2006 Africa Cup of Nations

2006 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006
كأس الأمم الأفريقية لكرة القدم 2006
Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	20 January – 10 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (5th title)
Runners-up	Côte d'Ivoire
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	73 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player	Ahmed Hassan
← 2004 2008 →

The 2006 African 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 Cote d'Ivoire in the final 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw.

1 Host Cities & Venues
2 Squads
3 Qualification
4 Participating teams
5 Results
- 5.1 Group stage
- 5.2 Knockout stage
6 Scorers
7 CAF Team of the Tournament
8 See also
9 External links

Host Cities & Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Cairo	Cairo International Stadium	74,100
Cairo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	28,500
Alexandria	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium	21,650
Port Said	Port Said Stadium	24,060
Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	19,676
Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium	16,606

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2006 African Cup of Nations (squads)

Qualification

For the 2006 African 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 African Cup of Nations. The exception was qualification group 3, which contained hosts Egypt. Since Egypt qualified for the African Cup 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

Results

Group stage

Teams 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
Côte d'Ivoire	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

20 January 2006 19:00	Egypt	3 – 0	Libya	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
	Mido 18' Aboutreika 22' A. Hassan 78'

21 January 2006 14:00	Morocco	0 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			Drogba 39'

24 January 2006 17:15	Libya	1 – 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Kames 42'		Drogba 10' Yaya Touré 74'

24 January 2006 20:00	Egypt	0 – 0	Morocco	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

28 January 2006 19:00	Egypt	3 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Motaeb 8', 69' Aboutreika 61'		A. Koné 43'

28 January 2006 19:00	Libya	0 – 0	Morocco	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
Congo DR	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

21 January 2006 17:15	Cameroon	3 – 1	Angola	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Eto'o 20', 39', 78'		Flávio 31' (pen.)

21 January 2006 20:00	Togo	0 – 2	Congo DR	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
			Mputu 45' LuaLua 64'

25 January 2006 17:15	Angola	0 – 0	Congo DR	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

25 January 2006 20:00	Cameroon	2 – 0	Togo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
	Eto'o 68' Meyong Ze 85'

29 January 2006 19:00	Angola	3 – 2	Togo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: Abderrahim al-Arjoune (Morocco)
	Flávio 9', 38' Maurito 86'		Kader 24' Cherif Touré 67'

29 January 2006 19:00	Cameroon	2 – 0	Congo DR	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Geremi 31' Eto'o 33'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9
Tunisia	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
Zambia	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
South Africa	3	0	3	0	5	−5	0

22 January 2006 17:15	Tunisia	4 – 1	Zambia	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	dos Santos 35', 82', 90+3' Bouazizi 53'		Chamanga 9'

22 January 2006 20:00	South Africa	0 – 2	Guinea	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
			S. Bangoura 78' O. Bangoura 88'

26 January 2006 17:15	Zambia	1 – 2	Guinea	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)
	Tana 33'		Feindouno 73' (pen.), 90+1'

26 January 2006 20:00	Tunisia	2 – 0	South Africa	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
	dos Santos 32' Ben Achour 58'

30 January 2006 19:00	Tunisia	0 – 3	Guinea	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
			O. Bangoura 16' Feindouno 70' Diawara 90+1'

30 January 2006 19:00	Zambia	1 – 0	South Africa	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	C. Katongo 75'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
Senegal	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
Ghana	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

23 January 2006 17:15	Nigeria	1 – 0	Ghana	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Taiwo 85'

23 January 2006 20:00	Zimbabwe	0 – 2	Senegal	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
			H. Camara 59' Ba 80'

27 January 2006 17:15	Ghana	1 – 0	Senegal	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Abderrahim al-Arjoune (Morocco)
	Amoah 13'

27 January 2006 20:00	Nigeria	2 – 0	Zimbabwe	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Obodo 57' Obi Mikel 60'

31 January 2006 19:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Senegal	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
	Martins 79', 88'		S. Camara 58'

31 January 2006 19:00	Ghana	1 – 2	Zimbabwe	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)
	Adamu 90+2'		Ahmed 60' (o.g.) Mwaruwari 68'	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 February – Cairo

Egypt

7 February – Cairo

Congo DR

Egypt

3 February – Alexandria

Senegal

Guinea

10 February – Cairo

Senegal

Egypt (p)

0 (4)

4 February – Cairo

Côte d'Ivoire

0 (2)

Cameroon

1 (11)

7 February – Alexandria

Côte d'Ivoire (p)

1 (12)

Côte d'Ivoire

Third place

4 February – Port Said

Nigeria

Nigeria (p)

1 (6)

Senegal

Tunisia

1 (5)

Nigeria

9 February – Cairo

Quarter-finals

3 February 2006 15:00	Guinea	2 – 3	Senegal	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Diawara 24' Feindouno 90+5'		Diop 61' Niang 83' H. Camara 90+3'

3 February 2006 19:00	Egypt	4 – 1	Congo DR	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
	A. Hassan 33', 89' (pen.) H. Hassan 39' Moteab 57'		El-Saqua 45+2' (o.g.)

4 February 2006 15:00	Nigeria	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Obinna 6'		Haggui 49'
		Penalties
	Yobo Taiwo Ayila Obinna Martins Obi Mikel Enyeama Kanu	6 – 5	Namouchi Guemamdia Chedli Ben Achour Clayton Boumnijel Hadj Massaoud Bouazizi

4 February 2006 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Meyong Ze 95'		B. Koné 92'
		Penalties
	Eto'o Geremi Atouba Kome Meyong Ze 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	Egypt	2 – 1	Senegal	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 76,000 Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
	A. Hassan 37' (pen.) Zaki 81'		Niang 52'

7 February 2006 15:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)
			Drogba 47'

Third-place play-off

9 February 2006 18:00	Senegal	0 – 1	Nigeria	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
			Lawal 79'

Final

10 February 2006 18:00	Egypt	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Côte d'Ivoire	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

		Penalties
	A. Hassan AbdelWahab Abdel Halim Ali Zaky Aboutreika	4 – 2	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Eboué

African Cup of Nations 2006 Winners
Egypt Fifth title

Scorers

5 goals

Samuel Eto'o

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Own goals

Abdel El-Saqua (playing against Congo D.R.)
Issah Ahmed (playing against Zimbabwe)

1 goal

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Essam El-Hadary

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	Sudan 1957 · United Arab Republic 1959 · Ethiopia 1962 · Ghana 1963 · Tunisia 1965 · Ethiopia 1968 · Sudan 1970 · Cameroon 1972 · Egypt 1974 · Ethiopia 1976 · Ghana 1978 · Nigeria 1980 · Libya 1982 · Ivory Coast 1984 · Egypt 1986 · Morocco 1988 · Algeria 1990 · Senegal 1992 · Tunisia 1994 · South Africa 1996 · Burkina Faso 1998 · Ghana/Nigeria 2000 · Mali 2002 · Tunisia 2004 · Egypt 2006 · Ghana 2008 · Angola 2010 · Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 · South Africa 2013 · Morocco 2015 · Libya 2017

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Qualification	1957¹ · 1959¹ · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010 · 2012 · 2013

Squads	1957 · 1959 · 1962 · 1963 · 1965 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010 · 2012

¹No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.

2006 Africa Cup of Nations

Contents

Host Cities & Venues

Squads

Qualification

Participating teams

Results

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Scorers

CAF Team of the Tournament

See also

External links