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Africa Cup of Nations 2008

Winner

Egypt

Explore full results, detailed standings and complete statistics from the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

Statistics

Participating teams
16
Total goals
99
Matches played
32
Goals/match
3,09
Best attack (goals scored)
16
Ivory Coast
Best defense (goals conceded)
3
Mali
First round
Group A
Ghana - Guinea : 2 - 1
Namibia - Morocco : 1 - 5
Guinea - Morocco : 3 - 2
Ghana - Namibia : 1 - 0
Ghana - Morocco : 2 - 0
Guinea - Namibia : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Ghana 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4
2. Guinea 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
3. Morocco 3 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1
4. Namibia 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5
Group B
Nigeria - Ivory Coast : 0 - 1
Mali - Benin : 1 - 0
Ivory Coast - Benin : 4 - 1
Nigeria - Mali : 0 - 0
Nigeria - Benin : 2 - 0
Ivory Coast - Mali : 3 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Ivory Coast 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7
2. Nigeria 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1
3. Mali 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 -2
4. Benin 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6
Group C
Egypt - Cameroon : 4 - 2
Sudan - Zambia : 0 - 3
Cameroon - Zambia : 5 - 1
Egypt - Sudan : 3 - 0
Egypt - Zambia : 1 - 1
Cameroon - Sudan : 3 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Egypt 7 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5
2. Cameroon 6 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5
3. Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1
4. Sudan 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9
Group D
Tunisia - Senegal : 2 - 2
South Africa - Angola : 1 - 1
Senegal - Angola : 1 - 3
Tunisia - South Africa : 3 - 1
Senegal - South Africa : 1 - 1
Tunisia - Angola : 0 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Tunisia 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2
2. Angola 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
3. Senegal 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 -2
4. South Africa 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2
Quarter-finals
Ghana - Nigeria : 2 - 1
Ivory Coast - Guinea : 5 - 0
Egypt - Angola : 2 - 1
Tunisia - Cameroon : 2 - 3 a.e.t.
Semi-finals
Ghana - Cameroon : 0 - 1
Ivory Coast - Egypt : 1 - 4
Third place
Ghana - Ivory Coast : 4 - 2
Final
Cameroon - Egypt : 0 - 1