2011 Africa Cup of Nations (1983: Doomsday)

2011 Africa Cup of Nations

2011 Africa Cup of Nations
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Tournament details
Host country	8
Dates	8 January – 8 February 2011
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Britain (1st title)
Runners-up	IR Cameroon
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	85 (2.66 per match)
Attendance	1,419,000 (44,344 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dean Furman (5 goals)
Best player	Wilfried Bony
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The 2011 Africa Cup of Nations was the first FIFA competition held in Africa since the occurrence of Doomsday in 1983.

Dates

The qualification round of the 2011 Cup of Nations will take place between July the 15th and October the 16th, 2010. The actual competition will take place between the 8th of January 2011 and February the 8th, 2011.

Venues

In an unprecedented display of international cooperation, the competition will take place in the West African Union and the Confederation of African Marxist Countries as Botswana has stated that it will unable to host the large number of teams, having only one major stadium. Below is a list where the matches will be held:

• Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (40,000 capacity)
• Cicero Stadium, Asmara, Eritrea (30,000 capacity)
• Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan (29,000 capacity)
• National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria (55,000 capacity)
• Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (45,000 capacity)
• Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali (51,000 capacity)
• Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal (60,000 capacity)
• Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo (30,000 capacity)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
DSA	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Morocco	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Algeria	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

8 January, 2011 18:00

Ethiopia	3-0	Morocco
Adane  15' Teferra  19' Asrat  55'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Attendance: 40,000 Referee: ?

9 January 2011 18:00

New Britain	2-1	Algeria
Furman  64' Erasmus  80'		Slimani  24'

Cicero Stadium, Asmara Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ?

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16 January 2011 17:00

Ethiopia	0-0	Algeria

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Attendance: 40,000 Referee: ?

17 January 2011 16:00

Morocco	0-1	New Britain
		Furman  69'

Juba Stadium, Juba Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ?

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24 January 2011 18:00

Algeria	0-2	Morocco
		Iajour  29' Dirar  71'

Juba Stadium, Juba Attendance: 26,000 Referee: ?

24 January 2011 18:00

Ethiopia	4-2	New Britain
Adane  5', 64' Birhanu  35' Fekadu  64'		Furman  18' Alexander  84'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Attendance: ? Referee: ?

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9
Angola PR	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Senegal	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Kabylie	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

10 January 2011 18:00

Senegal	2-0	Kabylie
N'Doye  50' Diop  86'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 60,000 Referee: ?

11 January 2011 17:00

Ghana	3-2	Angola PR
Gyan  20', 55' Muntari  62'		Love  15' Chara  74'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Attendance: 43,000 Referee: ?

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18 January 2011 16:00

Kabylie	0-3	Ghana
		Rabiu  34' Asamoah  49' Gyan  76'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ?

19 January 2011 18:30

Senegal	0-1	Angola PR
		Manucho  71'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 61,000 Referee: ?

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25 January 2011 19:00

Angola PR	0-0	Kabylie

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 47,000 Referee: ?

25 January 2011 19:00

Senegal	3-4	Ghana
Sakho  15' Niasse  16' Djilobodji  83'		Boye  23' Essien  44' Muntari  49' Badu  89'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 62,000 Referee: ?

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Gambia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Ambazonia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Darfur	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

12 January 2011 18:00

Ivory Coast	4-0	Darfur
Touré  12' Gervinho  24' Bony  54', 65'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Attendance: 46,000 Referee: ?

13 January 2011 16:30

Gambia	2-2	Ambazonia
Savage  33' Ceesay  69'		Eto'o  51', 79'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 52,000 Referee: ?

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20 January 2011 17:00

Ivory Coast	2-1	Ambazonia
Gervinho  26' Tioté  58'		Wébo  84'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Attendance: 47,000 Referee: ?

21 January 2011 18:00

Darfur	0-1	Gambia
		Jaiteh  64'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé Attendance: 28,000 Referee: ?

