2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final

The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2008 at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, to determine the winner of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

It was contested by Cameroon and Egypt.

Egypt won the title for the sixth time by beating Cameroon 1–0.

Details[]

10 February 2008

17:00

Cameroon	0–1	Egypt
	Report	Aboutrika 77'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 50,000

Cameroon

Egypt

Assistant referees:

Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Enock Molefe (South Africa)

v t 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 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2021 Ivory Coast 2023 Guinea 2025
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 2019 2021 2023
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 2017 2019 2021
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 2017 2019 2021
Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics Hat-tricks
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.

v t Cameroon national football team matches
FIFA Confederations Cup Final	2003
Africa Cup of Nations Finals	1984 1986 1988 2000 2002 2008 2017
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1985
Nehru Cup Finals	2012
Other matches	Cameroon 2–1 (a.e.t.) Colombia (1990)

v t Egypt national football team matches
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)