2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final

2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Event	2006 Africa Cup of Nations
	After extra time; Egypt won 4–2 on penalties
Date	10 February 2006
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Attendance	80,000
Weather	Clear; 16 °C (61 °F)
	← 2004 2008 →

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 Ivory Coast 4–2 on penalties.^[2]^[3]

Egypt were 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings (5th among African nations), while Ivory Coast were ranked 42nd (7th among African nations).^[4]

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

Attendance: 80,000

Egypt

Ivory Coast

Assistant referees:

Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Ibrahim Djezzar (Algeria)

^ "Weather History for Cairo, Egypt". Wunderground. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
^ "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. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

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Africa Cup of Nations finals	1957 1959 1962 1986 1998 2006 2008 2010 2017 2021
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1987 2007
Other matches	Egypt 11–2 Palestine BM (1934) Iraq 1–3 Egypt (1972) Egypt 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq (1975) Algeria 0–1 (agg.) Egypt (1989) Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia (1992) Egypt 0–1 Algeria (2009) Egypt 3–1 Uganda (2011)

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General	Ivorian Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Goals	Didier Drogba
World Cup Finals	2006 2010 2014
CAN Finals	1965 1968 1970 1974 1980 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Confederations Cup Finals	1992
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Notable matches	1992 African Cup of Nations Final 1993 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final
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