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'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.

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
Cairo	Cairo International Stadium	74,100
Cairo	Cairo Military Academy Stadium	25,000
Alexandria	Harras El-Hedoud Stadium	22,000
Port Said	Port Said Stadium	22,000
Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	20,000
Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium	16,500

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

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (qualified as hosts) ★ ★ ★

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Finals

Group Stages

Teams in 'Bold' progress to the Quarter Finals, teams in ''italics'' are eliminated from the tournament.
''All Times Local: EET (UTC +2)''

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
''	'7'	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
''	'6'	3	2	0	1	4	4	+1
''	'2'	3	0	2	1	0	2	-2
''	'1'	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
''	'9'	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
''	'4'	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
''	'4'	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1
''	'0'	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
''	'9'	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
''	'6'	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2
''	'3'	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
''	'0'	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
''	'9'	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
''	'3'	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
''	'3'	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1
''	'3'	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3

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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.