Africa Cup of Nations
The African Cup of Nations (English: Africa Cup of Nations, French for Coupe d' Afrique des Nations ) is organized by the African Football Association Football CAF tournament where the African national football associations determine their continental champions. The acting in the respective year hosting of the FIFA Confederations Cup winners of the African Cup is qualified for this tournament.
In 1957, the African Nations Cup was launched. Since 1968, the tournament is held every two years. In 2010, with effect from 2013, the CAF decided to discharge the African Nations Cup in odd years, so this does not fall in a year with World and European Championships.
In the first edition in 1957, there were only three participants: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia; Although South Africa wanted to participate, but was excluded under the policy of apartheid. Since then, the tournament has grown steadily, so that a qualifying round was necessary. In 1998, the first time took part in 16 teams at the African Cup of Nations. Since then, the following mode applies: The teams play a preliminary round in four groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group reach the final round, which - will take place in the knockout system - starting with the quarter-finals.
The most successful nation in the previous editions of the Africa Cup is Egypt, which is a total of seven times, was able to secure the title and it won the 2006, 2008 and 2010 three tournaments in a row. Ghana and Cameroon were each four times successfully.
Erstteilnahmen
Up to and including the African Cup of Nations in 1974, there was always at least one football team that participated for the first time at a European Championship finals. Below is a list of the 38 first-time participants, each with the then valid flags and names. In addition, four countries are listed in parentheses, participating only with a new name for the first time at a European Championship. A total of 55 national football associations are represented in the CAF.
- Fat spelled teams were at their first attendance African champions.
- Italics teams were host at their first participation.
- Teams participated in brackets under a different name in part for the first time.
The tournaments at a glance
1 The Tunisian national team withdrew after 42 minutes ( at 1-1 ) from the action back - the game was then counted 2-0 for Nigeria. 2 The tournament in 2014 was brought forward to 2013. In future, the African Cup of Nations will be held in odd-numbered years so as not to coincide with the football World Cup.
Rankings
1957 and 1959 took part in only three teams.
Participation and final placements
Explanation:
Eternal final table
As of February 10, 2013
* Pro = Points yield, that is, achieved percentage of the maximum attainable score
Records
- The most common host: Egypt Egypt ( 4): 1959, 1974, 1986, 2006
- Ghana Ghana ( 4): 1963, 1978, 2000 ( with Nigeria ), 2008
- Most finals: Ghana Ghana ( 8): 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2010
- Egypt Egypt ( 8): 1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
- Most Appearances Egypt Egypt ( 22)
- The most common failure in qualifying: Tanzania (21 )
- Most Games: Egypt Egypt ( 90)
- Most Wins: Egypt Egypt ( 51 and 3 wins on penalties )
- Top goals: Egypt Egypt (154, with no goals in the penalty shootout )
- Highest wins: Cote d'Ivoire - Ethiopia ( 1970) and Guinea - Botswana (2012 ) each 6:1
- Longest winning streak: Egypt Egypt ( 10 wins, 2008-2010 )
- Longest unbeaten run: Egypt Egypt ( 20 games, from 2004 to 2010, last defeat: January 29, 2004 1-2 against Algeria, but 2012 and 2013 do not qualify )
- Most clean sheets: Egypt Egypt ( 36 games)
- Most Penalty shoot-out: Nigeria Nigeria (7, fighter won 5)
- A player Most appearances:
- Most games a player: Rigobert Song (Cameroon Cameroon): (36 games at 8 tournaments)
- A player Most finals:
- A player most goals: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon Cameroon): 18 goals in 6 tournaments ( 2000-2010)
- A player in a tournament most goals: Mulumba Ndaye (Zaire Zaire): 9 goals (1974 )
- A player in a game Most goals: Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast Ivory Coast ): 5 goals in the match against Ethiopia (final score 6-1 ) ( 1970)
- Fastest Goal: Ayman Mansour ( Egypt Egypt ): After 23 seconds the 1994 group match against Gabon (final score 4-0)
- Most Goals in a Game: 9: United Arab Republic - Nigeria 6:3 (1963 )
- African champions as player and coach: Mahmoud El- Gohary ( Egypt Egypt): 1959, 1998
- Stephen Keshi (Nigeria Nigeria): 1994, 2013
- Youngest player: Chiva Star Nzighou ( Gabon ): 16 years, 2 months and 30 days (2000)
- Most Wins as manager: Charles Gyamfi (Ghana Ghana): 1963, 1965 and 1982
- Hassan Shehata ( Egypt Egypt): 2006, 2008 and 2010
- The African Cup of Nations was the most frequently chosen by all continental championships in the penalty shootout. In seven of 29 tournaments ( 24.1% ) there was a final with a penalty shootout. If only the tournaments included since introduction of penalty shoot-outs, there are seven of 21 ( 31.8 %). Of the last eight tournaments were decided by four penalties.
The Trophies
In the history of the competition so far, three different trophies were handed over to the respective winners. The first two trophies was allowed to take each permanently in the possession of the victorious Union after the third title. Then the counting began for all associations again.
The first trophy was the " Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy", named after the first President of the CAF, the Egyptian Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem. Ghana received this silver trophy after his third title in 1978.
The silver also " Trophy of African Unity " or "African Unity Cup " was awarded in 1980 and went in 2000 after his third title win in Cameroon. The trophy was handed over to the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa CAF before the tournament in 1980 and was characterized by a long silver cylinder with the contours of the African continent and the Olympic rings and long handles in a triangular shape from.
Since 2001, a third, now golden trophy ( "African Cup of Nations " ), will be awarded, which was designed and manufactured in Italy. According to the rules of the Africa Cup of third Cup does not go on as before, but in permanent possession of a three-time winner. It is owned by the CAF and will be awarded as winner's trophy at the upcoming tournaments. The winners of the Africa Cup will receive a replica. Egypt received a special award for the third win this Cup 2010, a copy of the original size.