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2006 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS

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Croconile, the championship's official mascot

'2006 African Cup of Nations - Egypt'

Teams 16
Host Egypt
Champions Egypt (5th title)
Matches Played 32
Goals Scored 52 (1.63 per match)
Top Scorer(s) Samuel Eto'o
5 goals

The '2006 African Cup of Nations' was the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). 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 goaless draw.
The Egyptian team celebrate their 5th ACN win.


Contents
Host Cities & Venues
Squads
Qualification
Participating Teams
Finals
Group Stages
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout Stages
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Individual scorers
See also
External links

Host Cities & Venues


Cities Venues Capacity
CairoCairo International Stadium74,100
CairoCairo Military Academy Stadium25,000
AlexandriaHarras El-Hedoud Stadium22,000
Port SaidPort Said Stadium22,000
AlexandriaAlexandria Stadium20,000
IsmailiaIsmailia Stadium16,500

Cairo Stadium during the championship

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


Participating nations






★ (qualified as hosts)











Finals


Group Stages

Teams in 'Bold' progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in ''italics'' are eliminated from the tournament.
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Group A

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Knockout Stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place playoff

Final

'2006 African Cup of Nations Champions':

Egypt

'EGYPT'

Individual scorers



'5 goals'

Samuel Eto'o


'4 goals'

Ahmed Hassan

Pascal Feindouno

Francileudo dos Santos


'3 goals'

Flávio

Didier Drogba

Emad Motaeb


'2 goals'

Albert Meyong Ze

Mohamed Aboutreika

Ousmane Bangoura

Kaba Diawara

Obafemi Martins

Henri Camara

Mamadou Niang


'Own goals'

Abdelzaher El Saqqa (1)

Issah Ahmed (1)



'1 goal'

Norberto Maurito

Geremi

Lomana LuaLua

Trésor Mputu

Arouna Koné

Bakari Koné

Yaya Touré

Hossam Hassan

Mido

Amr Zaki

Baba Adamu

Matthew Amoah

Sambégou Bangoura

Abd El Salam Kames

Garba Lawal

Mikel John Obi

Victor Nsofor Obinna

Christian Obodo

Taye Ismaila Taiwo

Issa Ba

Souleymane Camara

Papa Bouba Diop

Mohamed Kader

Mamam Cherif Touré

Selim Ben Achour

Riadh Bouazizi

Karim Haggui

James Chamanga

Christopher Katongo

Elijah Tana

Benjani Mwaruwari

See also



Cairo

Egyptian Soccer Cup

Girls At The Cairo National Stadium

External links



Official site

BBC coverage

Details at RSSSF

A guide to the teams

★ , called Girls At The Cairo National Stadium.

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