2006 Africa Cup of Nations

2006 Africa Cup of Nationsكأس أمم أفريقيا 2006

Africa Cup of Nations 2006 official logo

Tournament details
Host country| Egypt
Dates| 20 January – 10 February
Teams| 16
Venue(s)| 6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Egypt (5th title)
Runners-up|  Ivory Coast
Third place|  Nigeria
Fourth place|  Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 32
Goals scored| 73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance| 714,054 (22,314 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Samuel Eto'o (5 goals)
Best player(s)|  Ahmed Hassan

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2008 →

International football competition

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

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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
Egypt | 7
Libya  | 2
Algeria  | 1
Ivory Coast  | 1
Total votes  | 11

## Qualification

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Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.

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

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*  Angola
*  Cameroon
*  DR Congo
*  Ivory Coast
*  Egypt (qualified as hosts)
*  Ghana
*  Guinea
*  Libya
*  Morocco
*  Nigeria
*  Senegal
*  South Africa
*  Togo
*  Tunisia (holders)
*  Zambia
*  Zimbabwe

## Squads

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Further information: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads

## Venues

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Cairo |

Cairo

Alexandria

Port Said

Ismailia

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Cairo International Stadium | Port Said Stadium
Capacity: 74,100 | Capacity: 24,060

Cairo | Alexandria
Cairo Military Academy Stadium | Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity: 25,500 | Capacity: 21,650

Ismailia | Alexandria
Ismailia Stadium | Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 16,606 | Capacity: 19,676

## Draw

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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

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Egypt (hosts)
Tunisia (title holders)
Cameroon
Nigeria |  Morocco
South Africa
Senegal
DR Congo |  Ghana
Ivory Coast
Guinea
Togo |  Zambia
Angola
Zimbabwe
Libya

## Group stage

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The top two teams of each group (highlighted in green) progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local: EET (UTC+2)

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Egypt (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Ivory Coast | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 6
3  |  Morocco | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 2  |
4  |  Libya | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | −4  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

20 January 2006

19:00

Egypt | 3–0|  Libya

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Mido 18'
Aboutrika 22'
A. Hassan 78' |  |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

* * *

21 January 2006

14:00

Morocco | 0–1|  Ivory Coast

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|  | Drogba 39' (pen.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)

* * *

24 January 2006

17:15

Libya | 1–2|  Ivory Coast

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Kames 42' |  | Drogba 10'
Y. Touré 74'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

* * *

24 January 2006

20:00

Egypt | 0–0|  Morocco

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Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

* * *

28 January 2006

19:00

Egypt | 3–1|  Ivory Coast

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Moteab 8', 69'
Aboutrika 61' |  | A. Koné 43'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

* * *

28 January 2006

19:00

Libya | 0–0|  Morocco

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Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Cameroon | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  DR Congo | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 4
3  |  Angola | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 4  |
4  |  Togo | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 7  | −5  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

21 January 2006

17:15

Cameroon | 3–1|  Angola

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Eto'o 20', 39', 78' | [1] | Flávio 31' (pen.)

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

* * *

21 January 2006

20:00

Togo | 0–2|  DR Congo

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|  | Mputu 45'
LuaLua 64'

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

* * *

25 January 2006

17:15

Angola | 0–0|  DR Congo

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Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

* * *

25 January 2006

20:00

Cameroon | 2–0|  Togo

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Eto'o 68'
Meyong 85' |  |

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

* * *

29 January 2006

19:00

Angola | 3–2|  Togo

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Flávio 9', 38'
Maurito 86' | [3] | Kader 24'
Mamam 67'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)

* * *

29 January 2006

19:00

Cameroon | 2–0|  DR Congo

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Geremi 31'
Eto'o 33' |  |

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Guinea | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Tunisia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 6
3  |  Zambia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 3  |
4  |  South Africa | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 5  | −5  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

22 January 2006

17:15

Tunisia | 4–1|  Zambia

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Santos 35', 82', 90+3'
Bouazizi 53' |  | Chamanga 9'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

* * *

22 January 2006

20:00

South Africa | 0–2|  Guinea

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|  | S. Bangoura 78'
O. Bangoura 88'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

* * *

26 January 2006

17:15

Zambia | 1–2|  Guinea

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Tana 33' |  | Feindouno 73' (pen.), 90+1'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

* * *

26 January 2006

20:00

Tunisia | 2–0|  South Africa

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Santos 32'
Benachour 58' |  |

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

* * *

30 January 2006

19:00

Tunisia | 0–3|  Guinea

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|  | O. Bangoura 16'
Feindouno 70'
Diawara 90+1'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

* * *

30 January 2006

19:00

Zambia | 1–0|  South Africa

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C. Katongo 75' |  |

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

### Group D

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Nigeria | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Senegal | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 3
3  |  Ghana | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 3  |
4  |  Zimbabwe | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

23 January 2006

17:15

Nigeria | 1–0|  Ghana

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Taiwo 85' |  |

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

* * *

23 January 2006

20:00

Zimbabwe | 0–2|  Senegal

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|  | H. Camara 59'
Ba 80'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)

* * *

27 January 2006

17:15

Ghana | 1–0|  Senegal

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Amoah 13' |  |

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Abderrahim Al-Arjoune (Morocco)

* * *

27 January 2006

20:00

Nigeria | 2–0|  Zimbabwe

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Obodo 57'
Mikel 60' |  |

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

* * *

31 January 2006

19:00

Nigeria | 2–1|  Senegal

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Martins 79', 88' |  | S. Camara 58'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)

