The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the

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Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th

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, the biennial

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championship of Africa ( CAF). It was held in

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, 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 two days before the tournament began, after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving in Angola, reduced the number of participating nations to 15. A total of 29 games were played, instead of the scheduled 32.

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won the tournament, their seventh ACN title and an unprecedented third in a row, beating

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1–0 in the final.

Host selection

Bids : *Angola (selected as hosts for 2010) *Gabon / Equatorial Guinea ''(selected as hosts for 2012)'' *Libya ''(selected as hosts for 2013)'' *Nigeria ''(selected as reserve hosts for 2010, 2012 & 2013 tournaments)'' Rejected Bids : *Benin / Central African Republic *Botswana *Mozambique *Namibia *Senegal *Zimbabwe On 4 September 2006, the

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(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

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. Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010,

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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

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and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the

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Qualification

The

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

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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

* * (hosts) * * * * * * * * * * * * ( withdrew) * *

Venues

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in

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, 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

In the knockout stage,

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and a

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were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

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:

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*Discovery Player of the Tournament:

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*Goalkeeper of the competition: Essam El-Hadary *Top scorer:

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 *

* Emmanuel Mbola *

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* Achille Emaná * Kwadwo Asamoah *

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* Chinedu Obasi * Salomon Kalou * Jacob Mulenga

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

;3 goals * Flávio * Ahmed Hassan *

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;2 goals *

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* Russel Mwafulirwa * Frédéric Kanouté * Peter Odemwingie * Jacob Mulenga ;1 goal * Hamer Bouazza * Madjid Bougherra *

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* Gilberto ;1 goal * Razak Omotoyossi * Achille Emaná * Geremi * Mohammadou Idrissou * Landry N'Guémo *

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* Gervinho * Salomon Kalou *

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* Siaka Tiéné * Mohamed Abdel-Shafy * Hosny Abd Rabo * Ahmed Elmohamady *

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* Daniel Cousin * Fabrice Do Marcolino *

* Davi Banda * Elvis Kafoteka *

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* Mustapha Yatabaré ;1 goal * Fumo * Miro *

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* Chinedu Obasi *

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* Amine Chermiti * Zouheir Dhaouadi *

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* Rainford Kalaba * Christopher Katongo ;Own goals ;2 goals * Dario Khan (playing against Benin and Egypt) ;1 goal * Aurélien Chedjou (playing against Tunisia)

Tournament rankings

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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

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in Malange Province.

Match ball

The official match

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for the tournament is the

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Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the Adidas Jabulani to be used at the

, with the colours of the

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Marketing

Tournament had seven sponsors,

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, NASUBA,

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and only African corporate sponsor

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Attack on the Togo national team

On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the

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was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda,

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

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-Military Position 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,

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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

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References

External links

Results at CAF web site

Dossier on African Cup of Nations
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African Cup of Nations Guide

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