Africa Cup 2012

Africa Cup 2012
Africa Cup of Nations 2012
Number of nations	16  (of 47 applicants)
African champions	Zambia (1st title)
venue	Equatorial Guinea Gabon
Opening game	January 21, 2012
Endgame	February 12, 2012
Games	32
Gates	76  (⌀: 2.38 per game)
spectator	456,332  (⌀: 14,260 per game)
Top scorer	Emmanuel Mayuka (3 goals)
Best player	Christopher Katongo
yellow cards	114  (⌀: 3.56 per game)
Yellow-red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.09 per game)

The Africa Cup 2012 ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations ) was the 28th game of the African continental championship in football and took place from January 21st to February 12th in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and for the second time after 2000 (then Ghana and Nigeria) in two countries.

The African Football Association CAF decided on September 4, 2006 on the host countries for the tournaments in 2010 , 2012 and 2014 (later brought forward to 2013). The applications from Angola, Nigeria, Libya and the joint application from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea were allowed to vote, while the applications from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were already rejected in May 2006. The 13-member Executive Committee at the Cairo headquarters selected Angola as the host for 2010, granted Equatorial Guinea and Gabon the right to host the event for 2012 and approved Libya for 2014.

The game was played with four groups of four teams each. In the event of a tie between two teams, the table position and advancement were decided in the following order: the direct comparison (larger number of points, goal difference, goals scored), goal difference and larger number of goals scored from all group matches, followed by the fair play list (number of yellow and red cards) and ultimately the lot. The two best teams in each group then played the tournament winner from the quarter-finals in the knockout system as usual . If the games in the final round were tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and possibly (if there is still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .

Zambia won the tournament and became African champions for the first time in football. A qualification for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Brazil did not take place, because due to the switch to the odd game years, the next Africa Cup will take place in 2013 and the winner will qualify.

qualification

Qualified teams

As before, there was a qualification to reduce the field of participants from 48 applicants to the sixteen finalists, whereby the two hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea were automatically qualified. Ultimately, the following teams qualified:

Equatorial Guinea (host), Gabon (host), Botswana (winner group K), Ivory Coast (winner group H), Senegal (winner group E), Burkina Faso (winner group F), Mali (winner group A) , Guinea (winner group B), Zambia (winner group C), Niger (winner group G), Ghana (winner group I), Angola (winner group J), Tunisia (second group K), Libya (one of two runners-up in a group of four), Morocco (winner group D), Sudan (one of two runners-up in a group of four)

Burkina Faso's legal qualification was questioned by the Namibian Football Association before the International Court of Sports . On January 10, 2012, the latter decided in favor of Burkina Faso.

With Egypt , the winner of the last Africa Cup could not qualify for the first time. So far there has only been an Africa Cup without a defending champion when Nigeria decided not to participate in 1996 . Besides Egypt, Nigeria and Cameroon, two other teams in the top 4 of the all-time Africa Cup table, failed to qualify. In addition, Ghana is only one of the four best teams from the last tournament in the 2012 competition.

With Botswana and Niger , which were able to qualify for the first time, as well as the co-hosts Equatorial Guinea , three newcomers took part in the 2012 Africa Cup.

→ see main article: Africa Cup 2012 / qualification

Venues

The 2012 Africa Cup took place in two stadiums in both countries. In Equatorial Guinea the games of groups A and B, two quarter-finals, a semi-final and the game for third place took place. Equatorial Guinea had already opened the two stadiums, but expanded the stadium in Bata to 35,700 seats. In Gabon, the games of groups C and D, also two quarter-finals and a semi-final and the final were played. Gabon built a new stadium for this purpose and renovated the second one.

Malabo	Malabo Bata Venues 2012 in Equatorial Guinea Libreville Franceville 2012 venues in Gabon	Bata
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo		Estadio de Bata
Capacity: 15,250		Capacity: 35,700
Libreville		Franceville
Stade d'Angondjé		Stade de Franceville
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 20,000

Squad

→ Main article : Africa Cup 2012 / Kader

referee

The African Football Association nominated 18 referees and 21 assistant referees for the tournament.

Referee: Mohamed Benouza Djamel Haimoudi Néant Alioum Noumandiez Doué Gehad Grisha Eric Otogo-Castane Bakary Papa Gassama Hamada Nampiandraza Koman Coulibaly

Ali Lemghaifry Rajindraparsad Seechurn Bouchaib El Ahrach Badara Diatta Eddy Maillet Daniel Bennett Khalid Abdel Rahman Slim Jedidi Janny Sikazwe

Assistants: Albdelhak Etchiali Jean-Claude Birumushahu Evarist Menkouande Yanoussa Moussa Richard Bouende-Malonga Songuifolo Yeo Ansom Ogbamariam Theophile Vinga Aboubacar Doumbouya Marwa Range

