2013 Africa Cup of Nations

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

AFCON 2013 CAN 2013
Tournament logo
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	19 January – 10 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Burkina Faso
Third place	Mali
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	69 (2.16 per match)
Attendance	729,000 (22,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emmanuel Emenike Wakaso Mubarak (4 goals)
Best player	Jonathan Pitroipa

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Starting from this edition, the tournament was switched to being held in odd-numbered years instead of even-numbered years so that it does not clash with the FIFA World Cup.

South Africa hosted the tournament for the second time, after previously hosting the 1996 African Cup of Nations. The 2013 tournament is the highest attended edition of the Africa Cup of Nations under the current, 16-team format. The South African team was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Mali, following a penalty shoot-out.

Nigeria won its third Africa Cup of Nations championship with a 1–0 victory over Burkina Faso in the final. Nigeria participated in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CAF.

Bids shortlist

Five countries were put on the shortlist to host the tournament including one joint bid.

• Angola
• Gabon / Equatorial Guinea
• Libya
• Nigeria (reserved hosts)

Other countries that failed in their bids were:

• Benin / Central African Republic
• Botswana

Originally Libya won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Nigerian bid along with three other bid winning nations, Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected and did not reach the shortlist. For the first time in CAF history, the hosts of three successive tournaments were chosen at the same time; Angola was chosen to host in 2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen as hosts for the 2012 Cup and Libya for the 2013 edition. However, due to the Libyan Civil War, Libya traded years with South Africa, so that South Africa hosted in 2013 and Libya will be hosting in 2017. This was ratified in September 2011 at CAF's Executive Committee in Cairo.

Qualification

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

A total of 47 countries entered the qualification, including South Africa, which automatically qualified. Libya was not allowed to keep its automatic qualification after being stripped of its hosting rights due to the Libyan Civil War. Many teams made their return to the finals in this tournament. The hosts, South Africa returned after a 4-year absence. Ethiopia appeared for the first time since 1982 (a 31-year absence). Other teams absent from the 2012 finals that featured in 2013 were Nigeria, Togo, DR Congo, and Algeria. Cape Verde made its finals debut. Teams that didn't qualify for this tournament from the 2012 African Cup of Nations were both co-hosts, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Senegal, Sudan, Guinea and Botswana. South Sudan was ineligible to participate as the qualifying competition had already started by the time its membership of CAF was confirmed.

Qualified nations

A map of Africa showing the qualified nations, highlighted by stage reached.

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament†
South Africa	00Hosts	0028 September 2011	7 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Ghana	00Winner against Malawi	0113 October 2012	18 (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Mali	00Winner against Botswana	0113 October 2012	7 (1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Zambia	00Winner against Uganda	0113 October 2012	15 (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Nigeria	00Winner against Liberia	0113 October 2012	16 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Tunisia	00Winner against Sierra Leone	0113 October 2012	15 (1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Ivory Coast	00Winner against Senegal	0113 October 2012	19 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Morocco	00Winner against Mozambique	0113 October 2012	14 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012)
Ethiopia	00Winner against Sudan	0214 October 2012	9 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1982)
Cape Verde	00Winner against Cameroon	0214 October 2012	0 (debut)
Angola	00Winner against Zimbabwe	0214 October 2012	6 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Niger	00Winner against Guinea	0214 October 2012	1 (2012)
Togo	00Winner against Gabon	0214 October 2012	6 (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
DR Congo	00Winner against Equatorial Guinea	0214 October 2012	15 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Burkina Faso	00Winner against Central African Rep.	0214 October 2012	8 (1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012)
Algeria	00Winner against Libya	0214 October 2012	14 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)

^† Bold indicates champion for that year

^† Italic indicates host

Venues

Host cities

The South African Football Association opened bidding to all 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities however a maximum of seven venues would be used. The final list of stadiums was initially to be announced by 30 March, but was pushed back to 4 April, 20 April, and then 3 May 2012.

The venues were announced on 4 May 2012. FNB Stadium hosted the opening match and the final. The other venues selected for matches were Mbombela Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Royal Bafokeng Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium.

The average daytime temperature of the host cities ranges from 25.0 °C (77.0 °F) to 30.3 °C (86.5 °F).

