Africa Cup 2008 / final round

Final round of the Africa Cup of 2008

Final round

In the quarter and semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system is used . If the games in the final round are tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there will be two extra times of 15 minutes and if there is still no winner after the end of extra time there will be a penalty shoot-out .

Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

February 3, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Accra

Ghana	2
		7 February 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Accra
Nigeria	1
		Ghana	0
February 4th, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. in Tamale
		Cameroon	1
Tunisia	2
				February 10, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Accra
Cameroon	3
				Cameroon	0
February 3, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. in Sekondi
				Egypt	1
Ivory Coast	5
		February 7, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. in Kumasi
Guinea	0
		Ivory Coast	1	Game for third place
February 4, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Kumasi
		Egypt	4th
Egypt	2			Ghana	4th

Angola	1			Ivory Coast	2

				February 9, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in Kumasi

Quarter finals

Ghana - Nigeria 2: 1 (1: 1)

Ghana		Nigeria
	Quarterfinals 1 February 3, 2008, Ohene Djan Stadium ( Accra ) Spectators: Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
	Richard Kingson - Eric Addo , John Mensah , John Paintsil , Hans Sarpei - Anthony Annan , Sulley Muntari , Michael Essien , Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (74th Haminu Dramani ) - Junior Agogo , Asamoah Gyan (62nd Laryea Kingston ). Trainer: Claude Le Roy	Austin Ejide - Joseph Yobo , Obinna Nwaneri , Taye Taiwo , Danny Shittu - Seyi Olofinjana , John Obi Mikel (85. Victor Obinna ), Dickson Etuhu (71. Richard Eromoigbe ) - Yakubu Aiyegbeni , Ikechukwu Uche , Osaze Odemwingie . Trainer: Berti Vogts
	1: 1 Michael Essien (45 + 3.) 2: 1 Junior Agogo (83.)	0: 1 Yakubu Aiyegbeni (35th, FE)
	Asamoah Gyan (45th), Junior Agogo (84th)	Taye Taiwo (9th), Obinna Nwaneri (18th), John Obi Mikel (76th)
	John Mensah (60th / emergency brake)

Ivory Coast - Guinea 5: 0 (1: 0)

Ivory Coast		Guinea
	Quarter Finals 2 February 3, 2008, Sekondi Takoradi Stadium ( Sekondi Takoradi ) Spectators: Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
	Barry Boubacar - Arthur Boka , Abdoulaye Meïté , Romaric , Emmanuel Eboué - Didier Zokora , Yaya Touré , Abdul Kader Keïta (75th Emerse Faé ) - Salomon Kalou , Aruna Dindane (75th Arouna Koné ), Didier Drogba (76th Bakari Koné ) . Coach: Gérard Gili	Kémoko Camara - Mamadou Bah , Alimou Mamadou Diallo , Ibrahima Sory Camara , Daouda Jabi - Kamil Zayatte (83rd Oumar Kalabane ), Mohamed Sacko , Samuel Johnson (68th Naby Soumah ) - Ismaël Bangoura , Souleymane Youla (61st Karamoko Cissé ), Fodé Mansaré . Coach: Robert Nouzaret
	1-0 Abdul Kader Keïta (25th) 2-0 Didier Drogba (70th) 3-0 Salomon Kalou (72nd) 4-0 Salomon Kalou (81st) 5-0 Bakari Koné (86th)
		Kamil Zayatte (18th), Ibrahima Camara (90th + 3)

Egypt - Angola 2: 1 (2: 1)

Egypt		Angola
	Quarter-finals 3 February 4, 2008, Baba Yara Stadium ( Kumasi ) Spectators: Referee: Yūichi Nishimura (Japan)
	Essam El-Hadary - Sayed Moawad (66th Mahmoud Fathallah ), Ahmed Fathy , Hani Said , Shady Mohamed - Wael Gomaa , Hosni Abd-Rabou , Mohamed Shawky - Mohamed Abo Treka (90 + 2nd Ibrahim Zaid ), Amr Zaki (71 . Ahmed Hassan ), Emad Moteab . Coach: Hassan Shehata	Lamá - Marco Airosa , Kali , Yamba Asha , Rui Marques - Zé Kalanga (72nd Mateus ), André Macanga , Gilberto , Maurito (46th Mendonça ) - Manucho , Flávio (84th Édson ). Coach: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves
	1-0 Hosni Abd-Rabou (23rd, hand penalty) 2-1 Amr Zaki (39th)	1: 1 Manucho (27.)
	Sayed Moawad (8th), Wael Gomaa (35th), Mohamed Abo Treka (49th)	André Macanga (22nd), Flávio (73rd)

Tunisia - Cameroon 2: 3 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 2)

Tunisia		Cameroon
	Quarter Finals 4 February 4th 2008, Tamale Stadium ( Tamale ) Spectators: Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Hamdi Kasraoui - Radhouène Felhi , Mehdi Nafti (71st Issam Jemâa ), Wissam El Bekri , Karim Haggui (39th Saber Ben Frej ) - Radhi Jaïdi , Chaouki Ben Saada , Mejdi Traoui , Jawhar Mnari - Yassine Chikhaoui , Francileudo Silva dos Santos ( 86. Amine Chermiti ). Trainer: Roger Lemerre	Idriss Carlos Kameni - Thimothée Atouba (108th Bill Tchato ), André Bikey , Rigobert Song , Geremi Njitap - Achille Emana (62nd Joël Epalle ), Stéphane Mbia , Alexandre Song , Jean Makoun (66th Gilles Binya ) - Mohamadou Idrissou , Samuel Eto'o . Trainer: Otto Pfister
	1: 2 Chaouki Ben Saada (34.) 2: 2 Yassine Chikhaoui (81.)	0: 1 Stéphane Mbia (18th) 0: 2 Geremi Njitap (27th) 2: 3 Stéphane Mbia (93.)
	Mehdi Nafti (14th), Radhi Jaïdi (108th)	Thimothée Atouba (79th)