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26 January 2011 19:00

Ivory Coast	2-0	Gambia
Doumbia  33' Viera  81'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Attendance: 45,000 Referee: ?

26 January 2011 19:00

Ambazonia	0-0	Darfur

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 50,000 Referee: ?

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9
IR Cameroon	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Botswana	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Guinea-Bissau	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

14 January 2011 18:30

IR Cameroon	2-1	Botswana
Ousmaïla  19' Babanda  59'		Tshireletso  47'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 48,000 Referee: ?

15 January 2011 19:00

Nigeria	3-1	Guinea-Bissau
Ideye  5', 74' Uzoenyi  25'		Ivanildo  29'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 55,000 Referee: ?

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22 January 2011 16:00

Nigeria	1-0	IR Cameroon
Ugochukwu  59'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 58,000 Referee: ?

23 January 2011 17:00

Botswana	1-0	Guinea-Bissau
Powell  12'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé Attendance: 27,000 Referee: ?

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27 January 2011 18:00

Nigeria	3-2	Botswana
Ameobi  3' Ideye  18' Mba  88'		Moatlhaping  27' Gabonamong  57'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 56,000 Referee: ?

27 January 2011 18:00

Guinea-Bissau	0-1	IR Cameroon
		Douva  87'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé Attendance: 28,000 Referee: ?

Knockout Stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 February - Lomé
	Ethiopia	1
					5 February - Bamako
	IR Cameroon	2
					IR Cameroon	2
	2 February - Abuja
					Ghana	1
	Ghana	1
									8 February - Dakar
	Gambia	0
									IR Cameroon	0
	3 February - Juba
									DSA	3
	Angola PR	1
					6 February - Abidjan
	Ivory Coast	2
					Ivory Coast	0			Third place
	4 February - Asmara
					DSA	3
	DSA	3							Ghana (aet)	2
	Nigeria	1							Ivory Coast	1
									7 February - Addis Ababa

Quarterfinals

1 February 2011 18:00

Ethiopia	1-2	IR Cameroon
Bogale  58'		Douva  22', 27'

Stade de Kégué, Lomé Attendance: 31,000 Referee: ?

2 February 2011 18:00

Ghana	1-0	Gambia
Boye  54'

National Stadium, Abuja Attendance: 55,000 Referee: ?

3 February 2011 18:00

Angola PR	1-2	Ivory Coast
Manucho  44'		Bony  19' Doumbia  69'

Juba Stadium, Juba Attendance: 29,000 Referee: ?

4 February 2011 18:00

New Britain	3-1	Nigeria
van Heerden  9' Furman  30' Erasmus  76'		Ideye  90+2'

Cicero Stadium, Asmara Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ?

Semifinals

5 February 2011 18:00

IR Cameroon	2-1	Ghana
Pokong  59' Yaya  74'		Muntari  22'

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako Attendance: 52,000 Referee: ?

6 February 2011 18:00

Ivory Coast	0-3	New Britain
		Alexander  33' Erasmus  38' Furman  59'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan Attendance: 48,000 Referee: ?

Third place playoff

7 February 2011 18:00

Ghana	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Essien  109' Gyan  120+2'		Gervinho  118'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Attendance: 45,000 Referee: ?

Final

8 February 2011 18:00

IR Cameroon	0-3	New Britain
		van Heerden  12', 90+3' Alexander  51'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Attendance: 65,000 Referee: ?