Johannesburg		Durban		Port Elizabeth
FNB Stadium		Moses Mabhida Stadium		Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Capacity: 94,700		Capacity: 54,000		Capacity: 48,000
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Johannesburg Durban Port Elizabeth Rustenburg     Nelspruit
Nelspruit			Rustenburg
Mbombela Stadium			Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Capacity: 41,000			Capacity: 42,000

• ^1 Host city during 1996 African Cup of Nations
• ^2 Stadium/site used during 1996 African Cup of Nations
• ^3 As "National Stadium"
• ^4 Stadium expandable
• ^5 All capacities are approximate

Training venues

Host city	Venues
Durban	Durban Peoples Park, King Zwelithini Stadium, Princess Magogo Stadium
Johannesburg	Dobsonville Stadium, Millpark Stadium, Orlando Stadium, Rand Stadium
Nelspruit
Port Elizabeth	Gelvandale Stadium, NMMU Stadium, Westbourne Oval, Zwide Stadium
Rustenburg

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was manufactured by Adidas and named the Katlego, which means "success" in Sotho language. The name was chosen by African football fans via an online voting competition where it beat alternate names, Khanya (light) and Motswako (mixture).

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was Takuma, a hippo wearing sports kit in South Africa's official yellow and green. The mascot was designed by Tumelo Nkoana, a 13-year-old South African student from Hammanskraal in Gauteng.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 24 October 2012 in Durban. Positions A1 and C1 were already assigned to the hosts (South Africa) and holders (Zambia) respectively. The other 14 qualified teams were ranked based on their performances during the last three Africa Cup of Nations, i.e. the 2008, 2010 and 2012 editions.

Classification	Points awarded
Winner	7
Runner-up	5
Losing semi-finalists	3
Losing quarter-finalists	2
Eliminated in 1st round	1

Moreover, a weighted coefficient on points was given to each of the last three editions of the Africa Cup of Nations as follows:

• 2012 edition: points to be multiplied by 3
• 2010 edition: points to be multiplied by 2
• 2008 edition: points to be multiplied by 1

The teams were then divided into four pots based on the ranking. Each group contained one team from each pot.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
South Africa (host; assigned to A1) Zambia (title holder; assigned to C1) Ghana (22 pts) Ivory Coast (22 pts)	Mali (12 pts) Tunisia (10 pts) Angola (9 pts) Nigeria (8 pts)	Algeria (6 pts) Burkina Faso (5 pts) Morocco (4 pts) Niger (3 pts)	Togo (2 pts) Cape Verde (0 pts) DR Congo (0 pts) Ethiopia (0 pts)

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Referees

• Mohamed Benouza
• Djamel Haimoudi
• Néant Alioum
• Noumandiez Doué
• Gehad Grisha
• Eric Otogo-Castane

• Bakary Gassama
• Sylvester Kirwa
• Hamada Nampiandraza
• Koman Coulibaly
• Ali Lemghaifry
• Rajindraparsad Seechurn

• Bouchaïb El Ahrach
• Badara Diatta
• Bernard Camille
• Daniel Bennett
• Slim Jedidi
• Janny Sikazwe

Assistant referees

• Albdelhak Etchiali
• Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
• Jean-Claude Birumushahu
• Evarist Menkouande
• Yanoussa Moussa
• Yéo Songuifolo
• Angesom Ogbamariam

• Theophile Vinga
• Malik Alidu Salifu
• Marwa Range
• Balla Diarra
• Redouane Achik
• Arsénio Chadreque Marengula
• Peter Edibe

• Félicien Kabanda
• Djibril Camara
• El Hadji Malick Samba
• Zakhele Siwela
• Ali Waleed Ahmed
• Béchir Hassani
• Anouar Hmila

Squads

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Each team can register a squad of 23 players.

Group stage

The schedule of the final tournament was released on 8 September 2012.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:

1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
4. goal difference in all group matches;
5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals

All times South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

Group A

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Cape Verde	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Morocco	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Angola	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

19 January 2013
South Africa	0–0	Cape Verde	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
Angola	0–0	Morocco	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
23 January 2013
South Africa	2–0	Angola	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Morocco	1–1	Cape Verde	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
27 January 2013
Morocco	2–2	South Africa	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Cape Verde	2–1	Angola	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Group B

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Mali	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
DR Congo	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Niger	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

20 January 2013
Ghana	2–2	DR Congo	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Mali	1–0	Niger	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
24 January 2013
Ghana	1–0	Mali	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Niger	0–0	DR Congo	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
28 January 2013
Niger	0–3	Ghana	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
DR Congo	1–1	Mali	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Group C

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Zambia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

21 January 2013
Zambia	1–1	Ethiopia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Nigeria	1–1	Burkina Faso	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
25 January 2013
Zambia	1–1	Nigeria	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Burkina Faso	4–0	Ethiopia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
29 January 2013
Burkina Faso	0–0	Zambia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Ethiopia	0–2	Nigeria	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Group D

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Togo	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

