2010 Africa Cup of Nations
football championship of Africa
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations tournament. It took place in Angola from 10 January to 31 January. Egypt won the tournament after defeating Ghana.[1] Lastly, Nigeria got third place.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Angola |
Dates | 10 – 31 January |
Teams | 15 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 71 (2.45 per match) |
Attendance | 543,500 (18,741 per match) |
ResultsEdit
Group StageEdit
Key to colours in group tables |
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Team advanced to the semi-finals. |
Group AEdit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
Malawi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 |
Group BEdit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
Ghana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
Togo | withdrew |
Group CEdit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
Benin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 1 |
Group DEdit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Gabon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Knockout stageEdit
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
24 January – Luanda | ||||||||||
Angola | 0 | |||||||||
28 January – Luanda | ||||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
25 January – Lubango | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
Zambia | 0 (4) | |||||||||
31 January – Luanda | ||||||||||
Nigeria (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
24 January – Cabinda | ||||||||||
Egypt | 1 | |||||||||
Ivory Coast | 2 | |||||||||
28 January – Benguela | ||||||||||
Algeria (aet) | 3 | |||||||||
Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
25 January – Benguela | ||||||||||
Egypt | 4 | |||||||||
Egypt (aet) | 3 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Fanning, Evan (31 January 2010). "Africa Cup of Nations final: Egypt v Ghana - as it happened! - Evan Fanning" – via www.theguardian.com.