# 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final

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.

## Route to the final

| Ghana | Ghana | Round | Egypt | 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 Teamvte 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 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: (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. Group B became a three-team group. | Pos Teamvte 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 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: (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. Group B became a three-team group. | Final standing | Pos Teamvte 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: | Pos Teamvte 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: |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Angola | 1–0 | Quarterfinals | Cameroon | 3–1 (aet) |
| Nigeria | 1–0 | Semifinals | Algeria | 4–0 |

## Match details
### Details

| 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 ||
* Assistant referees:
* Évarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
* Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
* Fourth official:
* Hélder Carvalho (Angola)