The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the
Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th
Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial
football championship of Africa (
CAF). It was held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and concluded on 31 January.
In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a
terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15. A total of 29 games were played, instead of the scheduled 32 games.
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
won the tournament, their seventh ACN title and an unprecedented third in a row, beating
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
1–0 in the final.
Host selection
Bids :
*Angola
*Gabon / Equatorial Guinea
*Libya
*Nigeria
Rejected Bids :
*Benin / Central African Republic
*Botswana
*Mozambique
*Namibia
*Senegal
*Zimbabwe
On 4 September 2006, the
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
(CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.
This edition was awarded to Angola to encourage the country to move towards peace after the
Angolan Civil War.
Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010,
2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries failed to meet the requirements established by CAF, although this ended up being unnecessary
The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to
2013
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and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...
.
Qualification
The
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification would also be the qualification for this tournament. Despite the fact Angola were the host of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, they also needed to participate in the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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qualification. South Africa suffered the same situation, being the hosts for the World Cup but still needing to compete in qualification in order to qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
Qualified teams
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* (hosts)
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withdrew)
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Venues
Draw
The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seapo ...
, Angola. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Angola were seeded as hosts and Egypt as reigning holders. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition. Cameroon and Ivory Coast had the two strongest records and so completed the top seeded Pot 1. The four seeded teams were placed into their groups in advance of the final draw.
Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
Squads
Group stage
Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:
# points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
# goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
# number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
# goal difference in all group matches;
# number of goals scored in all group matches;
# fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
# drawing of lots by the organising committee.
''All times given as local time (
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
''All times given as local time (
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Awards
*Best player of the competition:
Ahmed Hassan
*Fair Play player of the competition:
Ahmed Fathy
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Born in Banha, he usually plays in the right back role for club and country. He started his care ...
*Discovery Player of the Tournament:
Gedo
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*Goalkeeper of the competition:
Essam El-Hadary
*Top scorer:
Gedo
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Best XI
The following players were selected as the best in their respective positions, based on their performances throughout the tournament. Their performances were analysed by the tournament's Technical Study Group (TSG), who picked the team.
;Substitutes
*
Richard Kingson
Richard Kingson (born 13 June 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently serves as a goalkeeper coach for the Ghana national football team. He is also known by his Turkish name Faruk Gürsoy and ...
*
Gedo
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*
Emmanuel Mbola
Emmanuel Mbola (born 10 May 1993), is a Zambian professional footballer who plays for Nkana. He is left-footed, and plays primarily at left-back. Between 2008 and 2016, he made 54 appearances for the Zambian national team.
Club career
Born in K ...
*
Karim Ziani
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*
Achille Emaná
*
Kwadwo Asamoah
*
Seydou Keita
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Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), ...
*
André Ayew
*
Éric Mouloungui
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Club career
Mouloungui was bor ...
*
Chinedu Obasi
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Club career
Lyn
Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Obasi started his football career at River Lane Youth Club Enugu and JC Raiders in his homela ...
*
Salomon Kalou
*
Jacob Mulenga
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Mulenga started his footballing career at age 18 with hometown club Afrisport, before moving to Châteauroux in 2004. Five years later, ...
Goalscorers
;5 goals
*
Gedo
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;3 goals
*
Flávio
*
Ahmed Hassan
*
Asamoah Gyan
*
Seydou Keita
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Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), ...
;2 goals
*
Manucho
*
Samuel Eto'o
*
Emad Moteab
*
Russel Mwafulirwa
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Career
Mwafulirwa began his career with Silver Strikers ...
*
Frédéric Kanouté
*
Peter Odemwingie
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Odemwingie grew up in Uzbekistan and Russia and began his career with Bendel Insurance in the Nigeria Premier League. ...
*
Jacob Mulenga
Jacob Mulenga (born 12 February 1984) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Mulenga started his footballing career at age 18 with hometown club Afrisport, before moving to Châteauroux in 2004. Five years later, ...
;1 goal
*
Hameur Bouazza
*
Madjid Bougherra
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Bougherra began his p ...
*
Rafik Halliche
*
Karim Matmour
*
Gilberto
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;1 goal
*
Razak Omotoyossi
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*
Achille Emaná
*
Geremi
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*
Mohammadou Idrissou
*
Landry N'Guémo
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*
Didier Drogba
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*
Gervinho
*
Salomon Kalou
*
Kader Keïta
*
Siaka Tiéné
*
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
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C ...
*
Hosny Abd Rabo
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Hosny wa ...
*
Ahmed Elmohamady
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah ( ar, أحمد المحمدي; born 9 September 1987) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a right-back and captained the Egypt national football team.
Elmohamady moved to Premier Leagu ...
