African Nations Cup 2008


Group Stage

NB: all group winners qualify; also the 3 best runners-up from groups 2-11
    qualify

Group 1

 1.IVORY COAST   4  3  1  0 13- 0 10
 2.Gabon         4  2  1  1  6- 5  7
 3.Madagascar    4  0  0  4  0-14  0
 -.Djibouti      withdrew on Aug 21, 2006

Round 1 [Sep 2]
Gabon                  4-0 Madagascar
  [Henri Antchouet 38, Daniel Cousin 70pen, Chiva Star Nzigou 76, 82]

Round 2 [Oct 8]
Ivory Coast            5-0 Gabon
  [Kolo Touré 11, Arouna Koné 22, 55, 70, Aruna Dindane 32]

Round 3 [Mar 25]
Madagascar             0-3 Ivory Coast 
  [Gohouri Steve 28, Aruna Dindane 35, Diane Amara 81]

Round 4 [Jun 3]
Ivory Coast            5-0 Madagascar

Round 5 [Jun 17]
Madagascar             0-2 Gabon
  [Akiremy Owondo Stéphane 25, Meye Roguy 87]

Round 6 [Sep 8]
Gabon                  0-0 Ivory Coast  

Group 2

 1.EGYPT         6  3  3  0  9- 2 12
 2.Mauritania    6  2  1  3  9-10  7  [4 2 0 2 8-6 6]
 3.Burundi       6  2  1  3  6- 8  7  [4 2 0 2 5-4 6]
 4.Botswana      6  2  1  3  3- 7  7  [4 2 0 2 3-6 6]

Round 1 [Sep 2]
Egypt                  4-1 Burundi
  [Mohammed Zidan 5, Hosni Abd Rabbou 28, Mohammed Abutreika 39,
   Ahmed Hassan 52pen; Soliman 79pen]
Mauritania             4-0 Botswana
  [Saidou M'Bodj 2, Karamoko Moussa 10, 23, Yohan Langlet 31]

Round 2 
[Oct 7]
Botswana               0-0 Egypt
[Oct 8]
Burundi                3-1 Mauritania
  [Yamin Selemani 3, 30, Henry Mbazumutima 44; Buha Ibrahim 7]

Round 3 [Mar 25]
Egypt                  3-0 Mauritania
Botswana               1-0 Burundi

Round 4 [Jun 3]
Mauritania             1-1 Egypt
Burundi                1-0 Botswana                 [in Kigali]

Round 5 
[Jun 16]
Botswana               2-1 Mauritania
[Sep 9]
Burundi                0-0 Egypt                    [in Kigali]

Round 6 [Oct 13]
Egypt                  1-0 Botswana
Mauritania             2-1 Burundi

Group 3

 1.NIGERIA       6  5  0  1 10- 3 15
 2.Uganda        6  3  2  1  8- 3 11
 3.Niger         6  1  1  4  5-11  4  [2 1 0 1 3-3 3; 1 ag]
 4.Lesotho       6  1  1  4  3- 9  4  [2 1 0 1 3-3 3; 0 ag]

Round 1 [Sep 2]
Uganda                 3-0 Lesotho
  [Godfrey Massa 28, 40, David Obua 58pen]
Nigeria                2-0 Niger
  [Yakubu Aiyegbeni 27, Christian Obodo 60]

Round 2 [Oct 8]
Lesotho	               0-1 Nigeria
  [Yakubu Aiyegbeni 48]
Niger                  0-0 Uganda

Round 3 
[Mar 24]
Nigeria	               1-0 Uganda
[Mar 24]
Lesotho                3-1 Niger

Round 4 
[Jun 2]
Uganda                 2-1 Nigeria
[Jun 3]
Niger                  2-0 Lesotho

Round 5
[Jun 17]
Niger                  1-3 Nigeria
[Jun 19]
Lesotho                0-0 Uganda

Round [Sep 8]
Nigeria	               2-0 Lesotho
Uganda                 3-1 Niger

Group 4

 1.SUDAN         6  5  0  1 13- 4 15
 2.TUNISIA       6  4  1  1 12- 3 13
 3.Seychelles    6  1  1  4  3-14  4
 4.Mauritius     6  0  2  4  3-10  2
NB: Tunisia are the best runners-up

Round 1 [Sep 3]
Sudan                  3-0 Seychelles
  [Badr Aldeen Galag 20, Haitham Kamal Tambal 77pen, 90]
Mauritius              0-0 Tunisia

Round 2 [Oct 7]
Seychelles             2-1 Mauritius
  [Wilnes Brutus 22, 81; Kervin Godon 50]
Tunisia                1-0 Sudan
  [Richard Lado 79og]

