Английская Википедия:2012 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The competition took place between 21 January and 12 February 2012 and was co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The bidding process for hosting the tournament ended in September 2006.

The matches were played in four stadiums in four host cities, with the final played at the newly built Stade d'Angondjé in Gabon's largest city, Libreville. Fourteen teams were selected for participation via a continental qualification tournament that began in July 2010.

The 2012 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations took place against the backdrop of political turmoil. Libya and Tunisia qualified for the tournament, even as the Arab Spring brought upheaval and regime change to both nations.^[1] Traditional African footballing nations such as reigning champions Egypt (also affected by political events), as well as Cameroon, Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa had failed to qualify. Players from third-placed Mali had pleaded for the insurgency in the north of their country to end.

In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These eight teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final. Both host nations, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, were eliminated from the competition at the quarter-final stage.

In the final, unfancied Zambia defeated third-time finalists Ivory Coast after a dramatic penalty shootout, despite the fact that Ivory Coast did not concede a single goal during the entire tournament,^[2] giving Zambia their first continental title.^[3] Manager Hervé Renard dedicated their win to the members of the national team who died in a plane crash near the final's venue in Libreville in 1993.^[4]

Host selection

Bids :

Angola (selected as hosts for 2010)
Gabon / Equatorial Guinea (selected as hosts for 2012)
Libya (selected as hosts for 2013)
Nigeria (selected as reserve hosts for 2010, 2012 & 2013 tournaments)

Rejected Bids :

Benin / Central African Republic
Botswana
Mozambique
Namibia
Senegal
Zimbabwe

On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.

This edition was awarded to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to rotate the hosting of the cup and give hosting chance for first-timer nations.

Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries failed to meet the requirements established by CAF, although this ended up being unnecessary

The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to 2013 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid clashing with the FIFA World Cup.^[5]

Qualification

Шаблон:Main The qualification process involved ten groups of four, one of which was reduced to a group of three after the withdrawal of Mauritania, and one group of five. The top team from each group goes through, as well as the second placed team from the group of five. The two best second place teams also qualify. At the end of the qualification process, fourteen teams would have qualified, as well as the two host nations. The first qualifiers were held on 1 July 2010.^[6]

Qualified teams

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A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Previous best performance	Regional body	FIFA ranking¹	Continental ranking¹
Шаблон:Fb	JWGroup J Winner	048 October 2011	066th	40Quarterfinals (2008, 2010)	COSAFA	85	19
Шаблон:Fb	KWGroup K Winner	0126 March 2011	011st	20none	COSAFA	94	21
Шаблон:Fb	FWGroup F Winner	033 September 2011	088th	50Fourth place (1998)	WAFU	66	14
Шаблон:Fb	HWGroup H Winner	025 June 2011	1919th	80Winner (1992)	WAFU	18	1
Шаблон:Fb	AACo-host	0029 July 2007	011st	20none	UNIFFAC	151	41
Шаблон:Fb	AACo-host	0029 July 2007	055th	30Quarterfinals (1996)	UNIFFAC	91	20
Шаблон:Fb	IWGroup I Winner	048 October 2011	1818th	90Winner (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)	WAFU	26	2
Шаблон:Fb	BWGroup B Winner	048 October 2011	1010th	60Second place (1976)	WAFU	79	17
Шаблон:Fb	RU Top Two Runner-Up	048 October 2011	033rd	60Second place (1982)	UNAF	63	13
Шаблон:Fb	AWGroup A Winner	048 October 2011	077th	60Second place (1972)	WAFU	69	15
Шаблон:Fb	DWGroup D Winner	059 October 2011	1414th	80Winner (1976)	UNAF	61	12
Шаблон:Fb	GWGroup G Winner	048 October 2011	011st	20none	WAFU	98	22
Шаблон:Fb	EWGroup E Winner	033 September 2011	1212th	60Second place (2002)	WAFU	43	5
Шаблон:Fb	RU Top Two Runner-Up	059 October 2011	088th	80Winner (1970)	CECAFA	120	30
Шаблон:Fb	KXGroup K Runner-up	048 October 2011	1515th	80Winner (2004)	UNAF	59	10
Шаблон:Fb	CWGroup C Winner	048 October 2011	1515th	70Second place (1974, 1994)	COSAFA	71	16

¹ FIFA World Rankings, release of 18 January 2012.

Controversies

Togo

Togo were initially banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following an attack on their team bus.^[7] Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee. Togo were therefore free to play in the 2012 and 2013 qualifiers.^[8]

Nigeria

On 30 June 2010, after Nigeria's exit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan punished the team for a poor campaign by imposing a two-year ban from international competition.^[9] This would have resulted in the Nigerians missing out on both the 2012 qualifying phase and the 2012 African Cup of Nations. However, on 5 July, the Nigerian government dropped the ban after FIFA threatened to impose harsher international sanctions as a result of the government interference.^[10] Nigeria competed in qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations as scheduled but failed to qualify.

