2008 Africa Cup of Nations final

2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Event	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Date	10 February 2008
Venue	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra
Man of the Match	Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
Referee	Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance	35,500
	← 2006 2010 →

The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2008 at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana to determine the winner of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of African national teams organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

It was contested between Cameroon and Egypt. Egypt defeated Cameroon 1–0 to win their sixth title.

Details

10 February 2008

17:00

Cameroon	0–1	Egypt
	Report	Aboutrika 77'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 35,500^[1]

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Cameroon

Egypt


GK	1	Carlos Kameni
CB	14	Joël Epalle
CB	4	Rigobert Song (c)
CB	3	Bill Tchato
RM	8	Geremi
CM	19	Stéphane Mbia		65'
CM	15	Alex Song		16'
LM	5	Timothée Atouba	62'
AM	10	Achille Emaná		56'
AM	12	Alain N'Kong
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o
Substitutions:
MF	2	Gilles Binya		16'
FW	17	Mohamadou Idrissou	88'	56'
MF	7	Modeste M'bami		65'
Manager:
Otto Pfister


GK	1	Essam El-Hadary
CB	20	Wael Gomaa
CB	6	Hany Said
CB	5	Shady Mohamed
RM	7	Ahmed Fathy
CM	17	Ahmed Hassan (c)	87'
CM	8	Hosny Abd Rabo
LM	14	Sayed Moawad
AM	22	Mohamed Aboutrika		89'
CF	10	Emad Moteab		60'
CF	19	Amr Zaki		84'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Mohamed Zidan		60'
MF	11	Mohamed Shawky		84'
DF	4	Ibrahim Said		89'
Manager:
Hassan Shehata

Man of the match
Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Twelve named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

^ ^a ^b Vickers, Steve (10 February 2008). "Final and third place". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[bbc-report-1] Vickers, Steve (10 February 2008). "Final and third place". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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v t e Cameroon national football team matches
FIFA Confederations Cup Final	2003
Africa Cup of Nations Finals	1984 1986 1988 2000 2002 2008 2017
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1985
Nehru Cup Finals	2012
Other matches	Cameroon 2–1 (a.e.t.) Colombia (1990)

v t e Egypt national football team matches
Africa Cup of Nations finals	1957 1959 1962 1986 1998 2006 2008 2010 2017 2021
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1987 2007
Other matches	Egypt 11–2 Palestine BM (1934) Iraq 1–3 Egypt (1972) Egypt 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq (1975) Algeria 0–1 (agg.) Egypt (1989) Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia (1992) Egypt 0–1 Algeria (2009) Egypt 3–1 Uganda (2011)