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.
| كأس أمم أفريقيا 2006 | |
|---|---|
 Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 20 January – 10 February |
| Teams | 16 |
| 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 played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 73 (2.28 per match) |
| Attendance | 714,054 (22,314 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Samuel Eto'o (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Ahmed Hassan |
← 2004 2008 → | |
Host selection
editBids :
- 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 |
| 7 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| Total votes | 11 |
Qualification
editFor 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
editSquads
editVenues
edit| Cairo | Port Said | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo International Stadium | Port Said Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 74,100 | Capacity: 24,060 | ||
| Cairo | Alexandria | ||
| Cairo Military Academy Stadium | Haras El Hodoud Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 25,500 | Capacity: 21,650 | ||
| Ismailia | Alexandria | ||
| Ismailia Stadium | Alexandria Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 16,606 | Capacity: 19,676 | ||
Draw
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Group stage
editThe top two teams of each group (highlighted in green) progress to the quarter-finals.
Group A
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Morocco | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba |
| Libya | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kames |
Drogba Y. Touré |
| Egypt | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Moteab Aboutrika |
A. Koné |
Group B
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Group C
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Bangoura O. Bangoura |
| Tunisia | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Santos Benachour |
| Tunisia | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| O. Bangoura Feindouno Diawara |
| Zambia | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| C. Katongo |
Group D
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Knockout stage
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 February – Alexandria | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 4 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| | 1 (11) | |||||||||
| 7 February – Alexandria | ||||||||||
| | 1 (12) | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Port Said | ||||||||||
| | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| 9 February – Cairo | ||||||||||
| | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| | 0 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
edit| Nigeria | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Obinna |
Report | Haggui |
| Penalties | ||
| Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Mikel Enyeama Kanu |
6–5 | |
| Cameroon | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Meyong |
Report | B. Koné |
| Penalties | ||
| Eto'o Geremi Atouba Kome Meyong Makoun Song Saidou Douala Bikey Hamidou Eto'o |
11–12 | |
Semi-finals
edit| Nigeria | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba |
Third-place match
editFinal
editGoalscorers
edit- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Norberto Maurito
Geremi
Lomana LuaLua
Hossam Hassan
Baba Adamu
Sambégou Bangoura
Arouna Koné
Abdusalam Khames
Garba Lawal
Issa Ba
Mohamed Kader
Selim Benachour
James Chamanga
Benjani Mwaruwari
- 1 own goal
CAF Team of the Tournament
editGoalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Tournament rankings
edit| 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]
For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:[1]
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| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 3 | +9 | |
| 2 | A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |
| 3 | D | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
| 4 | D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | −1 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | B | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
| 6 | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | +5 | |
| 7 | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | +2 | |
| 8 | B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |
| 10 | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |
| 11 | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
| 12 | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
| 13 | A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| 14 | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | |
| 15 | B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | −5 | |
| 16 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −5 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 January 2024.