Moffat Champiti Balla Diarra Balkrishna Bootun Redouane Achik David Shaanika Peter Edibe Felicien Kabanda Djibril Camara Jason Damoo Zakhele Siwela Bechir Hassani

Group stage

draw

The draw for the final groups took place on October 29, 2011 at the Sipopo Conference Palace in Malabo , Equatorial Guinea . The event was also attended by the presidents of the two host countries, Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (Gabon) and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (Equatorial Guinea). The 16 participating teams were divided into four pots. While the two host teams were placed in pot 1 and the group heads of groups A and C had already been determined, the 14 other teams were classified according to the following points key according to their performance in the previous three continental tournaments:

Tournament victory (7 points), final (5), semi-final (3), quarter-final (2), preliminary round (1);

The points for the 2010 tournament were weighted three times, for 2008 twice and for 2006 once.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Equatorial Guinea (set A1) Gabon (set C1) Ghana (22 pts) Ivory Coast (17 pts)	Angola (11 points) Tunisia (9 points) Zambia (9 points) Guinea (6 points)	Mali (5 points) Senegal (5 points) Morocco (3 points) Burkina Faso (3 points)	Sudan (2 points) Libya (1 point) Botswana (0 points) Niger (0 points)

With the exception of the last day of the match, the group matches took place as part of double events.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Equatorial Guinea	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	06th
3.	Libya	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Senegal	3	0	0	3	003: 600	−3	00

January 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Bata
Equatorial Guinea	-	Libya	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 21 at 10:00 p.m. in Bata
Senegal	-	Zambia	1: 2 (0: 2)
January 25th at 6:15 p.m. in Bata
Libya	-	Zambia	2: 2 (1: 1)
January 25th at 9:15 pm in Bata
Equatorial Guinea	-	Senegal	2: 1 (0: 0)
January 29th at 7:00 p.m. in Malabo
Equatorial Guinea	-	Zambia	0: 1 (0: 0)
January 29th at 7:00 p.m. in Bata
Libya	-	Senegal	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Sudan	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Angola	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
4th	Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00

January 22nd at 5:00 p.m. in Malabo
Ivory Coast	-	Sudan	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 22nd at 8:00 p.m. in Malabo
Burkina Faso	-	Angola	1: 2 (0: 0)
January 26th at 5:00 p.m. in Malabo
Sudan	-	Angola	2: 2 (1: 1)
January 26th at 8:00 p.m. in Malabo
Ivory Coast	-	Burkina Faso	2: 0 (1: 0)
January 30th at 7:00 p.m. in Bata
Sudan	-	Burkina Faso	2: 1 (1: 0)
January 30th at 7:00 p.m. in Malabo
Ivory Coast	-	Angola	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gabon	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Morocco	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03
4th	Niger	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

January 23 at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Gabon	-	Niger	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Morocco	-	Tunisia	1: 2 (0: 1)
January 27 at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Niger	-	Tunisia	1: 2 (1: 1)
January 27 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Gabon	-	Morocco	3: 2 (0: 1)
January 31 at 7:00 p.m. in Franceville
Gabon	-	Tunisia	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 31 at 7:00 p.m. in Libreville
Niger	-	Morocco	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Mali	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	06th
3.	Guinea	3	1	1	1	007: 300	+4	04th
4th	Botswana	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00

January 24th at 5:00 p.m. in Franceville
Ghana	-	Botswana	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 24th at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Mali	-	Guinea	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 28 at 5:00 p.m. in Franceville
Botswana	-	Guinea	1: 6 (1: 4)
January 28 at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Ghana	-	Mali	2: 0 (0: 0)
February 1st at 7:00 p.m. in Libreville
Botswana	-	Mali	1: 2 (0: 0)
February 1st at 7:00 p.m. in Franceville
Ghana	-	Guinea	1: 1 (1: 1)

Final round

The games in the final round were played in the knockout system . If there was a draw after the normal playing time of 90 minutes, there would be two extra times for 15 minutes and, if there was still no winner at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out .

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	February 4th, 5:00 p.m. in Bata
	Zambia	3
					February 8, 5:00 p.m. in Bata
	Sudan	0
					Zambia	1
	February 5th, 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
					Ghana	0
	Ghana	2
									February 12, 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
	Tunisia	1
									Zambia	0 (8)
	February 5, 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
									Ivory Coast	0 (7)
	Gabon	1 (4)
					February 8, 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
	Mali	1 (5)
					Mali	0			Game for third place
	February 4th, 8:00 p.m. in Malabo
					Ivory Coast	1
	Ivory Coast	3							Ghana	0
	Equatorial Guinea	0							Mali	2
									February 11, 8:00 p.m. in Malabo

Quarter finals

February 4th at 5:00 p.m. in Bata
Zambia	-	Sudan	3: 0 (1: 0)
February 4th at 8:00 p.m. in Malabo
Ivory Coast	-	Equatorial Guinea	3: 0 (1: 0)
February 5th at 5:00 p.m. in Libreville
Gabon	-	Mali	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 5 i. E.
February 5th at 8:00 p.m. in Franceville
Ghana	-	Tunisia	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)

