2010 Africa Cup of Nations explained

Tourney Name:Africa Cup of Nations
Year:2010
Other Titles:Campeonato Africano das Nações de 2010 (Angolan Portuguese)
Size:180px
Country:Angola
Dates:10–31 January
Num Teams:15
Venues:4
Cities:4
Champion:Egypt
Count:7
Second:Ghana
Third:Nigeria
Fourth:Algeria
Matches:29
Goals:71
Top Scorer: Gedo (5 goals)
Player: Ahmed Hassan
Goalkeeper: Essam El Hadary
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2012

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.[1] [2]

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 won the tournament, their seventh ACN title and an unprecedented third in a row, beating Ghana 1–0 in the final.[3]

Host selection

Bids :

Rejected Bids :

On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (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 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the FIFA World Cup.[4]

Qualification

See main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF). The Confederation of African Football 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 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.[5]

Qualified teams

Venues

width=160Luanda!width=160Cabinda
Estádio 11 de NovembroEstádio Nacional do Chiazi
Capacity: 50,000Capacity: 20,000
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Estádio Nacional de OmbakaEstádio Nacional da Tundavala
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 20,000

Draw

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

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(hosts)
(title holders)







(withdrew)



Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

width=44%Refereeswidth=44%Assistant Referees
Mohamed Benouza
Hélder Martins de Carvalho
Coffi Codjia
Noumandiez Doué
Essam Abdel-Fatah
Koman Coulibaly
Rajindraparsad Seechurn
Khalil Al Ghamdi
Badara Diatta
Eddy Maillet
Daniel Bennett
Jerome Damon
Khalid Abdel Rahman
Kokou Djaoupe
Kacem Bennaceur
Muhmed Ssegonga
Inácio Manuel Candido
Desire Gahungu
Evarist Menkouande
Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Angesom Ogbamariam
Ayuba Haruna
Hassan Kamranifar
Fooad El Maghrabi
Moffat Champiti
Redouane Achik
Peter Edibe
Mohammed Al Ghamdi
Enock Molefe
Celestin Ntagungira
Bechir Hassani
Kenneth Chichenga

Squads

See main article: 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:[6]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
  7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group A

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group A.

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Group B

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group B.

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Group C

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group C.

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Group D

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group D.

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Knockout stage

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage. In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final.

Awards

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.[8]

Substitutes

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal
1 goal
Own goals
  • 2 goals
  • 1 goal

    Tournament rankings

    |-| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals|-|-| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the group stage|-

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    Statistics

    *** 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 in Malange Province.

    Match ball

    The official match ball for the tournament is the Adidas Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the Adidas Jabulani to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with the colours of the flag of Angola.

    Marketing

    Tournament had seven sponsors, Doritos, MTN Group, NASUBA, Orange, Pepsi, Samsung and only African corporate sponsor Standard Bank.

    Attack on the Togo national team

    See main article: Togo national football team attack.

    On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola 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-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.[10]

    Following their departure from Angola, Togo 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".[11] 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.[12]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Angola to host 2010 Nations Cup . BBC Sport . 4 September 2006 . 27 September 2006 .
    2. News: Camino a la Copa Africana de Naciones Angola 2010 . Fox Sport . 20 February 2009 . 30 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190822061635/http://arogeraldes.blogspot.com/ . 22 August 2019 . dead .
    3. News: Ghana 0–1 Egypt . 31 January 2010 . BBC Sport . 31 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100201053035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8489708.stm. 1 February 2010 . live.
    4. News: Africa Cup of Nations Cup to move to odd-numbered years . 16 May 2010 . BBC Sport . 13 February 2012.
    5. News: Angola 2010 – Fixture, stadiums and list of champions . Periodismo de fútbol internacional . 30 January 2010 . 2 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200502063829/http://arogeraldes.blogspot.com/2009/11/copa-africana-de-naciones-angola-2010.htmlLanguage=es_ES . dead .
    6. Web site: Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010, art. 72, p. 29. 9 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100106121303/http://can-angola2010.com/ucm_can/groups/public/documents/library/can_002629.pdf. 6 January 2010. dead. dmy-all.
    7. News: Orange CAN 2010 awards . cafonline.com . . 31 January 2010 . 6 January 2011 .
    8. News: CAF Releases top 11 of Orange CAN . cafonline.com . . 31 January 2010 . 1 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100204125848/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-cup-of-nations-angola_2010/news/4614-caf-releases-top-11-of-orange-can.html. 4 February 2010 . live.
    9. Web site: AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023). Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2024.
    10. News: Togo head home as Africa Cup of Nations gets under way . BBC Sport. 10 January 2010 . 6 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100114071258/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8450529.stm. 14 January 2010 . live.
    11. News: Togo handed two-tournament Nations Cup suspension . ESPN Soccernet. 30 January 2010 . 6 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203022629/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=733642&sec=global&cc=5901. 3 February 2010 . dead.
    12. Web site: Togo's African Cup ban is lifted. bbc.co.uk. BBC. 15 June 2015. 14 May 2010.