Africa Cup 2010

Africa Cup 2010
Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2010
Number of nations	15  (of 53 applicants)
African champions	Egypt (7th title)
venue	Angola
Opening game	January 10, 2010
Endgame	January 31, 2010
Games	29
Gates	71  (⌀: 2.45 per game)
spectator	538,500  (⌀: 18,569 per game)
Top scorer	Gedo (5 goals)
Best player	Ahmed Hassan
yellow cards	111  (⌀: 3.83 per game)
Yellow-red cards	4  (⌀: 0.14 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.14 per game)

National logo of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola

The Africa Cup 2010 ( English : African Cup of Nations , French : Coupe d'Afrique des Nations , Portuguese : Taça de África das Nações ) was the 27th edition of the African continental football championship and took place from 10th to 31st January in Angola . The tournament was sponsored by the telecommunications company Orange . The official name of the tournament was changed accordingly to Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2010 .

To reduce the starting field with the previous record number of 53 candidates to the sixteen finalists were for the second time in 2006 , the African qualifying groups for the FIFA World Cup used, with the first three teams of the five groups of the third qualifying round for the African Nations Cup 2010 qualified. The group winners qualified for the 2010 World Cup . This regulation, that no separate qualifying round was played, was a concession by the African association CAF to the African national players, who mostly play in European football clubs and have a very tight schedule.

Ultimately, the following teams qualified: Egypt , Algeria , Angola , Benin , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Gabon , Ghana , Cameroon , Malawi , Mali , Mozambique , Nigeria , Zambia , Tunisia . Because of the withdrawal from Togo due to a terrorist attack, the number of participants was reduced to 15 teams. Thus, instead of 32, only 29 games were played.

The game was played with four groups of four teams each. An exception is group B, in which only three teams play due to the withdrawal or disqualification of Togo at the beginning of the Africa Cup. In the event of a tie between two teams, the table position and advancement were decided in the following order: the higher number of points in a direct comparison, the better goal difference in a direct comparison, the higher number of goals scored in a direct comparison, the better goal difference from all group matches, the larger Number of goals scored in all group matches, the fair play rating 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 .

After 2006 and 2008, Egypt managed the title hat trick and became African champions in football for the seventh time.

Venues

Cabinda	Luanda Benguela Cabinda Lubango Venues 2010 in Angola	Benguela
Estádio Nacional de Chiazi		Estádio Nacional de Ombaka
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 35,700
Luanda		Lubango
Estádio 11 de November		Estádio Nacional da Tundavala
Capacity: 50,000		Capacity: 20,000

Squad

→ see main article: Africa Cup 2010 / Kader

Group stage

The group draw took place on November 20, 2009 in Luanda . With the exception of the opening in Group A and the last day of the match, the group games were held as part of double events.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Angola	3	1	2	0	006: 400	+2	05
2.	Algeria	3	1	1	1	001: 300	−2	04th
3.	Mali	3	1	1	1	007: 600	+1	04th
4th	Malawi	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03

January 10 in Luanda
Angola	-	Mali	4: 4 (2: 0)
January 11th in Luanda
Malawi	-	Algeria	3: 0 (2: 0)
January 14th in Luanda
Mali	-	Algeria	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 14th in Luanda
Angola	-	Malawi	2: 0 (0: 0)
January 18 in Luanda
Angola	-	Algeria	0-0
January 18 in Cabinda
Mali	-	Malawi	3: 1 (2: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	003: 100	+2	04th
2.	Ghana	2	1	0	1	002: 300	−1	03
3.	Burkina Faso	2	0	1	1	000: 100	−1	01
	Togo	withdrawn

The three games of Togo have been canceled.

January 11th in Cabinda
Ivory Coast	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
11th January
Ghana	-	Togo	––
15. January
Burkina Faso	-	Togo	––
January 15 in Cabinda
Ivory Coast	-	Ghana	3: 1 (1: 0)
January 19 in Luanda
Burkina Faso	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 19th
Ivory Coast	-	Togo	––

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Benin	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01
4th	Mozambique	3	0	1	2	002: 700	−5	01

January 12 in Benguela
Egypt	-	Nigeria	3: 1 (1: 1)
January 12 in Benguela
Mozambique	-	Benin	2: 2 (1: 2)
January 16 in Benguela
Nigeria	-	Benin	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 16 in Benguela
Egypt	-	Mozambique	2: 0 (0: 0)
January 20 in Benguela
Egypt	-	Benin	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 20 in Lubango
Nigeria	-	Mozambique	3: 0 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
2.	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
3.	Gabon	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Tunisia	3	0	3	0	003: 300	± 0	03