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Dean Furman

4 goals

• Asamoah Gyan
• Brown Ideye

3 goals

• Adane Girma
• Sulley Muntari
• Halidou Douva Abdou
• Wilfried Bony
• Gervinho
• Cole Alexander
• Kermit Erasmus
• Elrio van Heerden

2 goals

• Samuel Eto'o
• Manucho
• Birhanu Bogale
• John Boye
• Michael Essien
• Seydou Doumbia

1 goal

• Islam Slimani
• Pierre Wébo
• Chara
• Love
• Mogogi Gabonamong
• Moemedi Moatlhaping
• Abednico Powell
• Lemponye Tshireletso
• Dawit Fekadu
• Asrat Megersa
• Fikru Teferra
• Momodou Ceesay
• Tijan Jaiteh
• Demba Savage
• Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
• Kwadwo Asamoah
• Mohammed Rabiu
• Ivanildo Cassamá
• Joël Moïse Babanda
• Baba Ousmaïla
• Moussa Pokong
• Banana Yaya
• Cheick Tioté
• Yaya Touré
• Ousmane Viera
• Nabil Dirar
• Mouhcine Iajour
• Shola Ameobi
• Sunday Mba
• John Ugochukwu
• Ejike Uzoenyi
• Papakouli Diop
• Papy Djilobodji
• Baye Oumar Niasse
• Dame N'Doye
• Diafra Sakho

Tournament team rankings

Pos	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	DSA	A	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15
2	IR Cameroon	D	6	4	0	2	7	7	0	12
3	Ghana	B	6	5	0	1	14	8	+6	15
4	Ivory Coast	C	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	12
Eliminated from the quarterfinals
5	Nigeria	D	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	9
6	Ethiopia	A	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
7	Angola PR	B	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
8	Gambia	C	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
Eliminated from the group stage
9	Senegal	B	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
10	Botswana	D	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
11	Morocco	A	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
12	Ambazonia	C	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
13	Algeria	A	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
14	Darfur	C	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
15	Kabylie	B	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
16	Guinea-Bissau	D	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Qualifying

•    Group winners directly qualify for the finals
•    Runners-up advance to the playoffs

Southern Africa

Main page: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations Southern Africa qualifying

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botswana	12	10	2	0	31	9	+22	32
DSA	12	6	4	2	28	12	+16	22
Angola PR	12	6	2	4	30	22	+8	20
Union of South Africa	12	4	3	5	17	19	−2	15
Swaziland	12	1	7	4	11	17	−6	10
Madagascar	12	2	3	7	11	23	−12	9
KwaXhosa	12	1	3	8	9	28	−19	6

Angola PR	—	2-4	6-0	2-2	3-3	2-1	2-1
Botswana	4-2	—	3-0	3-0	0-0	3-2	2-0
KwaXhosa	2-3	1-4	—	0-2	0-1	1-1	2-0
Madagascar	1-4	0-3	0-0	—	0-7	2-0	0-2
New Britain	1-0	0-1	5-1	5-1	—	1-1	4-3
Swaziland	0-3	1-1	1-1	1-1	1-0	—	0-0
Union of South Africa	3-1	1-3	2-1	2-1	1-1	2-2	—

East Africa

Main article: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations East Africa qualifying

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	12	9	3	0	29	7	+22	30
Darfur	12	8	1	3	23	9	+14	25
South Sudan	12	7	1	4	25	22	+3	22
Somaliland	12	2	6	4	13	20	−7	12
Zanzibar	12	2	5	5	16	19	−3	11
Puntland	12	2	3	7	8	17	−9	9
Eritrea	12	2	2	8	16	36	−20	8

Darfur	—	0-3	0-0	2-0	2-1	1-0	3-0
Eritrea	0-5	—	0-4	0-2	3-3	1-3	0-3
Ethiopia	2-1	7-1	—	2-1	0-0	3-1	0-0
Puntland	0-2	1-0	0-2	—	0-1	1-3	2-2
Somaliland	0-2	1-4	0-2	1-1	—	2-3	1-1
South Sudan	1-4	5-2	0-3	2-0	2-2	—	2-1
Zanzibar	2-1	2-2	3-4	0-0	0-1	2-3	—

