2006 Africa Cup of Nations

25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations February 2023 Africa Cup of Nations 2006 ar كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2006 2006 Africa Cup of Nations logo.svg 150px Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo Egypt 20 January – 10 February 16 6 4 Egypt 5 Ivory Coast Nigeria Senegal 32 73 714054 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (5 goals) Egypt Ahmed Hassan 2004 2008 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 the regulation time had ended in 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 EGY Egypt 7 LBY 1977 Libya2 ALG Algeria 1 CIV Ivory Coast 1 Total votes 11 Qualification 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)thumb|280px|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, although title holders Tunisia did manage to qualify. Participating teams 22em ANG CMR COD 2003 CIV EGY (qualified as hosts) GHA GUI LBY 1977 MAR NGA SEN RSA TOG TUN (holders) ZAM ZIM Squads 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads Venues Egypt center 450 Egypt 30.05 31.233333 Cairo left Egypt 31.198 29.9192 Alexandria left Egypt 31.26 32.29 Port Said right Egypt 30.583333 32.266667 Ismailia rightCairo Port Said Cairo International Stadium Cairo Military Academy Stadium Port Said Stadium Capacity: 74,100 Capacity: 25,500 Capacity: 24,060 180px 180px 180px Alexandria Ismailia Haras El Hodoud Stadium Alexandria Stadium Ismailia Stadium Capacity: 21,650 Capacity: 19,676 Capacity: 16,606 180px 180px 180px Draw thumb|130px|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 EGY (hosts)TUN (title holders)CMRNGA MARRSASENCOD 2003 GHACIVGUITOG ZAMANGZIMLBY 1977 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 main WDL Group A CAF EGY EGY CIV CIV MAR MAR LBY LBY 1977 complete 2 1 0 6 1 H 2 0 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 20 January 2006 19:00 EGY 3–0 LBY 1977 Mido 18 Aboutrika 22 A. Hassan 78 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 65,000 Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso) 21 January 2006 14:00 MAR 0–1 CIV Drogba 39 pen. Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 8,000 Jérôme Damon (South Africa) 24 January 2006 17:15 LBY 1977 1–2 CIV Kames 42 Drogba 10 Y. Touré 74 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 42,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 24 January 2006 20:00 EGY 0–0 MAR Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 67,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) 28 January 2006 19:00 EGY 3–1 CIV Moteab 8 69 Aboutrika 61 A. Koné 43 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,000 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) 28 January 2006 19:00 LBY 1977 0–0 MAR Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 5,000 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Group B main WDL Group B CAF CMR CMR COD COD 2003 ANG ANG TOG TOG complete 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 3 2 7 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 21 January 2006 17:15 CMR 3–1 ANG Eto'o 20 39 78 Flávio 31 pen. Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 8,000 Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) 21 January 2006 20:00 TOG 0–2 COD 2003 Mputu 45 LuaLua 64 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 6,000 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) 25 January 2006 17:15 ANG 0–0 COD 2003 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 2,000 Badara Diatta (Senegal) 25 January 2006 20:00 CMR 2–0 TOG Eto'o 68 Meyong 85 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 3,000 Modou Sowe (Gambia) 29 January 2006 19:00 ANG 3–2 TOG Flávio 9 38 Maurito 86 Kader 24 Mamam 67 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 4,000 Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco) 29 January 2006 19:00 CMR 2–0 COD 2003 Geremi 31 Eto'o 33 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 5,000 Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Group C main WDL Group C CAF GUI GUI TUN TUN ZAM ZAM RSA RSA complete 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 2 3 6 0 0 3 0 5 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 22 January 2006 17:15 TUN 4–1 ZAM Santos 35 82 90+3 Bouazizi 53 Chamanga 9 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 16,000 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) 22 January 2006 20:00 RSA 0–2 GUI S. Bangoura 78 O. Bangoura 88 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 10,000 Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) 26 January 2006 17:15 ZAM 1–2 GUI Tana 33 Feindouno 73 pen. 90+1 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 24,000 Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria) 26 January 2006 20:00 TUN 2–0 RSA Santos 32 Benachour 58 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 10,000 Evehe Divine (Cameroon) 30 January 2006 19:00 TUN 0–3 GUI O. Bangoura 16 Feindouno 70 Diawara 90+1 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 18,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 30 January 2006 19:00 ZAM 1–0 RSA C. Katongo 75 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria 4,000 Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Group D main WDL Group D CAF NGA NGA SEN SEN GHA GHA ZIM ZIM complete 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 23 January 2006 17:15 NGA 1–0 GHA Taiwo 85 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 18,000 Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) 23 January 2006 20:00 ZIM 0–2 SEN H. Camara 59 Ba 80 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 