Round 3 
[Mar 24]
Seychelles             0-3 Tunisia
  [Issam Jemaa 13, 76, 80]
[Mar 25]
Mauritius              1-2 Sudan

Round 4 [Jun 2]
Sudan                  3-0 Mauritius
Tunisia                4-0 Seychelles

Round 5 [Jun 16]
Seychelles             0-2 Sudan
Tunisia                2-0 Mauritius
  [Issam Jemaa 44, Nafti 50]

Round 6 [Sep 9]
Mauritius              1-1 Seychelles
Sudan                  3-2 Tunisia

Group 5

 1.CAMEROON      6  5  0  1 13- 4 15
 2.Eq. Guinea    6  3  1  2  6- 7 10
 3.Rwanda        6  2  0  4 10-11  6
 4.Liberia       6  1  1  4  6-13  4

Round 1 [Sep 3]
Rwanda                 0-3 Cameroon
  [Guy Feutchine 55, Geremi Njitap 62, Landry Nguemo 84]
Equatorial Guinea      2-1 Liberia
  [Juan Ramon Epitie 24, Rodolfo Bodipo 88; Zah Kringar 35]

Round 2 
[Oct 7]
Cameroon               3-0 Equatorial Guinea
  [Mohamadou Idrissou 72, 89, Achille Webo 80]
[Oct 8]
Liberia                3-2 Rwanda
  [Francis Doe 24, Oliver Makor 68, Dioh Williams 76;
   Olivier Karekezi 70, Abedi Mulenda 78]

Round 3 
[Mar 24]
Cameroon               3-1 Liberia
[Mar 25]
Equatorial Guinea      3-1 Rwanda

Round 4 
[Jun 2]
Rwanda                 2-0 Equatorial Guinea
[Jun 3]
Liberia	               1-2 Cameroon

Round 5 [Jun 17]
Cameroon               2-1 Rwanda
Liberia                0-0 Equatorial Guinea

Round 6 
[Sep 8]
Rwanda                 4-0 Liberia
[Sep 9]
Equatorial Guinea      1-0 Cameroon

Group 6

 1.ANGOLA        6  4  1  1 16- 5 13
 2.Eritrea       6  2  3  1  5- 8  9
 3.Kenya         6  2  1  3  6- 7  7
 4.Swaziland     6  0  3  3  0- 7  3

Round 1
[Sep 2]
Kenya                  1-2 Eritrea
  [Robert Mambo 64; Arnold Origi 59og, Yednekachew Shimanugus 67]
[Sep 3]
Swaziland              0-2 Angola
  [Joao 'Jamba' Pereira 21, Manuel 'Loco' Cange 80]

Round 2 
[Oct 7]
Eritrea                0-0 Swaziland
[Oct 8]
Angola                 3-1 Kenya
  [Flavio Amado 27, 68, Mateus 60; Boniface Abani 81]

Round 3 [Mar 25]
Kenya                  2-0 Swaziland
Angola                 6-1 Eritrea

Round 4 
[Jun 2]
Eritrea                1-1 Angola
[Jun 3]
Swaziland              0-0 Kenya

Round 5 
[Jun 16]
Eritrea                1-0 Kenya
[Jun 17]
Angola                 3-0 Swaziland

Round 6 
[Sep 8]
Kenya                  2-1 Angola
[Sep 9]
Swaziland              0-0 Eritrea

Group 7

 1.SENEGAL       6  3  2  1 12- 3 11
 2.Mozambique    6  2  3  1  5- 3  9
 3.Tanzania      6  2  2  2  4- 7  8
 4.Burkina Faso  6  1  1  4  4-12  4

Round 1 [Sep 2]
Tanzania               2-1 Burkina Faso 
  [Harouna Bamogo 27og, Nizar Halfan 65; Abdulaye Cissé 37]
Senegal                2-0 Mozambique
  [Moussa Ndiaye 33 (also given as Fernando Matolo 33og), Nguirane Ndao 61]

Round 2 
[Oct 7]
Burkina Faso           1-0 Senegal
  [Narcisse Yameogo 63pen]
[Oct 8]
Mozambique             0-0 Tanzania

Round 3 [Mar 24]
Senegal                4-0 Tanzania
Burkina Faso           1-1 Mozambique

Round 4 
[Jun 2]
Tanzania               1-1 Senegal
[Jun 3]
Mozambique             3-0 Burkina Faso

Round 5 
[Jun 16]
Burkina Faso           0-1 Tanzania
[Jun 17]
Mozambique             0-0 Senegal

Round 6 [Sep 8]
Senegal	               5-1 Burkina Faso
Tanzania               0-1 Mozambique

Group 8

 1.GUINEA        6  3  2  1 10- 3 11
 2.Algeria       6  2  2  2  6- 6  8  [2 1 0 1 2-2 3; 1 ag]
 3.Gambia        6  2  2  2  6- 6  8  [2 1 0 1 2-2 3; 0 ag]
 4.Cape Verde    6  1  2  3  3-10  5

