Africa Cup of Nations 2008
Ghana · 20 Jan 2008 – 10 Feb 2008
EgyptChampionCameroonRunner-up
16Teams
32Matches
99Goals
Tournament summary
The Africa Cup of Nations 2008 was played in Ghana from 20 January 2008 to 10 February 2008. 16 teams took part, playing 32 matches with 99 goals (3.09 per match).
Egypt won the title (their 6th), beating Cameroon 1–0 in the final in Accra.
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) finished as top scorer with 5 goals.
Participants
Shading by points won; the champion is highlighted in gold.
Team statistics
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 |
 Ghana | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 |
 Ivory Coast | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 |
 Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 |
 Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Angola | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Zambia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
 Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
 Guinea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
 Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Senegal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
 South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
 Namibia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
 Benin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 |
 Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 |
Aggregated over all matches of the tournament (group stage and knock-outs).
All results
Sunday 20 January 2008
Monday 21 January 2008
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Wednesday 23 January 2008
- South Africa 1–1 AngolaTamale
- Tunisia 2–2 SenegalTamale
Thursday 24 January 2008
Friday 25 January 2008
- Ivory Coast 4–1 BeninSekondi
- Nigeria 0–0 MaliSekondi
Saturday 26 January 2008
Sunday 27 January 2008
- Senegal 1–3 AngolaTamale
- Tunisia 3–1 South AfricaTamale
Monday 28 January 2008
Tuesday 29 January 2008
- Ivory Coast 3–0 MaliAccra
- Nigeria 2–0 BeninSekondi
Wednesday 30 January 2008
Thursday 31 January 2008
- Senegal 1–1 South AfricaKumasi
- Tunisia 0–0 AngolaTamale
Sunday 3 February 2008
- Ghana 2–1 NigeriaAccra
- Ivory Coast 5–0 GuineaSekondi
Monday 4 February 2008
Thursday 7 February 2008
- Ghana 0–1 CameroonAccra
- Ivory Coast 1–4 EgyptKumasi
Saturday 9 February 2008
- Ghana 4–2 Ivory CoastKumasi