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2006 Africa Cup of Nations

25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

Field	Value
tourney_name	Africa Cup of Nations
year	2006
other_titles	كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2006
image	2006 Africa Cup of Nations logo.svg
size	150px
caption	Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo
country	Egypt
dates	20 January – 10 February
num_teams	16
venues	6
cities	4
champion	Egypt
count	5
second	Ivory Coast
third	Nigeria
fourth	Senegal
matches	32
goals	73
attendance	714054
top_scorer	Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
player	Egypt Ahmed Hassan
prevseason	[2004](2004-african-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[2008](2008-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, 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	Total votes	11
EGY Egypt	7
LBY Libya	2
ALG Algeria	1
CIV Ivory Coast	1

Qualification

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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

(qualified as hosts)
(holders)

Squads

Venues

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Cairo International Stadium	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	Port Said Stadium
Capacity: 74,100	Capacity: 25,500	Capacity: 24,060
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Haras El Hodoud Stadium	Alexandria Stadium	Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 21,650	Capacity: 19,676	Capacity: 16,606
[[File:Harras El-Hedoud Stadium.jpg	180px]]	[[File:GD-EG-Alex-Stade002.JPG	180px]]	[[File:Ismailia Stadium.jpg	180px]]

Draw

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
(hosts)
(title holders)

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

Aboutrika
A. Hassan

Y. Touré

Aboutrika

Group B

LuaLua

Meyong

Maurito Mamam Eto'o

Group C

Bouazizi O. Bangoura

Benachour

Feindouno
Diawara

Group D

Ba

Mikel

Benjani

Knockout stage

| 3 February – Cairo | **** | 4 | | 1 | 3 February – Alexandria | | 2 | **** | 3 | 4 February – Cairo | | 1 (11) | ** ** | 1 (12) | 4 February – Port Said | ** ** | 1 (6) | | 1 (5) | 7 February – Cairo | **** | 2 | | 1 | 7 February – Alexandria | **** | 1 | | 0 | 10 February – Cairo | ** ** | 0 (4) | | 0 (2) | 9 February – Cairo | | 0 | **** | 1

Quarter-finals

Feindouno Niang
H. Camara

H. Hassan
Moteab

Taiwo
Ayila
Obinna
Martins
Mikel
Enyeama
Kanu Guemamdia Chedli Benachour Clayton Boumnijel Massaoud Bouazizi

Geremi
Atouba
Kome
Meyong
Makoun
Song
Saidou
Douala
Bikey
Hamidou
Eto'o K. Touré B. Koné Faé A. Koné Kouassi Romaric Boka Zokora Zoro Tizié Drogba

Semi-finals

Zaki

Third place match

Final

Main article: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Abdelwahab A.H. Ali Zaki Aboutrika K. Touré B. Koné Eboué

Goalscorers

Samuel Eto'o
Ahmed Hassan
Pascal Feindouno
Francileudo Santos
Emad Moteab
Flávio
Didier Drogba
Mohamed Aboutrika
Albert Meyong
Ousmane Bangoura
Kaba Diawara
Obafemi Martins
Henri Camara
Mamadou Niang
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 Benachour
Riadh Bouazizi
Karim Haggui
James Chamanga
Christopher Katongo
Elijah Tana
Benjani Mwaruwari
Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR)
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:

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