Piala Negara Afrika 2008

Piala Negara Afrika 2008, juga dikenali sebagai MTN Africa Cup of Nations oleh sebab penajaan kejohanab oleh MTN, merupakan edisi ke-26 Piala Negara-Negara Afrika, kejohanan bola sepak yang dianjurkan CAF setiap dua tahun. Kejohanan ini dilangsungkan di empat lokasi sekitar Ghana antara 20 Januari dan 10 Februari 2008. Mesir memenangi kejohanan, menewaskan Cameroon 1-0 dalam perlawanan akhir. Sebagai juara de facto Afrika untuk dua tahun berikutnya, Mesir akan mewakili CAF dalam Piala Konfederasi FIFA 2009.

 Venue 
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Bandar  Venue  Kapasiti Kumasi Stadium Baba Yara 40,000Accra Stadium Ohene Djan40,000Tamale Stadium Tamale 20,000Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium Sekondi-Takoradi 20,000

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The entrants were divided into 12 groups.  All group winners and the best three runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) qualified for the finals.  Host Ghana qualified automatically.  Qualifying took place between 2 September 2006 and 13 October 2007.

 Pasukan 

PasukanPenampilanKejuaraan  Tuan rumah  16  4   Juara kumpulan 1  17  1  Juara kumpulan 2  21  5   Juara kumpulan 3  15  2   Juara kumpulan 4  7  1   Juara kumpulan 5  15  4   Juara kumpulan 6  4  Juara kumpulan 7  11  Juara kumpulan 8  9  Juara kumpulan 9  5  Juara kumpulan 10  2  Juara kumpulan 11  13  Juara kumpulan 12  13  1   Naib juara kumpulan 4  13  1   Naib juara kumpulan 9  2  Naib juara kumpulan 11  7  1

 Pegawai perlawanan 
16 pengadil dan 16 pembantu pengadil dipilih untuk kejohanan ini, termasuk dua dari Jepun dan seorang dari Korea Utara.Referees

PengadilPembantu pengadil Mohamed Benouza Brahim Djezzar Divine Evehe Evarist Menkouande Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara Abderrahim El Arjoun Redouane Achik Jerome Damon Enock Molefe Kokou Djaoupe Komi Konyoh Kacem Bennaceur Bechir Hassani Djamel Haimoudi Hae Sang Jeong Coffi Codjia Celestin Ntagungira Modou Sowe Angesom Ogbamariam Alex Kotey Desire Gahungu Koman Coulibaly Lassina Paré Badara Diatta Peter Edibe Eddy Maillet Inacio Manuel Candido Muhmed Ssegonga Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Kenias Marange Kenneth Chichenga

 Peringkat kumpulan 
Key to colors in group tablesTop two placed teams advanced to the quarter-finalsThird and fourth placed teams were eliminated

 Tie-breaking criteria 
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:Article 5, paragraph 13 in the Regulations of the XXVth  Africa Cup of Nations guide.
 points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
 goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
 number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
 goal difference in all group matches;
 number of goals scored in all group matches;
 drawing of lots by the organizing committee.

All times given as local time (UTC+0)

 Kumpulan A 
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 Kumpulan C 
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 Kumpulan D 
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 Anugerah 

 Pemain kejohanan 
  Hosny Abd Rabo

 Penjaring terbanyak 
  Samuel Eto'o - 5 gol

 XI terbaik 
Pemain tersebut dipilih sebagai terbaik di posisi masing-masing, berdasarkan prestasi mereka dalam kejohanan. Their performances were analysed by the tournament's Technical Study Group (TSG), who picked the team.

Penjaga golPemain pertahananPemain tengahPenyerang Essam El-Hadary  Geremi Njitap 
 Wael Gomaa 
 Michael Essien  Sulley Muntari 
 Yaya Touré 
 Alexandre Song 
 Hosny Abd Rabo 
 Mohamed Aboutreika  Amr Zaky 
 Manucho 

Substitutes
  Richard Kingson
  Hany Saïd
  Ahmed Fathy
  Frej Saber
  Stéphane Mbia
  Didier Drogba
  Abdul Kader Keïta

 Penjaring 

5 gol
  Samuel Eto'o

4 gol
  Manucho
  Hosny Abd Rabo
  Mohamed Aboutreika
  Amr Zaky

3 gol
  Didier Drogba
  Salomon Kalou
  Abdul Kader Keïta
  Boubacar Sanogo
  Junior Agogo
  Sulley Muntari
  Soufiane Alloudi

2 gol
  Geremi Njitap
  Joseph-Désiré Job
  Stéphane Mbia
  Mohamed Zidan
  Michael Essien
  Pascal Feindouno

2 gol, sam.
  Brian Brendell
  Yakubu Aiyegbeni
  Elrio van Heerden
  Chaouki Ben Saada
  Francileudo dos Santos
  Chris Katongo

1 gol
  Flávio
  Razak Omotoyossi
  Achille Emana
  Alain Nkong
  Aruna Dindane
  Bakari Koné
  Yaya Touré
  Marco Zoro
  Ahmed Fathy
  Haminu Dramani
  Asamoah Gyan
  Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
  Ismaël Bangoura
  Oumar Kalabane

1 gol, sam.
  Souleymane Youla
  Frédéric Kanouté
  Hicham Aboucherouane
  Abdeslam Ouaddou
  Tarik Sektioui
  Monsef Zerka
  Mikel John Obi
  Moustapha Bayal Sall
  Henri Camara
  Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye
  Diomansy Kamara
  Katlego Mphela
  Yassine Chikhaoui
  Issam Jemâa
  Mejdi Traoui
  James Chamanga
  Felix Katongo
  Jacob Mulenga

Gol sendiri
  Mohammed Ali El Khider (menentang )

 Rujukan 

 Pautan luar 

 2008 African Cup of Nations at CAFonline.com
 Africa Cup of Nations on BBC 1Xtra
 African Cup of Nations 2008 coverage on Reuters.co.uk 

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