Mulenga 8'
C. Katongo 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
Gabon 1–2 Zambia
F. Do Marcolino 83' Report Kalaba 28'
Chamanga 62'
Attendance: 5,000
Cameroon 2–2 Tunisia
Eto'o 47'
N'Guémo 64'		 Report Chermiti 1'
Chedjou 63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Noumandiez Désiré Doué (Ivory Coast)

Knockout stage
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 January – Luanda
 
 
 Angola0
 
28 January – Luanda
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana1
 
25 January – Lubango
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Zambia0 (4)
 
31 January – Luanda
 
 Nigeria (p)0 (5)
 
 Ghana0
 
24 January – Cabinda
 
 Egypt1
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
28 January – Benguela
 
 Algeria(a.e.t.)3
 
 Algeria0
 
25 January – Benguela
 
 Egypt4 Third place play-off
 
 Egypt (a.e.t.)3
 
30 January – Benguela
 
 Cameroon1
 
 Nigeria1
 
 
 Algeria0
 

Quarter-finals
Angola 0–1 Ghana
Report Gyan 15'
Attendance: 50,000
Ivory Coast 2–3 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Kalou 4'
Keïta 89'		 Report Matmour 39'
Bougherra 90+2'
Bouazza 92'
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt 3–1 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Hassan 37', 104'
Gedo 92'		 Report Emana 25'
Attendance: 12,000
Zambia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Report
Penalties
Chivuta soccer ball with check mark
C. Katongo soccer ball with check mark
Mayuka soccer ball with check mark
Nyrienda soccer ball with red X
Mweene soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Mikel
soccer ball with check mark Martins
soccer ball with check mark Obinna
soccer ball with check mark Odemwingie
soccer ball with check mark Enyeama
Attendance: 10,000

Semi-finals
Ghana 1–0 Nigeria
Gyan 21' Report
Attendance: 7,500
Algeria 0–4 Egypt
Report Abd Rabo 38' (pen.)
Zidan 65'
Abdel-Shafy 80'
Gedo 90+2'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Third place play-off
Nigeria 1–0 Algeria
Obinna 56' Report
Attendance: 12,000

Final
Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Ghana 0–1 Egypt
Report Gedo 85'
Attendance: 50,000

Awards

Best XI

The following players were selected as the best in their respective positions, based on their performances throughout the tournament. Their performances were analysed by the tournament's Technical Study Group (TSG), who picked the team.[9]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Egypt Essam El-Hadary

Algeria Madjid Bougherra
Egypt Wael Gomaa
Angola Mabiná

Egypt Ahmed Fathy
Nigeria Peter Odemwingie
Cameroon Alex Song
Egypt Ahmed Hassan

Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Egypt Mohamed Zidan
Angola Flávio

Substitutes

Goalscorers

Statistics

*** indicates the team played only two matches in the group stage, due to the withdrawal of Togo from the tournament.

Mascot
Palanquinha, the mascot of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

The Mascot for the Tournament is Palanquinha, which was inspired by the Giant Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), a national symbol and a treasured animal in Angola. In Angola, this animal is found only in the Cangandala National Park in Malange Province.

Match ball

The official match ball for the tournament is the Adidas Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the Adidas Jabulani to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with the colours of the flag of Angola.

Marketing

Tournament had seven sponsors, Doritos, MTN Group, NASUBA, Orange, Pepsi, Samsung and only African corporate sponsor Standard Bank.

Attack on the Togo national team
Main article: Togo national football team attack

On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola as it travelled to the tournament. A spokesman for the Togolese football federation said assistant coach Améleté Abalo and press officer Stanislaud Ocloo had died as well as the driver. The separatist group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Military Position (FLEC-PM) claimed responsibility for the attack. The Togolese team withdrew from the competition the following day. The players initially decided to compete to commemorate the victims in this way, but were immediately ordered to return by the Togolese government.[10]

Following their departure from Angola, Togo were formally disqualified from the tournament after failing to fulfil their opening Group B game against Ghana on 11 January.

On 30 January 2010, CAF banned Togo from participating in the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and fined the team $50,000 due to "government involvement in the withdrawal from the tournament".[11] Togo were unable to compete until the 2015 tournament, but that ban was lifted on 14 May 2010 by a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[12]

References
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