2012 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS - RESULTS

The twenty-eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (sponsored by Orange) was held jointly in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon between 21/1/12-12/2/12, and was won by Zambia, who surprised most pundits by defeating pre-tournament favourites Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 8:7 on penalties after a scoreless 90 minutes and extra-time also failed to provide an outright winner.

The results and tables are listed below; the Orange CAN 2012 Best XI was published on CAF Online.

GROUP A

21/1/12 Equatorial Guinea 1:0 Libya (Bata)
21/1/12 Senegal 1:2 Zambia (Bata)
25/1/12 Libya 2:2 Zambia (Bata)
25/1/12 Equatorial Guinea 2:1 Senegal (Bata)
29/1/12 Equatorial Guinea 0:1 Zambia (Malabo)
29/1/12 Libya 2:1 Senegal (Bata)

P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD
ZAMBIA 3/2/1/0/5/3/7/+2
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 3/2/0/1/4/2/6/+1
LIBYA 3/1/1/1/4/4/4/0
SENEGAL 3/0/0/3/3/6/0/-3

GROUP B

22/1/12 Côte d'Ivoire 1:0 Sudan (Malabo)
22/1/12 Burkina Faso 1:2 Angola (Malabo)
26/1/12 Sudan 2:2 Angola (Malabo)
26/1/12 Côte d'Ivoire 2:0 Burkina Faso (Malabo)
30/1/12 Sudan 2:1 Burkina Faso (Bata)
30/1/12 Côte d'Ivoire 2:0 Angola (Malabo)

P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD
CÔTE D'IVOIRE 3/3/0/0/5/0/9/+5
SUDAN 3/1/1/1/4/4/4/0
ANGOLA 3/1/1/1/4/5/4/-1
BURKINA FASO 3/0/0/3/2/6/0/-4

GROUP C

23/1/12 Gabon 2:0 Niger (Libreville)
23/1/12 Morocco 1:2 Tunisia (Libreville)
27/1/12 Niger 1:2 Tunisia (Libreville)
27/1/12 Gabon 3:2 Morocco (Libreville)
31/1/12 Gabon 1:0 Tunisia (Libreville)
31/1/12 Niger 0:1 Morocco (Libreville)

P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD
GABON 3/3/0/0/6/2/9/+4
TUNISIA 3/2/0/1/4/3/6/+1
MOROCCO 3/1/0/2/4/5/3/-1
NIGER 3/0/0/3/1/5/0/-4

GROUP D

24/1/12 Ghana 1:0 Botswana (Libreville)
24/1/12 Mali 1:0 Guinea (Franceville)
28/1/12 Botswana 1:6 Guinea (Franceville)
28/1/12 Ghana 2:0 Mali (Franceville)
1/2/12   Botswana : Mali (Libreville)
1/2/12   Ghana: Guinea (Franceville)

P/W/D/L/GF/GA/PTS/GD
GHANA 3/2/1/0/4/1/7/+3
MALI 3/2/0/1/3/3/6/0
GUINEA 3/1/1/1/7/3/4/+4
BOTSWANA 3/0/0/3/2/9/0/-7

QUARTER-FINALS

4/2/12 Zambia 3:0 Sudan (Bata)
4/2/12 Côte d'Ivoire 3:0 Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)
5/2/12 Gabon 1:1; 1:1 (AET); 4:5 (PENS) Mali (Libreville)
5/2/12 Ghana 1:1; 2:1 (AET) Tunisia (Franceville)

SEMI-FINALS

8/2/12 Zambia 1:0 Ghana (Bata)
8/2/12 Mali 0:1 Côte d'Ivoire (Libreville)

THIRD-PLACE MATCH

11/2/12 Ghana 0:2 Mali (Malabo)

FINAL

12/2/12 Zambia 0:0; 0:0 (AET); 8:7 (PENS) Côte d'Ivoire (Libreville)


ORANGE CAN 2012 BEST XI

A "Best Of Tournament" squad of 23 players who had participated in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was published on the CAFOnline immediately after the tournament's end, and was split into a "starting 11" plus a panel of substitutes.

BEST OF XI

GK Kennedy MWEENE (Zambia)
D Jean-Jacques GOSSO (Côte d'Ivoire)
D John MENSAH (Ghana)
D Stoppila SUNZU (Zambia)
D Adama TAMBOURA (Mali)
M Seydou KEITA (Guinea)
M Emmanuel MAYUKA (Zambia)
M Yaya TOURÉ (Côte d'Ivoire)
M Kouassi Gervais YAO (Côte d'Ivoire)
F Didier DROGBA (Côte d'Ivoire)
F Christopher KATONGO (Zambia)

SQUAD MEMBERS ("SUBSTITUTES")

GK Boubacar BARRY (Côte d'Ivoire)
D RUI Fernando DA GRACIA GOMEZ (Equatorial Guinea)
M Kwadwo ASAMOAH (Ghana)
M Rainford KALABA (Zambia)
M Houssine KHARJA (Morocco)
M Youssef MSAKNI (Tunisia)
M Eric MOULOUNGUI (Gabon)
F Pierre Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon)
F Sadio DIALLO (Guinea)
F Cheick Tidiane DIABATÉ (Mali)
F Mudathir Eltaib IBRAHIM EL TAHIR (Sudan)
F MANUCHO (Angola)

ORANGE MAN OF THE COMPETITION: Christopher KATONGO (Zambia)

FAIR PLAYER TROPHY: Jean-Jacques GOSSO (Côte d'Ivoire)

FAIR PLAY TROPHY: Côte d'Ivoire