*
Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Zidan ( ar, محمد عبد الله محمد زيدان) (born 11 December 1981), known as Mohamed Zidan, is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Early career
Mohamed Z ...
*
Daniel Cousin
*
Fabrice Do Marcolino
*
André Ayew
*
Davi Banda
*
Elvis Kafoteka
Elvis Bryson Kafoteka (born January 17, 1978 in Lilongwe) was a Malawian international footballer, in 2014 he retired from playing football
Career
Kafoteka began his career with CIVO United and signed in January 2008 for the Hong Kong Rangers F ...
*
Mamadou Bagayoko
Mamadou Bagayoko (born 21 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level.
Club career
Bagayoko was born in Paris. His debut at senior level came in 1999 for R ...
*
Mustapha Yatabaré
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Club career
Yatabaré was born in the French town of Beauvai ...
;1 goal
*
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*
Miro
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Obafemi Martins
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*
Chinedu Obasi
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Club career
Lyn
Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Obasi started his football career at River Lane Youth Club Enugu and JC Raiders in his homela ...
*
Victor Obinna
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Obinna in Igbo, literally means "father's heart". He played for Chievo in Italy's Serie B, having played regularly in Serie A with ...
*
Yakubu
*
Amine Chermiti
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Club career
Chermiti has been mentioned as one of the African players of the year due to his performance in t ...
*
Zouheir Dhaouadi
*
James Chamanga
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Club career
Chamanga's goal against Bafana Bafana earned him his first move abroad as the then South African Premier Soccer League ...
*
Rainford Kalaba
*
Christopher Katongo
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;Own goals
;2 goals
*
Dario Khan
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Dario Khan joined Egyptian side Ismaily from Sudanese club ...
(playing against Benin and Egypt)
;1 goal
*
Aurélien Chedjou
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Club career
Chedjou sig ...
(playing against Tunisia)
Statistics
*Total number of goals scored: 71
*Average goals per match: 2.45
*Most goals scored by a team in the first round: 7 – and
*Most goals conceded by a team: 10 –
*Most goals conceded by a team in the first round: 7 –
*Fewest goals conceded by a team in the first round: 1 – and *** and ***
*Fewest goals conceded by a team continuing on to the second round: 2 –
*Fastest goal in a match: 36th second:
Kanouté for (against )
*Latest goal scored in a match: 104th minute:
Ahmed Hassan for (against )
*Most goals scored in a match: 8 – 4–4
*Fewest goals scored in a match: 0 – vs. , – vs. , – vs. – vs.
*Most goals scored by a losing team: 2 – (against ); and (against )
*Most goals scored in a draw: 8 – 4–4
*Most goals scored by a winning team: 4 – (4–0 vs. )
*** indicates the team played only two matches in the group stage, due to the
withdrawal of Togo from the tournament.
Mascot
The Mascot for the Tournament is Palanquinha, which was inspired by the
Giant Sable Antelope (''Hippotragus niger variani''), a national symbol and a treasured animal in Angola. In Angola, this animal is found only in the
Cangandala National Park
Cangandala National Park is a national park in Malanje Province, Angola. It is situated between the Cuije river and 2 unnamed territories of the Cuanza, with the towns of Culamagia and Techongolola on the edges of the park. It is the smalle ...
in
Malange Province.
Match ball
The official match
ball for the tournament is the
Adidas
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Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the
Adidas Jabulani to be used at the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, with the colours of the
flag of Angola.
Marketing
Tournament had seven sponsors,
Doritos
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,
MTN Group
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, NASUBA,
Orange,
Pepsi
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History
Pepsi wa ...
,
Samsung
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and only African corporate sponsor
Standard Bank.
Attack on the Togo national team
On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the
Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen in
Cabinda,
Angola
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as it travelled to the tournament. A spokesman for the Togolese football federation said assistant coach
Améleté Abalo and press officer Stanislaud Ocloo had died as well as the driver. The separatist group
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda ( pt, Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, FLEC) is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda.AlʻAmin Mazrui, Ali. ...
-Military Position (FLEC-PM) claimed responsibility for the attack. The Togolese team withdrew from the competition the following day. The players initially decided to compete to commemorate the victims in this way, but were immediately ordered to return by the Togolese government.
Following their departure from Angola,
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
were formally disqualified from the tournament after failing to fulfil their opening Group B game against Ghana on 11 January.
On 30 January 2010, CAF banned Togo from participating in the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and fined the team $50,000 due to "government involvement in the withdrawal from the tournament". Togo were unable to compete until the 2015 tournament, but that ban was lifted on 14 May 2010 by a ruling from the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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.
References
External links
Results at CAF web site
Dossier on African Cup of Nations–
Radio France Internationale
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African Cup of Nations GuideAfrican Cup of Nations–
2010 Africa Cup of Nations at ESPN
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