Semifinals

Ghana - Cameroon 0: 1 (0: 0)

Ghana		Cameroon
	Semi-final 1 February 7th 2008, Ohene Djan Stadium ( Accra ) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoune (Morocco)
	Richard Kingson - John Paintsil , Michael Essien , Eric Addo , Hans Sarpei - André Ayew (86th Ahmed Barusso ), Haminu Dramani , Sulley Muntari , Anthony Annan - Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (61st Baffour Gyan ). Trainer: Claude Le Roy	Idriss Carlos Kameni - Thimothée Atouba , Rigobert Song , André Bikey , Geremi Njitap - Alexandre Song , Achille Emana (78th Gilles Binya ), Stéphane Mbia - Mohamadou Idrissou (46th Joël Epalle ), Joseph-Désiré Job (62nd Alain Nkong ) , Samuel Eto'o . Trainer: Otto Pfister
		0: 1 Alain Nkong (71.)
		Rigobert Song (70th)
		André Bikey (90 + 1. / unsporting behavior)

Ivory Coast - Egypt 1: 4 (0: 1)

Ivory Coast		Egypt
	Semi-final 2 February 7, 2008, Baba Yara Stadium ( Kumasi ) Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Barry Boubacar (39th Stephan Loboué ) - Arthur Boka , Abdoulaye Meïté , Kolo Touré , Emmanuel Eboué - Didier Zokora , Yaya Touré - Salomon Kalou (60th Bakari Koné ), Abdul Kader Keïta , Aruna Dindane (78th Arouna Koné ), Didier Drogba . Coach: Gérard Gili	Essam El-Hadary - Ahmed Fathy , Hani Said , Wael Gomaa , Sayed Moawad (77th Mahmoud Fathallah ) - Ahmed Hassan , Mohamed Abo Treka , Hosni Abd-Rabou , Shady Mohamed - Emad Moteab (68th Mohamed Zidan ), Amr Zaki ( 87. Ibrahim Said ). Coach: Hassan Shehata
	1: 2 Abdul Kader Keïta (64th)	0-1 Ahmed Fathy (12th) 0-2 Amr Zaki (63rd) 1: 3 Amr Zaki (67th) 1: 4 Mohamed Abo Treka (90th + 1 ')

3rd place match

Ghana - Ivory Coast 4: 2 (1: 2)

Ghana		Ivory Coast
	Match for third place February 9th 2008, Baba Yara Stadium ( Kumasi ) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Richard Kingson - Hans Sarpei , John Mensah , John Paintsil , Anthony Annan - Haminu Dramani (89th Harrison Afful ), Michael Essien , Eric Addo (90 + 4th Ahmed Barusso ), Sulley Muntari - Baffour Gyan (20th Quincy Owusu-Abeyie ), Junior Agogo . Trainer: Claude Le Roy	Tiassé Koné - Arthur Boka , Didier Zokora , Marco Zoro , Siaka Tiéné - Abdul Kader Keïta (64th Yaya Touré ), Emerse Faé (83rd Aruna Dindane ), Romaric , Salomon Kalou (73rd Gervinho ) - Boubacar Sanogo , Didier Drogba . Coach: Gérard Gili
	1: 0 Sulley Muntari (10th) 2: 2 Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (70th) 3: 2 Junior Agogo (80th) 4: 2 Haminu Dramani (84th)	1: 1 Boubacar Sanogo (24th) 1: 2 Boubacar Sanogo (32nd)

final

Cameroon - Egypt 0: 1 (0: 0)

Cameroon		Egypt
	Final February 10, 2008, Ohene Djan Stadium ( Accra ) Spectators: 35,500 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Idriss Carlos Kameni - Geremi Njitap , Bill Tchato , Rigobert Song , Thimothée Atouba - Stéphane Mbia , Alexandre Song (16th Gilles Binya ), Joël Epalle (65th Modeste M'Bami ), Achille Emana (56th Mohamadou Idrissou ), Alain Nkong - Samuel Eto'o . Trainer: Otto Pfister	Essam El-Hadary - Shady Mohamed , Hani Said , Wael Gomaa , Sayed Moawad , Ahmed Fathy - Hosni Abd-Rabou , Mohamed Abo Treka (90th Ibrahim Said ), Ahmed Hassan - Emad Moteab (60th Mohamed Zidan ), Amr Zaki ( 84. Mohamed Shawky ). Coach: Hassan Shehata
		0: 1 Mohamed Abo Treka (77.)
	Thimothée Atouba (62nd), Mohamadou Idrissou (88th)	Ahmed Hassan (87th)

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7229128.stm

[2] ttp://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/afrika-cup-2008-in-ghana-3-platz-ghana-elfenbeinkueste/

[3] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7236614.stm