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

## Skuad

## Kelayakan

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

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

## Peringkat kumpulan

### 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:
# 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 B

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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.

;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