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2012 Africa Cup of Nations

28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

2012 Africa Cup of Nations

28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations

FieldValue
tourney_nameAfrica Cup of Nations
year2012
other_titles{{unbulleted list
image2012 Africa Cup of Nations logo.png
size180px
countryEquatorial Guinea
country2Gabon
dates21 January – 12 February
num_teams16
venues4
cities4
championZambia
count1
secondIvory Coast
thirdMali
fourthGhana
matches32
goals76
attendance
top_scorerANG Manucho
GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
CIV Didier Drogba
MLI Cheick Diabaté
MAR Houssine Kharja
ZAM Christopher Katongo
ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka
(3 goals each)
playerZAM Christopher Katongo
fair_play
prevseason[2010](2010-africa-cup-of-nations)
nextseason[2013](2013-africa-cup-of-nations)

| Copa Africana de Naciones 2012 | Campeonato Africano das Nações de 2012 | Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2012 | AFCON 2012 | CAN 2012 GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang CIV Didier Drogba MLI Cheick Diabaté MAR Houssine Kharja ZAM Christopher Katongo ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka (3 goals each)

The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The competition took place between 21 January and 12 February 2012, and it was co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The bidding process for hosting the tournament ended in September 2006.

The matches were played in four stadiums in four host cities, with the final played at the newly built Stade d'Angondjé in Gabon's capital and largest city, Libreville. Fourteen teams were selected for participation via a continental qualification tournament that began in July 2010.

The 2012 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations took place against the backdrop of political turmoil. Libya and Tunisia qualified for the tournament, even as the Arab Spring brought upheaval and regime change to both nations.{{cite web | url = http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/01/16/the-arab-spring-libya-and-the-african-cup-of-nations-the-effect-of-revolution-and-unrest-has-been-to-inspire-unite-and-embolden-160102/ | title = The Arab Spring, Libya and the African Cup of Nations: The effect of revolution has been to inspire, unite and embolden | date = 16 January 2012 | work = Sporting Intelligence | access-date = 6 June 2017}} Traditional African footballing nations such as reigning champions Egypt (also affected by political events), as well as Cameroon, Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa had failed to qualify. Players from third-placed Mali had pleaded for the insurgency in the north of their country to end.

In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final. Both host nations, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, were eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final stage.

In the final, unfancied Zambia defeated third-time finalists Ivory Coast after a dramatic penalty shootout, despite the fact that Ivory Coast did not concede a single goal during the entire tournament, giving Zambia their first continental title. Manager Hervé Renard dedicated their win to the members of the national team who died in a plane crash near the final's venue in Libreville in 1993.

Host selection

Bids :

  • Angola (selected as hosts for 2010)
  • Gabon / Equatorial Guinea (selected as hosts for 2012)
  • Libya (selected as hosts for 2013)
  • Nigeria (selected as reserve hosts for 2010, 2012 & 2013 tournaments)

Rejected Bids :

  • Benin / Central African Republic
  • Botswana
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Senegal
  • Zimbabwe

On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.

This edition was awarded to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to rotate the hosting of the cup and give hosting chance for first-timer nations.

Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries failed to meet the requirements established by CAF, although this ended up being unnecessary.

The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to 2013 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid clashing with the FIFA World Cup.

Qualification

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The qualification process involved ten groups of four, one of which was reduced to a group of three after the withdrawal of Mauritania, and one group of five. The top team from each group goes through, as well as the second placed team from the group of five. The two best second place teams also qualify. At the end of the qualification process, fourteen teams would have qualified, as well as the two host nations. The first qualifiers were held on 1 July 2010.