Round 1 [Sep 3]
Guinea                 0-0 Algeria
Gambia                 2-0 Cape Verde
  [Jatto Ceesay 8pen, Assan Jatta 88]

Round 2 [Oct 7]
Algeria                1-0 Gambia
  [Karim Ziani 75pen]
Cape Verde             1-0 Guinea
  ['Lito' 52]

Round 3 [Mar 24]
Gambia                 0-2 Guinea
Algeria                2-0 Cape Verde

Round 4 
[Jun 2]
Cape Verde             2-2 Algeria
[Jun 3]
Guinea                 2-2 Gambia

Round 5 [Jun 16]
Algeria	               0-2 Guinea
Cape Verde             0-0 Gambia

Round 6 [Sep 9]
Gambia                 2-1 Algeria
Guinea                 4-0 Cape Verde

Group 9

 1.MALI          6  3  3  0 10- 1 12
 2.BENIN         6  3  2  1 10- 4 11
 3.Togo          6  3  0  3  7- 9  9
 4.Sierra Leone  6  0  1  5  1-14  1

NB: Benin second best runners-up (shared with South Africa)

Round 1 [Sep 3]
Sierra Leone           0-0 Mali
Togo                   2-1 Benin
  [Thomas Dossevi 15, Komlan Amewou 75; Abou Maiga 85]

Round 2 [Oct 8]
Mali                   1-0 Togo
  [Dramane Traore 90+1]
Benin                  2-0 Sierra Leone
  [Rachad Chitou 22, Mouri Ogoubiyi 77]

Round 3 
[Mar 24]
Togo	               3-1 Sierra Leone
[Mar 25]
Mali                   1-1 Benin

Round 4 [Jun 3]
Sierra Leone           0-1 Togo
Benin                  0-0 Mali

Round 5 [Jun 17]
Mali                   6-0 Sierra Leone
Benin                  4-1 Togo

Round 6 [Oct 12]
Togo                   0-2 Mali
Sierra Leone           0-2 Benin

Group 10

 1.NAMIBIA       6  3  1  2  9- 8 10
 2.Congo-Kinsh.  6  2  3  1  8- 6  9
 3.Libya         6  2  2  2  7- 6  8
 4.Ethiopia      6  2  0  4  5- 9  6

Round 1 [Sep 3]
Ethiopia               1-0 Libya
  [Dawit Meberahtu 15]
Congo-Kinshasa         3-2 Namibia
  [Blaise Lelo Mbele 32, Dieudonné Kalulika 62, Fuanda Kinkela 82;
   Sydney Plaatjies 37, 60]

Round 2 
[Oct 7]
Namibia                1-0 Ethiopia
  [Quinton Jacobs 18pen]
[Oct 8]
Lybia                  1-1 Congo-Kinshasa
  [Khaled Hussein 57; Serge Bageta Dikilu 37]

Round 3 
[Mar 25]
Libya                  2-1 Namibia
[Apr 29]
Congo-Kinshasa         2-0 Ethiopia

Round 4 
[Jun 1]
Ethiopia               1-0 Congo-Kinshasa
[Jun 2]
Namibia                1-0 Libya

Round 5 
[Jun 16]
Namibia                1-1 Congo-Kinshasa
[Jun 17]
Libya                  3-1 Ethiopia

Round 6 [Sep 8]
Congo-Kinshasa         1-1 Libya
Ethiopia               2-3 Namibia

Group 11

 1.ZAMBIA        6  3  2  1  9- 3 11  [2 1 0 1 3-2 3]
 2.SOUTH AFRICA  6  3  2  1 10- 4 11  [2 1 0 1 2-3 3]
 3.Congo-Brazz.  6  1  4  1  5- 6  7
 4.Chad          6  0  2  4  3-14  2

NB: South Africa second best runners-up (shared with Benin)

Round 1
[Sep 2]
South Africa           0-0 Congo-Brazzaville
[Sep 3]
Chad                   0-2 Zambia
  [James Chamanga 47, Dube Phiri 69]

Round 2 [Oct 8]
Congo-Brazzaville      3-1 Chad 
  [Abdoulaye Brice 25, Christ Malonga 32, Ondama 46; Mostonga 89]
Zambia                 0-1 South Africa
  [Aaron Mokoena 28]

Round 3 
[Mar 24]
Chad                   0-3 South Africa
  [Surprise Moriri 32, Delron Buckley 45+1, Sibusiso Zuma 78]
[Mar 25]
Congo-Brazzaville      0-0 Zambia

Round 4 [Jun 2]
South Africa           4-0 Chad 
Zambia                 3-0 Congo-Brazzaville