Semifinals

February 8 at 5:00 p.m. in Bata
Zambia	-	Ghana	1: 0 (0: 0)
February 8 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Mali	-	Ivory Coast	0: 1 (0: 1)

3rd place match

February 11 at 8:00 p.m. in Malabo
Ghana	-	Mali	0: 2 (0: 1)

final

February 12 at 8:00 p.m. in Libreville
Zambia	-	Ivory Coast	0: 0 n.V., 8: 7 iE

List of goalscorers

rank player Gates 1 Manucho 3 Didier Drogba 3 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 3 Cheick Diabaté 3 Houssine Kharja 3 Chris Katongo 3 Emmanuel Mayuka 3 8th André Ayew 2 John Mensah 2 Abdoul Razzagui Camara 2 Sadio Diallo 2 Ihaab Boussefi 2 Ahmed Saad 2 Mohammed Ahmed Bashir 2 Eltaib Mudather 2 Youssef Msakni 2 17th Mateus 1 Javier Balboa 1

rank player Gates 17th Kily 1 Randy 1 Mogakolodi Ngele 1 Dipsy Selolwane 1 Issiaka Ouédraogo 1 Alain Traoré 1 Gervinho 1 Wilfried Bony 1 Emmanuel Eboué 1 Salomon Kalou 1 Yaya Touré 1 Daniel cousin 1 Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita 1 Eric Mouloungui 1 Stéphane N'Guéma 1 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 1 Asamoah Gyan 1 Mamadou Bah 1

rank player Gates 17th Naby Soumah 1 Ibrahima Traoré 1 Garra Dembélé 1 Seydou Keita 1 Bakaye Traoré 1 Younès Belhanda 1 William Ngounou 1 James Chamanga 1 Rainford Kalaba 1 Stoppila Sunzu 1 Deme N'Diaye 1 Dame N'Doye 1 Moussa Sow 1 Issam Jemâa 1 Saber Khelifa 1 Khaled Korbi 1 Bakary Koné ET

Organization and environment

A gorilla named GaGuie was presented as a mascot in Libreville in September 2011. It is colored green, white and blue and is supposed to represent the two countries. According to Jules Marius Ogouembadja, President of the local Cocan Organizing Committee, the mascot symbolizes "the efforts made by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in recent years to preserve their cultural and ecological heritage."

The Gabonese Patience Dabany , the Ivorian group Magic System , the Cameroonian trio X Maleya , Miki Bad Boy from Equatorial Guinea and the Congolese rapper Bill Clinton contributed to the official tournament song “Celebrons l'Afrique” .

The official tournament ball was provided by Adidas for the third time after 2008 and 2010 . The model called “Comoequa”, whose name is composed of the Como River and the equator , is based on the Tango 12 , the official match ball of the 2012 European Football Championship .

Web links

Commons : 2012 Africa Cup of Nations  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Award of the Africa Cup 2012 ( Memento from March 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Caf names 2010 shortlist . May 14, 2006 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed October 6, 2018]).
3. ^ Angola to host 2010 Nations Cup . September 4, 2006 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed October 6, 2018]).
4. ↑ Regulations on cafonline.com. (PDF) Archived from the original on November 15, 2011 ; accessed on October 4, 2018 . 
5. ↑ CAF: Results of day 6 matches: Orange CAN 2012 ( Memento from October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ CAS set Namibia Appeal date. Namibia Football Association, December 14, 2011 ( Memento from January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ az.com.na: Namibia does not go to the African Championship (January 11, 2012) ( Memento from January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Gabon: Libreville et Malabo s'accordent pour la CAN 2012, Gaboneco, January 5, 2010 ( Memento of January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Eq Guinea open new Nations Cup stadium in Bata . In: BBC Sport . 2012 ( bbc.com [accessed October 6, 2018]).
10. ↑ cafonline.com: REFEREES ( memento of January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 9, 2012
11. ↑ cafonline.com: Official Draw for the Orange CAN 2012 fixed for October 29, 2011 (June 26, 2011) ( Memento of June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ cafonline.com: OFFICIAL DRAW ON OCTOBER 29TH 2011 DRAW PROCEDURES AND SEEDED TEAMS ( Memento from September 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 118 kB), accessed on November 6, 2011
13. ↑ Afcon 2012 official mascot unveiled | Goal.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018 . 
14. ↑ allafrica.com: Bill Clinton joint sa voix à "Célébrons l'Afrique", chanson officielle de la CAN Orange 2012 (December 29, 2011) ( Memento of January 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ djrocard.com: Patience Dabany ft Magic System, X Malexa, Miki Bad Boy and Bill Clinton - Célébrons (December 21, 2011) ( Memento from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ cafonline.com: CAF and Adidas Present The Official Match Ball For The African Cup of Nations (January 3, 2012) ( Memento of January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )