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2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Taça de África das Nações de 2010
	File:Angola 2010 Logo.jpg Africa Cup of Nations 2010 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	10 January - 31 January
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	406,000 (16,917 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Flávio; Geddo; Ahmed Hassan; Seydou Keita (3 goals)

2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Taça de África das Nações de 2010
	File:Angola 2010 Logo.jpg Africa Cup of Nations 2010 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Angola
Dates	10 January - 31 January
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	406,000 (16,917 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Flávio; Geddo; Ahmed Hassan; Seydou Keita (3 goals)

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The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It is being held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and will conclude on 31 January.^[1]^[2]

In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who successfully advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15, meaning Angola were joined by only 14 teams. A total of 29 games are scheduled to be played instead of 32 games.

Host selection

Angola was awarded the right to host the tournament by CAF in a decision to rotate the hosting of the Cup and allow new nations like Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea a chance to host the tournament. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea were also awarded the hosting rights to the 2012 Nations Cup, while Libya would be hosting the event for the second time in 2014. Two-time former host Nigeria is the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Nations Cups, in the event that any of the host countries fails to meet the requirements established by CAF.

Mascot

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The Mascot for the African Cup of Nations in Angola 2010

The Mascot for the Tournament is Palanquinha, which was inspired by the Giant Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), a national symbol and a treasured animal in Angola. In Angola, this animal is found only in the Cangandala National Park in Malange Province.

Squads

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.^[3]

Referees	Assistant Referees
Mohamed Benouza Hélder Martins de Carvalho Coffi Codjia Desire Doue Normandiez Essam Abd El Fatah Koman Coulibaly Rajindraparsad Seechurn Khalil Al Ghamdi Badara Diatta Eddy Maillet Daniel Bennett Jerome Damon Khalid Abdel Rahman Kokou Djaoupe Kacem Bennaceur Muhmed Ssegonga	Inácio Manuel Candido Desire Gahungu Evarist Menkouande Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Angesom Ogbamariam Ayuba Haruna Hassan Kamranifar Fooad El Maghrabi Moffat Champiti Redouane Achik Peter Edibe Mohammed Al Ghamdi Enock Molefe Celestin Ntagungira Bechir Hassani Kenneth Chichenga

Qualification

The Confederation of African Football announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification would also be the qualification for this tournament. Despite the fact Angola are the host of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, they also needed to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. A similar situation was true for South Africa. Although they will be the hosts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they still needed to compete in the qualification tournament in order to qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.^[4]

Qualified teams

Ghana
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Nigeria
Togo (withdrew; see below)
Tunisia
Zambia

Attack on the Togo national team

On 8 January 2010, the team bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola as it travelled to the tournament. A spokesman for the Togolese football federation said assistant coach Amalete Abalo and press officer Stanislaud Ocloo had died as well as the driver. The separatist group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) claimed responsibility for the attack. The Togolese team withdrew from the competition the following day. The players initially decided to compete but later were ordered to return by the Togolese government.^[5]

Following their departure from Angola, Togo were formally disqualified from the tournament after failing to fulfil their opening Group B game against Ghana on 11 January.

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000
Cabinda	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi	20,000
Benguela	Estádio Nacional de Ombaka	35,000
Lubango	Estádio Nacional da Tundavala	20,000

Match ball

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The official match ball of the African Cup of Nations in Angola 2010

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The official match ball for the tournament is the Adidas Jabulani Angola, a modified version of the Adidas Jabulani to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with the colours of the flag of Angola.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, Angola. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Angola were seeded as hosts and Egypt as reigning holders. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition. Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire had the two strongest records and so completed the top seeded Pot 1. The four seeded teams were placed into their groups in advance of the final draw.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Angola Egypt Cameroon Ivory Coast	Ghana Nigeria Tunisia Mali	Zambia Benin Algeria Togo (withdrew)	Burkina Faso Mozambique Gabon Malawi

Matches

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:^[7]

points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Angola	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Algeria	3	1	1	1	1	3	–2	4
Mali	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
Malawi	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	3

Algeria finished ahead of Mali due to winning the match between the teams (see tie-breaking criteria).

10 January 2010

20:00

Angola	4 – 4	Mali
Flávio 36', 42' Gilberto 67' (pen.) Manucho 74' (pen.)	Report	Keita 79', 90+3' Kanouté 88' Yatabaré 90+4'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

11 January 2010