Qualified teams

A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.
CountryQualified asQualification dateAppearance in finalsPrevious best performanceRegional bodyFIFA ranking**[1](1)**Continental ranking**[1](1)**
Group J]] Winner048 October 2011066th2008]], [2010](2010-africa-cup-of-nations))COSAFA8519
Group K]] Winner0126 March 2011011st20noneCOSAFA9421
Group F]] Winner033 September 2011088th1998]])WAFU6614
Group H]] Winner025 June 20111919th1992]])WAFU181
AACo-host0029 July 2007011st20noneUNIFFAC15141
AACo-host0029 July 2007055th1996]])UNIFFAC9120
Group I]] Winner048 October 20111818th1963]], [1965](1965-africa-cup-of-nations), [1978](1978-africa-cup-of-nations), [1982](1982-africa-cup-of-nations))WAFU262
Group B]] Winner048 October 20111010th1976]])WAFU7917
Top Two]] Runner-Up048 October 2011033rd1982]])UNAF6313
Group A]] Winner048 October 2011077th1972]])WAFU6915
Group D]] Winner059 October 20111414th1976]])UNAF6112
Group G]] Winner048 October 2011011st20noneWAFU9822
Group E]] Winner033 September 20111212th2002]])WAFU435
Top Two]] Runner-Up059 October 2011088th1970]])CECAFA12030
Group K]] Runner-up048 October 20111515th2004]])UNAF5910
Group C]] Winner048 October 20111515th1974]], [1994](1994-africa-cup-of-nations))COSAFA7116

:1 FIFA World Rankings, release of 18 January 2012.

Controversies

Togo

Togo were initially banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following an attack on their team bus. Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee. Togo were therefore free to play in the 2012 and 2013 qualifiers.

Nigeria

On 30 June 2010, after Nigeria's exit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan punished the team for a poor campaign by imposing a two-year ban from international competition. This would have resulted in the Nigerians missing out on both the 2012 qualifying phase and the 2012 African Cup of Nations. However, on 5 July, the Nigerian government dropped the ban after FIFA threatened to impose harsher international sanctions as a result of the government interference.{{cite news |access-date=8 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708201006/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5355645/ce/us/nigeria-president-goodluck-jonathan-dropping-plan-suspend-tea?cc=5901&ver=us |archive-date=8 July 2010

Venues

The opening match, one semi-final and the third place match were held in Equatorial Guinea, while the other semi-final and the final were held in Gabon.

| Equatorial Guinea | Bata | Malabo |
|
| Gabon | Franceville | Libreville | shape-color1 = #ce1126 | mark-title1 = Bata | mark-description1 = Estadio de Bata | mark-coord1 = | shape-color2 = #ce1126 | mark-title2 = Malabo | mark-description2 = Estadio de Malabo | mark-coord2 = | shape-color3 = #009e60 | mark-title3 = Franceville | mark-description3 = Stade de Franceville | mark-coord3 = | shape-color4 = #009e60 | mark-coord4 = | mark-title4 = Libreville | mark-description4 = Stade de l'Amitié

CityStadiumCapacity
EQG BataEstadio de Bata41,000
GAB FrancevilleStade de Franceville22,000
GAB LibrevilleStade d'Angondjé40,000
EQG MalaboEstadio de Malabo20,000

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 29 October 2011 at the Sipopo Conference Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The draw ceremony was attended by the two presidents from the host countries, President Ali Bongo of Gabon and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea. The draw saw the 16 qualified teams being pitted into four groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals and final eventually.

The two hosts were automatically seeded into pot 1. The other 14 qualified teams were ranked based on their performances during the previous three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

ClassificationPoints awardedWinnerRunner-upLosing semi-finalistsLosing quarter-finalistsEliminated in 1st round
7
5
3
2
1

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

The teams were then divided into four pots based on the ranking. Each group contained one team from each pot. Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, as co-hosts, were automatically seeded as the top team in Group A and C respectively.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
(co-hosts)
(co-hosts)
(22 pts)
(17 pts)(11 pts)
(9 pts)
(9 pts)
(6 pts)(5 pts)
(5 pts)
(3 pts)
(3 pts)(2 pts)
(1 pt)
(0 pts)
(0 pts)

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

RefereesLinesmen

Squads

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Each team's squad for the tournament consisted of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Each participating national association had to submit their squad by 11 January 2012 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first match of the tournament.

Group stage

Groups A and B took place in Equatorial Guinea, while Groups C and D were held in Gabon. Notably, there was not a single goalless draw during the group stage.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
  7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).