Round 5 
[Jun 16]
Zambia                 1-1 Chad 
  [Collins Mbesuma 50; Hillaire Kedgui 18]
[Jun 17]
Congo-Brazzaville      1-1 South Africa
  [Jean-Vivien Bantimba 65; Sibusiso Zuma 46]

Round 6 [Sep 9]
Chad                   1-1 Congo-Brazzaville
South Africa           1-3 Zambia

Group 12

 1.MOROCCO       4  3  1  0  6- 1 10
 2.Zimbabwe      4  1  1  2  4- 5  4
 3.Malawi        4  1  0  3  2- 6  3

Round 1 [Sep 2]
Morocco                2-0 Malawi
  [Marouane Chamakh 53, Mbarek Boussoufa 76]

Round 2 [Oct 7]
Malawi                 1-0 Zimbabwe
  [Moses Chavula 78]

Round 3 [Mar 25]
Zimbabwe               1-1 Morocco

Round 4 [Jun 2]
Morocco                2-0 Zimbabwe

Round 5 [Jun 16]
Malawi                 0-1 Morocco

Round 6 [Sep 9]
Zimbabwe               3-1 Malawi

Final Tournament (Ghana)

NB: Ghana qualified as hosts

Group A [in Accra]
20- 1-08 Ghana          2-1 Guinea
21- 1-08 Namibia        1-5 Morocco
24- 1-08 Guinea         3-2 Morocco
24- 1-08 Ghana          1-0 Namibia
28- 1-08 Guinea         1-1 Namibia            [in Sekondi-Takoradi]
28- 1-08 Ghana          2-0 Morocco

 1.GHANA                   3  3  0  0   5- 1  9
 2.GUINEA                  3  1  1  1   5- 5  4
 3.Morocco                 3  1  0  2   7- 6  3
 4.Namibia                 3  0  1  2   2- 7  1

Group B [in Sekondi-Takoradi]
21- 1-08 Nigeria        0-1 Ivory Coast
21- 1-08 Mali           1-0 Benin
25- 1-08 Ivory Coast    4-1 Benin
25- 1-08 Nigeria        0-0 Mali
29- 1-08 Ivory Coast    3-0 Mali               [in Accra]
29- 1-08 Nigeria        2-0 Benin

 1.IVORY COAST             3  3  0  0   8- 1  9
 2.NIGERIA                 3  1  1  1   2- 1  4  [1 0 1 0 0-0 1]
 3.Mali                    3  1  1  1   1- 3  4  [1 0 1 0 0-0 1]
 4.Benin                   3  0  0  3   1- 7  0

Group C [in Kumasi]
22- 1-08 Egypt          4-2 Cameroon
22- 1-08 Sudan          0-3 Zambia
26- 1-08 Cameroon       5-1 Zambia
26- 1-08 Egypt          3-0 Sudan
30- 1-08 Cameroon       3-0 Sudan              [in Tamale]
30- 1-08 Egypt          1-1 Zambia

 1.EGYPT                   3  2  1  0   8- 3  7
 2.CAMEROON                3  2  0  1  10- 5  6
 3.Zambia                  3  1  1  1   5- 6  4
 4.Sudan                   3  0  0  3   0- 9  0

Group D [in Tamale]
23- 1-08 Tunisia        2-2 Senegal
23- 1-08 South Africa   1-1 Angola
27- 1-08 Senegal        1-3 Angola
27- 1-08 Tunisia        3-1 South Africa
31- 1-08 Senegal        1-1 South Africa
31- 1-08 Tunisia        0-0 Angola             [in Kumasi]

 1.TUNISIA                 3  1  2  0   5- 3  5  [1 0 1 0 0-0 1]
 2.ANGOLA                  3  1  2  0   4- 2  5  [1 0 1 0 0-0 1]
 3.Senegal                 3  0  2  1   4- 6  2  [1 0 1 0 1-1 1]
 4.South Africa            3  0  2  1   3- 5  2  [1 0 1 0 1-1 1]

Quarterfinals 
 3- 2-08 Ghana          2-1 Nigeria            [in Accra]
 3- 2-08 Ivory Coast    5-0 Guinea             [in Sekondi-Takoradi]
 4- 2-08 Egypt          2-1 Angola             [in Kumasi]
 4- 2-08 Tunisia        2-3 Cameroon     [aet] [in Tamale]

Semifinals
 7- 2-08 Ghana          0-1 Cameroon           [in Accra]
 7- 2-08 Ivory Coast    1-4 Egypt              [in Kumasi]

Third Place Match
 9- 2-08 Ghana          4-2 Ivory Coast        [in Kumasi]

Final
10- 2-08 Cameroon       0-1 Egypt              [in Accra]

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