15,000 Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan) 27 January 2006 17:15 GHA 1–0 SEN Amoah 13 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 18,000 Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco) 27 January 2006 20:00 NGA 2–0 ZIM Obodo 57 Mikel 60 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 10,000 Koman Coulibaly (Mali) 31 January 2006 19:00 NGA 2–1 SEN Martins 79 88 S. Camara 58 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 17,000 Jérôme Damon (South Africa) 31 January 2006 19:00 GHA 1–2 ZIM Adamu 90+2 Issah 60 o.g. Benjani 68 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia 18,500 René Louzaya (Congo) Knockout stage N8 white-space:nowrap yes high yes 3 February – Cairo EGY 4 COD 2003 1 3 February – Alexandria GUI 2 SEN 3 4 February – Cairo CMR 1 (11) CIV 1 (12) 4 February – Port Said NGA 1 (6) TUN 1 (5) 7 February – Cairo EGY 2 SEN 1 7 February – Alexandria CIV 1 NGA 0 10 February – Cairo EGY 0 (4) CIV 0 (2) 9 February – Cairo SEN 0 NGA 1 Quarter-finals 3 February 2006 15:00 GUI 2–3 SEN Diawara 24 Feindouno 90+5 Bouba Diop 61 Niang 83 H. Camara 90+3 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 17,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) 3 February 2006 19:00 EGY 4–1 COD 2003 A. Hassan 33 pen. 89 H. Hassan 39 Moteab 58 El-Saqqa 45+2 o.g. Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,000 Modou Sowe (Gambia) 4 February 2006 15:00 NGA 1–1 yes TUN Obinna 6 Haggui 49 Port Said Stadium, Port Said 10,000 Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Mikel Enyeama Kanu 6–5 Namouchi Guemamdia Chedli Benachour Clayton Boumnijel Massaoud Bouazizi 4 February 2006 19:00 CMR 1–1 yes CIV Meyong 95 B. Koné 92 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 4,000 Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) 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 Semi-finals 7 February 2006 19:00 EGY 2–1 SEN A. Hassan 37 pen. Zaki 81 Niang 52 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,100 Evehe Divine (Cameroon) 7 February 2006 15:00 NGA 0–1 CIV Drogba 47 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria 20,000 Jérôme Damon (South Africa) Third place match 9 February 2006 18:00 SEN 0–1 NGA Lawal 79 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 11,354 Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Final 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final 10 February 2006 18:00 EGY 0–0 4–2 yes CIV A. Hassan Abdelwahab A.H. Ali Zaki Aboutrika Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Eboué Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,100 Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Goalscorers 73 32 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Egypt Ahmed Hassan Guinea Pascal Feindouno Tunisia Francileudo Santos Egypt Emad Moteab Angola Flávio Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Cameroon Albert Meyong Guinea Ousmane Bangoura Guinea Kaba Diawara Nigeria Obafemi Martins Senegal Henri Camara Senegal Mamadou Niang Angola Norberto Maurito Cameroon Geremi DR Congo 2003 Lomana LuaLua DR Congo 2003 Tresor Mputu Egypt Hossam Hassan Egypt Mido Egypt Amr Zaki Ghana Baba Adamu Ghana Matthew Amoah Guinea Sambégou Bangoura Ivory Coast Arouna Koné Ivory Coast Bakari Koné Ivory Coast Yaya Touré Libya 1977 Abdusalam Khames Nigeria Garba Lawal Nigeria Mikel John Obi Nigeria Victor Obinna Nigeria Christian Obodo Nigeria Taye Taiwo Senegal Issa Ba Senegal Souleymane Camara Senegal Papa Bouba Diop Togo Mohamed Kader Togo Chérif Touré Mamam Tunisia Selim Benachour Tunisia Riadh Bouazizi Tunisia Karim Haggui Zambia James Chamanga Zambia Christopher Katongo Zambia Elijah Tana Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari Egypt Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR) Ghana Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe) CAF Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Egypt Essam El Hadary Defenders Cameroon Rigobert Song Egypt Wael Gomaa Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué Nigeria Taye Taiwo Midfielders Ghana Stephen Appiah Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Ahmed Hassan Guinea Pascal Feindouno Forwards Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 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: Goal difference in round eliminated; Goals scored in round eliminated; 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; Points in group stage; Goal difference in group stage; Goals scored in group stage; Disciplinary points. For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings: Position in group; Points; Goal difference; Goals scored; Disciplinary points. yes yes yes 95 1 EGY A yes 4 2 0 12 3 gold 2 CIV A yes 3 2 1 6 5 silver 3 NGA D yes 4 1 1 7 3 #c96 4 SEN D yes 2 0 4 7 8 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- 5 CMR B yes 3 1 0 8 2 6 GUI C yes 3 0 1 9 4 7 TUN C yes 2 1 1 7 5 8 COD B yes 1 1 2 3 6 |- | colspan="11" | Eliminated in the group stage |- 9 ANG B yes 1 1 1 4 5 10 ZAM C yes 1 0 2 3 6 11 GHA D yes 1 0 2 2 3 12 ZIM D yes 1 0 2 2 5 13 MAR A yes 0 2 1 0 1 14 LBY A yes 0 1 2 1 5 15 TOG B yes 0 0 3 2 7 16 RSA C yes 0 0 3 0 5 |} See also Football in Egypt Football in Africa External links BBC coverage Details at RSSSF A guide to the teams 2006 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:2005–06 in Egyptian football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Egypt Category:Football competitions in Cairo Category:Sports competitions in Alexandria Category:Sport in Port Said Category:Sport in Ismailia Category:January 2006 sports events in Africa Category:February 2006 sports events in Africa