Group A

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Group B

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Group C

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Group D

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

Knockout stage

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Awards

  • Player of the tournament: ZAM Christopher Katongo
  • Top goalscorer of the competition: ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka
  • Fair Player of the competition: CIV Jean-Jacques Gosso
  • Fair Play award:

Team of the tournament

;Goalkeeper

  • ZAM Kennedy Mweene

;Defenders

  • CIV Jean-Jacques Gosso
  • ZAM Stophira Sunzu
  • GHA John Mensah
  • MLI Adama Tamboura

;Midfielders

  • ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka
  • CIV Yaya Touré
  • CIV Gervinho
  • MLI Seydou Keita

;Forwards

  • ZAM Christopher Katongo
  • CIV Didier Drogba

;Substitutes

  • CIV Boubacar Barry
  • EQG Rui
  • TUN Youssef Msakni
  • ANG Manucho
  • GAB Éric Mouloungui
  • GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  • GUI Sadio Diallo
  • MLI Cheick Diabaté
  • MAR Houssine Kharja
  • SUD Mudather El Tahir
  • ZAM Rainford Kalaba
  • GHA Kwadwo Asamoah

Tournament rankings

Ranking criteria
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Scorers

;3 goals

  • ANG Manucho
  • GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  • CIV Didier Drogba
  • MLI Cheick Diabaté
  • MAR Houssine Kharja
  • ZAM Christopher Katongo
  • ZAM Emmanuel Mayuka

;2 goals

  • GHA André Ayew
  • GHA John Mensah
  • GUI Abdoul Camara
  • GUI Sadio Diallo
  • LBY Ihaab Boussefi
  • LBY Ahmed Saad Osman
  • SUD Mohamed Ahmed Bashir
  • SUD Mudather El Tahir
  • TUN Youssef Msakni

;1 goal

  • ANG Mateus
  • BOT Mogakolodi Ngele
  • BOT Dipsy Selolwane
  • BFA Issiaka Ouédraogo
  • BFA Alain Traoré
  • EQG Javier Balboa
  • EQG Kily
  • EQG Randy
  • GAB Daniel Cousin
  • GAB Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé
  • GAB Éric Mouloungui
  • GAB Stéphane N'Guéma
  • GHA Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
  • GHA Asamoah Gyan
  • GUI Mamadou Bah
  • GUI Naby Soumah
  • GUI Ibrahima Traoré
  • CIV Wilfried Bony
  • CIV Emmanuel Eboué
  • CIV Gervinho
  • CIV Salomon Kalou
  • CIV Yaya Touré
  • MLI Garra Dembélé
  • MLI Seydou Keita
  • MLI Bakaye Traoré
  • MAR Younès Belhanda
  • NIG William N'Gounou
  • SEN Deme N'Diaye
  • SEN Dame N'Doye
  • SEN Moussa Sow
  • TUN Issam Jemâa
  • TUN Saber Khelifa
  • TUN Khaled Korbi
  • ZAM James Chamanga
  • ZAM Rainford Kalaba
  • ZAM Stophira Sunzu

;Own goal

  • BFA Bakary Koné (playing against Ivory Coast)

Mascot

The mascot for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was unveiled on 16 September 2011 at a ceremony in Libreville, Gabon. The mascot, named Gaguie, is a gorilla sporting the national team colors of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, manufactured by Adidas, was the Comoequa. The name was inspired by the Komo River, which runs through the host nations, and the Equator, which runs throughout Africa and unites the host nations.

Notes

References

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  2. (13 February 2012). "Zambia Takes a Modest and Emotional Path to Victory". The New York Times.
  3. (13 February 2002). "Zambia coach dedicates Africa Cup of Nations win to crash dead". BBC Sport.
  4. (16 May 2010). "Africa Cup of Nations Cup to move to odd-numbered years". BBC Sport.
  5. "African International Competitions". British Broadcasting Corporation.
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  7. (14 May 2010). "Togo's African Cup ban is lifted". British Broadcasting Corporation.
  8. (30 June 2010). "Nigeria's President Suspends Soccer Team". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  9. (5 January 2010). "Gabon : Libreville et Malabo s'accordent pour la CAN 2012". Gaboneco.
  10. (26 June 2011). "Official Draw for the Orange CAN 2012 fixed for October 29, 2011". Confederation of African Football.
  11. (29 October 2011). "2012 Africa Cup of Nations draw conducted". Confederation of African Football.
  12. (12 October 2011). "Orange CAN 2012 Official Draw 29 Oct 2011 – Procedures". Confederation of African Football.
  13. "Referees". Confederation of African Football.
  14. "Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Gabon-Equatorial Guinea 2012". Confederation of African Football.
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  20. (3 January 2011). "CAF and Adidas present the official match ball for the African Cup of Nations". Confederation of African Football.
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