January 13 in Lubango
Cameroon	-	Gabon	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 13 in Lubango
Zambia	-	Tunisia	1: 1 (1: 1)
January 17th in Lubango
Gabon	-	Tunisia	0-0
January 17th in Lubango
Cameroon	-	Zambia	3: 2 (0: 1)
January 21 in Benguela
Gabon	-	Zambia	1: 2 (0: 1)
January 21 in Lubango
Cameroon	-	Tunisia	2: 2 (0: 1)

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
	January 24th in Luanda
	Angola	0
					January 28 in Luanda
	Ghana	1
					Ghana	1
	January 25 in Lubango
					Nigeria	0
	Zambia	0 (4)
									January 31 in Luanda
	Nigeria	0 (5)
									Ghana	0
	January 24th in Cabinda
									Egypt	1
	Ivory Coast	2
					January 28 in Benguela
	Algeria	3
					Algeria	0			Game for third place
	January 25 in Benguela
					Egypt	4th
	Egypt	3							Nigeria	1
	Cameroon	1							Algeria	0
									January 30th in Benguela

Quarter finals

January 24th in Luanda
Angola	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 24th in Cabinda
Ivory Coast	-	Algeria	2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)
January 25 in Benguela
Egypt	-	Cameroon	3: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
January 25 in Lubango
Zambia	-	Nigeria	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 i. E.

Semifinals

January 28 in Luanda
Ghana	-	Nigeria	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 28 in Benguela
Algeria	-	Egypt	0: 4 (0: 1)

In the first semi-final game, Ghana took the lead through a goal from Asamoah Gyan in the 21st minute of the game and then limited themselves to bringing the lead over time. Nigeria was able to improve significantly compared to the game against Zambia, but did not equalize despite field superiority and some good scoring chances. In the closing stages, the Ghanaians missed several counter-chances when the Nigerians threw everything forward in order to equalize.

In the Egypt-Algeria match, three Algerian players were sent off the field: Rafik Halliche saw the yellow-red card in the first half for a foul on Emad Moteab in the penalty area after receiving a warning eight minutes earlier; the subsequent penalty turned Hosni Abd-Rabou (39.) to Egypt's first goal in the game, where he stopped the execution irregularly briefly and waited until the Algerian goalkeeper had decided on a corner. Shortly after Mohamed Zidan's 2-0 win (65th), Nadir Belhadj received the red card for a gross foul on Ahmed Al-Muhammadi . The just substitute Mohamed Abdel-Shafy scored the third goal for Egypt in the 81st minute from a tight angle from the left. Five minutes later, Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was also given the yellow-red card for a foul on substitute Gedo . The then substituted goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche was able to play Gedo in the third minute of stoppage time and increased to the final score of 4: 0. It was his fourth goal as a substitute, which made him the sole leader in the top scorer list. For Egypt it was the first victory against Algeria in an Africa championship, in the previous meetings Algeria could win or they parted ways.

The game between Egypt and Algeria was the first encounter between the two teams since the World Cup qualifiers on November 14th and 18th, 2009 , which led to riots and political tension. Games between the two teams were often accompanied by attacks in the past.

3rd place match

January 30th in Benguela
Nigeria	-	Algeria	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

In the final, Egypt and Ghana, the two teams that have played most often in the Africa Cup final, met each other. It was the eighth finals for both of them.

January 31 in Luanda
Ghana	-	Egypt	0: 1 (0: 0)

List of goalscorers

rank player Gates 1 Gedo 5 2 Ahmed Hassan 3 Flávio 3 Asamoah Gyan 3 Seydou Keita 3 6th Emad Moteab 2 Manucho 2 Samuel Eto'o 2 Russel Mwafulirwa 2 Frédéric Kanouté 2 Peter Odemwingie 2 Jacob Mulenga 2 13 Hosni Abd-Rabou 1 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 1 Ahmed Elmohamady 1 Mohamed Zidan 1 Hameur Bouazza 1

rank player Gates 13 Madjid Bougherra 1 Rafik Halliche 1 Karim Matmour 1 Gilberto 1 Razak Omotoyossi 1 Didier Drogba 1 Gervinho 1 Salomon Kalou 1 Abdul Kader Keïta 1 Siaka Tiéné 1 Daniel cousin 1 Fabrice do Marcolino 1 André Ayew 1 Achille Emana 1 Geremi 1 Mohamadou Idrissou 1 Landry N'Guémo 1

rank player Gates 13 Davi Banda 1 Elvis Kafoteka 1 Mamadou Bagayoko 1 Mustapha Yatabaré 1 Fumo 1 Miro 1 Obafemi Martins 1 Chinedu Obasi 1 Victor Obinna 1 Yakubu 1 James Chamanga 1 Rainford Kalaba 1 Chris Katongo 1 Amine Chermiti 1 Zouheir Dhaouadi 1 Dario Khan ET Aurélien Chedjou ET

