2010 Africa Cup of Nations

2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	10 – 31 January
Teams	15
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (7th title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	71 (2.45 per match)
Attendance	543,500 (18,741 per match)

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.

Results

Group Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Zambia	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Gabon	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Tunisia	3	0	3	0	3	3	3

Knockout stage

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

References

↑ Fanning, Evan (31 January 2010). "Africa Cup of Nations final: Egypt v Ghana - as it happened! - Evan Fanning" – via www.theguardian.com.

[1] Fanning, Evan (31 January 2010). "Africa Cup of Nations final: Egypt v Ghana - as it happened! - Evan Fanning" – via www.theguardian.com.

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