2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Event

Egypt	Côte d'Ivoire

0	0

Date

10 February 2006

Venue

Attendance

80,000

The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2006 at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Egypt won the title for the fifth time by beating Côte d'Ivoire 4–2 on penalties.^[1]^[2]

Egypt were 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings (5th among African nations), while Côte d'Ivoire were ranked 42nd (7th among African nations).^[3]

Match details

10 February 2006
18:00

Egypt	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
	Report
	Penalties
A. Hassan Abdelwahab Abdel Halim Ali Zaky Aboutrika	4 – 2	Drogba K. Touré B. Koné Eboué

Egypt

Côte d'Ivoire

Assistant referees:
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Ibrahim Djezzar (Algeria)

↑ "Spot-on Egypt are African champions for record fifth time". Guardian UK. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
↑ "Egypt win Cup after penalty drama". BBC Sport. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
↑ "Men's Ranking, 18 January 2006". FIFA.com. FIFA. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Cameroon 2019 Ivory Coast 2021 Guinea 2023

Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

Egypt national football team matches

Africa Cup of Nations Finals	1957 1959 1962 1986 1998 2006 2008 2010

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1988 2007

Nile Basin Tournament Finals	2011

Other matches	Egypt v Algeria (2009)

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