Awards

Almost all individual awards went to players of the tournament winner Egypt. Team captain Ahmed Hassan was named the best player of the tournament, Gedo received the title of top scorer as well as the award for discovering the tournament. Essam El-Hadary was named the tournament's best goalkeeper. The Ghanaian Kwadwo Asamoah was recognized as a "fair player" of the tournament.

In addition, the Technical Study Group of the CAF put together a team of 22 for the tournament, divided into a team of the eleven best players in the tournament and twelve substitutes (in brackets).

Goal: Essam El-Hadary
( Richard Kingson )

Defense: Madjid Bougherra , Wael Gomaa , Mabiná
( Emmanuel Mbola )

Midfield: Ahmed Fathy , Peter Odemwingie , Alexandre Song , Ahmed Hassan
( Karim Ziani , André Ayew , Achille Emana , Eric Mouloungui , Seydou Keita )

Attack: Asamoah Gyan , Mohamed Zidan , Flavio
( Gedo , Salomon Kalou , Chinedu Obasi , Jacob Mulenga , Kwadwo Asamoah )

Assassination before the start of the tournament

Two days before the start of the tournament, the Togolese national team was assassinated on the border between the Republic of Congo and the Angolan enclave of Cabinda , which was on its way to their venue by bus . Strangers attacked the bus and shot at officials and players. The assistant coach Améleté Abalo , the press spokesman for the Togolese team Stanislaus Ocloo and the bus driver were killed and several members of the delegation were seriously wounded. Kodjovi Obilalé and Serge Akakpo were among the injured players. The Portuguese news agency Lusa reported that the Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda had committed to the attack. Demands to cancel the tournament due to the incident were immediately rejected by the CAF. The decision of the Togolese team to take an unsecured bus overland by plane was sharply criticized by the COCAN organizing committee. Due to the attack, it was initially considered to move the Group B games , which actually take place in Cabinda , to the capital Luanda . At a special meeting of the CAF, however, it was decided to play the games in Cabinda as planned. The security precautions for this have been tightened.

One day after the attack, the Togolese football association initially withdrew its team from the tournament. Government spokesman Pascal Bodjona said: “The players are in shock. So the government decided to call the team back. We can't take part in the competition after this drama. ”After a team meeting and an appeal from Angolan Prime Minister Paulo Kassoma to reconsider the departure, the players made the decision to take part in the tournament. "We met with the whole team and ultimately we will play against Ghana on Monday," said international Alaixys Romao . However, the Togolese government stuck to their decision to call the team home. “The team has to leave and return to Togo. If players or other people fly our flag at the opening ceremony, then they are not representing our country, ”said Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo . The team eventually bowed to government orders and left the tournament. One day after the start of the Africa Cup, Togo was officially disqualified and deleted from the schedule. Group B then consisted of only three teams.

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orange becomes tournament sponsor and name sponsor ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ can-angola2010.com ( Memento of January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Art. 72, p. 29
3. ↑ Orange CAN 2010 awards. cafonline.com, January 31, 2010
4. ↑ CAF Releases top 11 of Orange CAN. cafonline.com, January 31, 2010
5. ↑ Togo's national team leaves the Africa Cup Spiegel Online, January 9, 2010
6. ↑ Three dead in the attack, Togo leaves FOCUS Online, January 9, 2010
7. ↑ One dead and several injured in the attack on Togo's national team Spiegel Online, January 8, 2010
8. ↑ Africa Cup: Togo does not compete , FOCUS Online, January 9, 2010
9. ↑ ^{a b} Togo's premier bans participation in the Africa Cup of Nations, Spiegel Online, January 10, 2010
10. ↑ Togo cancels participation Kicker.de, January 9, 2010
11. ↑ Government prevails : Togo will not take part n-tv.de, January 10, 2010
12. ↑ Africa Cup: Togo is deleted from the game plan in FOCUS Online, January 11, 2010