2010 Africa Cup of Nations final

2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Event	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Ghana Egypt 0 1
Date	31 January 2010
Venue	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Referee	Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
Attendance	50,000
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The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 31 January 2010 at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, Angola, to determine the winner of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

It was contested by Ghana and Egypt.

Egypt won the title for the seventh time by beating Ghana 1–0.^[1]

Route to the final

Ghana		Round	Egypt
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Togo	Cancelled	Match 1	Nigeria	3–1
Ivory Coast	1–3	Match 2	Mozambique	2–0
Burkina Faso	1–0	Match 3	Benin	2–0
Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage 2  Ghana 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3 3  Burkina Faso 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 4  Togo (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed] (D) Disqualified Notes: ^ Togo withdrew from the tournament due to the attack on their team bus while traveling to their opening match against Ghana, thus they were officially disqualified.[2] Group B became a three-team group.		Final standing	Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage 2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 3  Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 4  Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Angola	1–0	Quarterfinals	Cameroon	3–1 (aet)
Nigeria	1–0	Semifinals	Algeria	4–0

Match details

Details

31 January 2010

17:00

Ghana	0–1	Egypt
	Report	Gedo 85'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Ghana

Egypt

GK 22 Richard Kingson (c) RB 7 Samuel Inkoom CB 15 Isaac Vorsah CB 12 Lee Addy LB 2 Hans Sarpei CM 6 Anthony Annan CM 19 Emmanuel Badu RW 10 Kwadwo Asamoah AM 9 Agyemang Opoku  47'  89' LW 13 André Ayew CF 3 Asamoah Gyan  87' Substitutions: FW 20 Dominic Adiyiah  87' DF 18 Eric Addo  89' Manager: Milovan Rajevac

GK 1 Essam El-Hadary RB 7 Ahmed Fathy  89' CB 20 Wael Gomaa CB 6 Hany Said LB 14 Sayed Moawad  48'  57' DM 3 Ahmed Elmohamady  52' RM 12 Hossam Ghaly  60' LM 8 Hosny Abd Rabo AM 17 Ahmed Hassan (c) CF 9 Mohamed Zidan CF 10 Emad Moteab  70' Substitutions: DF 19 Mohamed Abdel-Shafy  57' FW 15 Gedo  70' DF 4 Moatasem Salem  89' Manager: Hassan Shehata

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