Venues

The opening match, one semi-final and the third place match were held in Equatorial Guinea, while the other semi-final and the final were held in Gabon.^[11]

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea		Franceville, Gabon
Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Шаблон:Image label begin Шаблон:Image label small Шаблон:Image label small Шаблон:Image label small Шаблон:Image label small Шаблон:Image label end	Libreville, Gabon
Estadio de Bata		Stade d'Angondjé
Capacity: 37,500		Capacity: 40,000
Файл:Estadio de Bata (15896737884).jpg		Файл:Cameroon celebrating winning 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.jpg
Estadio de Malabo		Stade de Franceville
Capacity: 15,250		Capacity: 22,000
Файл:Estadio de Malabo Equatorial Guinea.JPG		Файл:Franceville.jpg

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 29 October 2011 at the Sipopo Conference Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.^[12] The draw ceremony was attended by the two presidents from the host countries, President Ali Bongo of Gabon and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea.^[13] The draw saw the 16 qualified teams being pitted into four groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals with the winners progressing to the semi-finals and final eventually.

The two hosts were automatically seeded into pot 1. The other 14 qualified teams were ranked based on their performances during the previous three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.^[14] For each of the last three African Cup of Nations final tournaments, the following system of points is adopted for the qualified countries:

Classification	Points awarded
Winner	7
Runner-up	5
Losing semi-finalists	3
Losing quarter-finalists	2
Eliminated in 1st round	1

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

2010 edition: points to be multiplied by 3
2008 edition: points to be multiplied by 2
2006 edition: points to be multiplied by 1

The teams were then divided into four pots based on the ranking. Each group contained one team from each pot.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Шаблон:Fb (co-hosts; assigned to A1) Шаблон:Fb (co-hosts; assigned to C1) Шаблон:Fb (22 pts) Шаблон:Fb (17 pts)	Шаблон:Fb (11 pts) Шаблон:Fb (9 pts) Шаблон:Fb (9 pts) Шаблон:Fb (6 pts)	Шаблон:Fb (5 pts) Шаблон:Fb (5 pts) Шаблон:Fb (3 pts) Шаблон:Fb (3 pts)	Шаблон:Fb (2 pts) Шаблон:Fb (1 pt) Шаблон:Fb (0 pts) Шаблон:Fb (0 pts)

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.^[15]

Referees	Linesmen
Mohamed Benouza Djamel Haimoudi Néant Alioum Noumandiez Doué Gehad Grisha Eric Otogo-Castane Bakary Gassama Hamada Nampiandraza Koman Coulibaly Ali Lemghaifry Rajindraparsad Seechurn Bouchaïb El Ahrach Badara Diatta Eddy Maillet Daniel Bennett Khalid Abdel Rahman Slim Jedidi Janny Sikazwe	Albdelhak Etchiali Jean-Claude Birumushahu Evarist Menkouande Yanoussa Moussa Richard Bouende-Malonga Songuifolo Yeo Angesom Ogbamariam Theophile Vinga Aboubacar Doumbouya Marwa Range Moffat Champiti Balla Diarra Balkrishna Bootun Redouane Achik David Shaanika Peter Edibe Felicien Kabanda Djibril Camara Jason Damoo Zakhele Siwela Bechir Hassani

Squads

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Each team's squad for the tournament consisted of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Each participating national association had to submit their squad by 11 January 2012 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first match of the tournament.^[16]

Group stage

Groups A and B took place in Equatorial Guinea, while Groups C and D were held in Gabon.^[17] Notably, there was not a single goalless draw during the 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:^[16]

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.

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).

Knockout stage

Шаблон:Main In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

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Awards

Player of the tournament: Шаблон:Flagicon Christopher Katongo
Top goalscorer of the competition: Шаблон:Flagicon Emmanuel Mayuka
Fair Player of the competition: Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Jacques Gosso
Fair Play award: Шаблон:Fb^[18]

Team of the tournament

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Goalkeeper

Шаблон:Flagicon Kennedy Mweene

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Шаблон:Col-break

Substitutes

Шаблон:Col-end

Scorers

3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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Own goal

Шаблон:Flagicon Bakary Koné (playing against Ivory Coast)

Team statistics

By sub-region

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Mascot

The mascot for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was unveiled on 16 September 2011 at a ceremony in Libreville, Gabon. The mascot, named Gaguie, is a gorilla sporting the national team colors of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.^[20]

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, manufactured by Adidas, was the Comoequa. The name was inspired by the Komo River, which runs through the host nations, and the Equator, which runs throughout Africa and unites the host nations.^[21]

Marketing

Sponsorship

Notes

References

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External links

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Africa Cup of Nations at CAFonline.com

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Английская Википедия:2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Host selection

Qualification

Qualified teams

Controversies

Togo

Nigeria

Venues

Draw

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Team of the tournament

Scorers

Team statistics

By sub-region

Mascot

Match ball

Marketing

Sponsorship

Notes

References

External links

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