West Africa

Group A

Main article: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations West Africa qualifying (Group A)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gambia	10	8	1	1	22	11	+11	25
Senegal	10	6	3	1	25	10	+15	21
Guinea-Bissau	10	4	4	2	20	15	+5	16
Guinea	10	2	3	5	16	18	−2	9
Mali	10	1	3	6	6	20	−14	6
Monrovia	10	1	2	7	12	20	−8	5

Gambia	—	3-2	4-3	2-1	1-0	2-1
Guinea	0-2	—	2-2	0-0	1-0	3-3
Guinea-Bissau	0-0	3-2	—	3-0	3-0	3-3
Mali	0-5	2-0	2-2	—	0-1	0-3
Monrovia	1-3	2-4	0-1	2-2	—	1-4
Senegal	3-0	3-0	2-0	2-0	1-1	—

Group B

Main article: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations West Africa qualifying (Group B)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	10	7	3	0	27	13	+14	24
Ghana	10	6	3	1	21	5	+16	21
Nigeria	10	4	3	3	12	8	+4	15
Togo	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	12
Benin	10	1	3	6	9	31	−22	6
Upper Volta	10	1	1	8	13	25	−12	4

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Benin File:Flag of Benin svg.png	—	0-3	2-5	0-2	0-3	4-2
Ghana	4-0	—	0-1	0-0	3-0	4-0
Ivory Coast	3-3	2-2	—	2-1	2-1	3-0
Nigeria	3-1	0-2	1-1	—	0-0	0-1
Togo	2-2	1-1	2-3	0-3	—	2-0
Upper Volta	2-2	1-3	1-5	1-2	0-2	—

Group C

Main article: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations West Africa qualifying (Group C)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
IR Cameroon	10	9	0	1	33	9	+24	27
Ambazonia	10	8	1	1	26	10	+16	25
Kongo	10	4	3	3	12	30	−18	15
Angola Republic	10	3	2	5	16	13	+3	11
Zaire	10	1	3	6	12	20	−8	6
Cabinda	10	0	1	9	8	35	−27	1

Ambazonia	—	3-0	5-0	3-4	0-0	3-1
Angola Republic	0-1	—	6-0	0-2	2-2	2-0
Cabinda	2-3	2-5	—	1-2	0-4	0-1
IR Cameroon	1-2	1-0	5-0	—	8-0	3-2
Kongo	0-3	2-1	1-0	0-4	—	2-2
Zaire	2-3	0-0	3-3	1-3	0-1	—

North Africa

Main article: 2011 Africa Cup of Nations North Africa qualifying

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	10	7	3	0	23	9	+14	24
Algeria	10	6	3	1	21	11	+10	21
Kabylie	10	4	4	2	15	13	+2	16
Egypt	10	3	3	4	15	15	0	12
Rif	10	1	2	7	6	21	−15	5
Sahrawi Arab Republic	10	0	3	7	5	16	−11	3

Algeria	—	2-2	3-1	1-1	4-0	1-0
Egypt	1-2	—	2-2	1-2	2-0	2-0
Kabylie	2-2	1-0	—	2-3	3-2	1-0
Morocco	3-0	3-0	1-1	—	4-1	1-1
Rif	1-4	0-2	0-0	1-2	—	1-0
Sahrawi Arab Republic	0-2	3-3	0-2	1-3	0-0	—

Playoffs

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	11
Angola PR	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10
Kabylie	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	8
Guinea-Bissau	5	1	3	1	9	10	−1	6
South Sudan	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2	3
Kongo	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1

15 August 2010 17:00 18:00 (UTC+1)

Angola PR	2-0	South Sudan

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda Attendance: ? Referee: ?

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16 August 2010 18:30 18:00 (UTC)

Guinea-Bissau	1-2	Nigeria

Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau Attendance: ? Referee: ?

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18 August 2010 17:00 18:00 (UTC+1)

Kongo	0-4	Kabylie

Estádio Quintalão, Dundo Attendance: ? Referee: ?