* * *

31 January 2006

19:00

Ghana | 1–2|  Zimbabwe

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Adamu 90+2' |  | Issah 60' (o.g.)
Benjani 68'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: René Louzaya (Congo)

## Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  3 February – Cairo | | | | |

|   Egypt |  4

|  7 February – Cairo

|   DR Congo |  1 |

|   Egypt |  2

|  3 February – Alexandria

| |   Senegal |  1 |

|   Guinea |  2

| |  10 February – Cairo

|   Senegal |  3 |

|   Egypt (pen.) |  0 (4)

|  4 February – Cairo

| |   Ivory Coast |  0 (2)

|   Cameroon |  1 (11)

|  7 February – Alexandria |

|   Ivory Coast (pen.) |  1 (12) |

|   Ivory Coast |  1

|  4 February – Port Said

| |   Nigeria |  0 | | Third place

|   Nigeria (pen.) |  1 (6)

| |  9 February – Cairo

|   Tunisia |  1 (5) |

|   Senegal |  0

|   Nigeria |  1

### Quarter-finals

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3 February 2006

15:00

Guinea | 2–3|  Senegal

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Diawara 24'
Feindouno 90+5' | Report | Bouba Diop 61'
Niang 83'
H. Camara 90+3'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

* * *

3 February 2006

19:00

Egypt | 4–1|  DR Congo

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A. Hassan 33' (pen.), 89'
H. Hassan 39'
Moteab 58' | Report | El-Saqqa 45+2' (o.g.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

* * *

4 February 2006

15:00

Nigeria | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Tunisia

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Obinna 6' | Report | Haggui 49'
Penalties
Yobo
Taiwo
Ayila
Obinna
Martins
Mikel
Enyeama
Kanu | 6–5 |  Namouchi
Guemamdia
Chedli
Benachour
Clayton
Boumnijel
Massaoud
Bouazizi

Port Said Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

* * *

4 February 2006

19:00

Cameroon | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Ivory Coast

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Meyong 95' | Report | B. Koné 92'
Penalties
Eto'o
Geremi
Atouba
Kome
Meyong
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

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

### Semi-finals

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7 February 2006

19:00

Egypt | 2–1|  Senegal

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A. Hassan 37' (pen.)
Zaki 81' |  | Niang 52'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 74,100

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

* * *

7 February 2006

15:00

Nigeria | 0–1|  Ivory Coast

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|  | Drogba 47'

Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jérôme Damon (South Africa)

### Third-place match

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9 February 2006

18:00

Senegal | 0–1|  Nigeria

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|  | Lawal 79'

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 11,354

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

### Final

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Main article: 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final

10 February 2006

18:00

Egypt | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Ivory Coast

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| Report |
Penalties
A. Hassan
Abdelwahab
A.H. Ali
Zaki
Aboutrika | 4–2 |  Drogba
K. Touré
B. Koné
Eboué

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 74,100

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

## Goalscorers

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5 goals

* Samuel Eto'o

4 goals

* Ahmed Hassan
* Pascal Feindouno
* Francileudo Santos

3 goals

* Emad Moteab
* Flávio
* Didier Drogba

2 goals

* Mohamed Aboutrika
* Albert Meyong
* Ousmane Bangoura
* Kaba Diawara
* Obafemi Martins
* Henri Camara
* Mamadou Niang

1 goal

* 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

1 own goal

* Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa (against Congo DR)
* Issah Ahmed (against Zimbabwe)

## CAF Team of the Tournament

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Goalkeeper

* Essam El Hadary

Defenders

* Rigobert Song
* Wael Gomaa
* Emmanuel Eboué
* Taye Taiwo

Midfielders

* Stephen Appiah
* Mohamed Aboutrika
* Ahmed Hassan
* Pascal Feindouno

Forwards

* Didier Drogba
* Samuel Eto'o

## Tournament rankings

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Ranking criteria

For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:[1]

1. Goal difference in round eliminated;
2. Goals scored in round eliminated;
3. If teams eliminated in the semi-finals or quarter-finals are tied, the above criteria are reapplied for the previous knockout round, with this process repeated once more should two semi-finalists remain tied;
4. Points in group stage;
5. Goal difference in group stage;
6. Goals scored in group stage;
7. Disciplinary points.

For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:[1]

1. Position in group;
2. Points;
3. Goal difference;
4. Goals scored;
5. Disciplinary points.

Pos. | Team  | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD

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1  |  Egypt | A  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 14  | 12  | 3  | +9
2  |  Ivory Coast | A  | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 11  | 6  | 5  | +1
3  |  Nigeria | D  | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 13  | 7  | 3  | +4
4  |  Senegal | D  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 6  | 7  | 8  | −1
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  |  Cameroon | B  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 8  | 2  | +6
6  |  Guinea | C  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 9  | 4  | +5
7  |  Tunisia | C  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 7  | 5  | +2
8  |  DR Congo | B  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 6  | −3
Eliminated in the group stage
9  |  Angola | B  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 5  | −1
10  |  Zambia | C  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 6  | −3
11  |  Ghana | D  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 3  | −1
12  |  Zimbabwe | D  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 5  | −3
13  |  Morocco | A  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | −1
14  |  Libya | A  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 5  | −4
15  |  Togo | B  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 7  | −5
16  |  South Africa | C  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | −5

## See also

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* Cairo
* Egyptian Soccer Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.

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* Details at RSSSF
* A guide to the teams

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The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.

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