2006 Africa Cup of Nations

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. 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.

2006 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس أمم أفريقيا 2006
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) Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player(s) Ahmed Hassan

Host selection

Bids :

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

Qualification

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

Venues
Cairo Cairo
Cairo International Stadium Cairo Military Academy Stadium
Capacity: 74,100 Capacity: 25,500
Alexandria Port Said Alexandria Ismailia
Haras El Hodoud Stadium Port Said Stadium Alexandria Stadium Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 21,650 Capacity: 24,060 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 16,606
Croconile, the championship's official mascot

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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Ivory Coast 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
Source:
Egypt 3–0 Libya
Mido 18'
Aboutrika 22'
A. Hassan 78'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Morocco 0–1 Ivory Coast
Drogba 39' (pen.)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
Libya 1–2 Ivory Coast
Kames 42' Drogba 10'
Y. Touré 74'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Egypt 0–0 Morocco
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt 3–1 Ivory Coast
Moteab 8', 69'
Aboutrika 61'		 A. Koné 43'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Libya 0–0 Morocco
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 DR Congo 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
Source:
Cameroon 3–1 Angola
Eto'o 20', 39', 78' Flávio 31' (pen.)
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Togo 0–2 DR Congo
Mputu 45'
LuaLua 64'
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Angola 0–0 DR Congo
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Cameroon 2–0 Togo
Eto'o 68'
Meyong 85'
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Angola 3–2 Togo
Flávio 9', 38'
Maurito 86'		 Kader 24'
Mamam 67'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)
Cameroon 2–0 DR Congo
Geremi 31'
Eto'o 33'
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

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
Source:
Tunisia 4−1 Zambia
dos Santos 35', 82', 90+3'
Bouazizi 53'		 Chamanga 9'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
South Africa 0–2 Guinea
S. Bangoura 78'
O. Bangoura 88'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Zambia 1–2 Guinea
Tana 33' Feindouno 73' (pen.), 90+1'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)
Tunisia 2–0 South Africa
dos Santos 32'
Ben Achour 58'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Tunisia 0–3 Guinea
O. Bangoura 16'
Feindouno 70'
Diawara 90+1'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Zambia 1–0 South Africa
C. Katongo 75'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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
Source:
Nigeria 1–0 Ghana
Taiwo 85'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Zimbabwe 0–2 Senegal
H. Camara 59'
Ba 80'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Ghana 1–0 Senegal
Amoah 13'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)
Nigeria 2–0 Zimbabwe
Obodo 57'
Mikel 60'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Nigeria 2–1 Senegal
Martins 79', 88' S. Camara 58'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
Ghana 1–2 Zimbabwe
Adamu 90+2' Ahmed 60' (o.g.)
Benjani 68'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

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'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Egypt 4–1 DR Congo
A. Hassan 33' (pen.), 89'
H. Hassan 39'
Moteab 58'		 Report El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Nigeria 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Obinna 6' Report Haggui 49'
Penalties
Yobo
Taiwo
Ayila
Obinna
Martins
Mikel
Enyeama
Kanu 		6–5 Namouchi
Guemamdia
Chedli
Ben Achour
Clayton
Boumnijel
Massaoud
Bouazizi
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Cameroon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Meyong 95' Report B. Koné 92'
Penalties
Eto'o
Geremi
Atouba
Kome
Meyong
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
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Semi-finals
Egypt 2–1 Senegal
A. Hassan 37' (pen.)
Zaki 81'		 Niang 52'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 74,100
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Nigeria 0–1 Ivory Coast
Drogba 47'
Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)

Third-place match
Senegal 0–1 Nigeria
Lawal 79'
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 11,354
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Final
Egypt 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ivory Coast
Report
Penalties
A. Hassan
Abdelwahab
A.H. Ali
Zaki
Aboutrika 		4–2 Drogba
K. Touré
B. Koné
Eboué
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 74,100
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
  • Ahmed Hassan
  • Pascal Feindouno
  • Francileudo dos Santos
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Norberto Maurito
  • Geremi
  • Lomana LuaLua
  • Tresor Mputu
  • Hossam Hassan
  • Mido
  • Amr Zaki
  • Baba Adamu
  • Matthew Amoah
  • Sambégou Bangoura
  • Arouna Koné
  • Bakari Koné
  • Yaya Touré
  • Abdusalam Khames
  • Garba Lawal
  • Mikel John Obi
  • Victor Obinna
  • Christian Obodo
  • Taye Taiwo
  • Issa Ba
  • Souleymane Camara
  • Papa Bouba Diop
  • Mohamed Kader
  • Chérif Touré Mamam
  • Selim Ben Achour
  • Riadh Bouazizi
  • Karim Haggui
  • James Chamanga
  • Christopher Katongo
  • Elijah Tana
  • Benjani Mwaruwari
1 own goal
  • Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR)
  • Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

  • Essam El Hadary

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

See also
  • Cairo
  • Egyptian Soccer Cup
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