22 January 2013
Ivory Coast	2–1	Togo	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Tunisia	1–0	Algeria	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
26 January 2013
Ivory Coast	3–0	Tunisia	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Algeria	0–2	Togo	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
30 January 2013
Algeria	2–2	Ivory Coast	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Togo	1–1	Tunisia	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Knockout phase

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time shall be played.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	2 February – Durban
	South Africa	1 (1)
					6 February – Durban
	Mali (p)	1 (3)
					Mali	1
	3 February – Rustenburg
					Nigeria	4
	Ivory Coast	1
									10 February – Johannesburg
	Nigeria	2
									Nigeria	1
	3 February – Nelspruit
									Burkina Faso	0
	Burkina Faso (aet)	1
					6 February – Nelspruit
	Togo	0
					Burkina Faso (p)	1 (3)			Third place
	2 February – Port Elizabeth
					Ghana	1 (2)
	Ghana	2							Mali	3
	Cape Verde	0							Ghana	1
									9 February – Port Elizabeth

Quarter-finals

Ghana v Cape Verde

2 February 2013 17:00

Ghana	2–0	Cape Verde
Wakaso  54' (pen.), 90+5'	Report

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

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South Africa v Mali

2 February 2013 20:30

South Africa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mali
Rantie  31'	Report	Keita  58'
	Penalties
Tshabalala Furman Mahlangu Majoro	1–3	Diabaté Tamboura Ma. Traoré

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

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Ivory Coast v Nigeria

3 February 2013 17:00

Ivory Coast	1–2	Nigeria
Tioté  50'	Report	Emenike  43' Mba  78'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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Burkina Faso v Togo

3 February 2013 20:30

Burkina Faso	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Togo
Pitroipa  105'	Report

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Semi-finals

Mali v Nigeria

6 February 2013 17:00

Mali	1–4	Nigeria
C. Diarra  75'	Report	Echiéjilé  25' Ideye  30' Emenike  44' Musa  60'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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Burkina Faso v Ghana

6 February 2013 20:30

Burkina Faso	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Bancé  60'	Report	Wakaso  13' (pen.)
	Penalties
B. Koné H. Traoré Paul Koulibaly Bancé	3–2	Vorsah Atsu Afful Clottey Agyemang-Badu

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Third place play-off

Mali v Ghana

9 February 2013 20:00

Mali	3–1	Ghana
Mah. Samassa  21' Keita  48' S. Diarra  90+4'	Report	Asamoah  82'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Final

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Nigeria v Burkina Faso

10 February 2013 20:30

Nigeria	1–0	Burkina Faso
Mba  40'	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Winners

2013 Africa Cup of Nations Champions
Nigeria Third title

Player awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Orange Player of the Tournament

• Jonathan Pitroipa

Pepsi Tournament Top Scorer

• Emmanuel Emenike

Player name	Games played	Goals scored	Assists	Minutes played	Source
Emmanuel Emenike	5	4	3	403
Wakaso Mubarak	5	4	0	396

Samsung Fair Player of the Tournament

• Victor Moses

Nissan Goal of the tournament

• Youssef Msakni vs. Algeria

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vincent Enyeama	Bakary Koné Nando Siaka Tiéné Efe Ambrose	Jonathan Pitroipa Seydou Keita John Obi Mikel Victor Moses	Asamoah Gyan Emmanuel Emenike

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Emmanuel Emenike

• Wakaso Mubarak

3 goals

• Alain Traoré

• Seydou Keita

2 goals

• Jonathan Pitroipa
• Dieumerci Mbokani
• Gervinho

• Yaya Touré
• Kwadwo Asamoah
• Mahamadou Samassa

• Sunday Mba
• Victor Moses
• Siyabonga Sangweni

1 goal

• Sofiane Feghouli
• El Arbi Hillel Soudani
• Aristide Bancé
• Djakaridja Koné
• Platini
• Héldon Ramos
• Fernando Varela
• Trésor Mputu
• Wilfried Bony
• Didier Drogba
• Cheick Tioté
• Didier Ya Konan

• Adane Girma
• Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
• Christian Atsu Twasam
• John Boye
• Asamoah Gyan
• Cheick Fantamady Diarra
• Sigamary Diarra
• Issam El Adoua
• Youssef El-Arabi
• Abdelilah Hafidi
• Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
• Brown Ideye

• Ahmed Musa
• May Mahlangu
• Lehlohonolo Majoro
• Tokelo Rantie
• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Jonathan Ayité
• Serge Gakpé
• Dové Wome
• Khaled Mouelhi
• Youssef Msakni
• Collins Mbesuma
• Kennedy Mweene

Own goals

• Nando (playing against Angola)

Team statistics

See also: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations statistics

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Nigeria	6	4	2	0	14	11	4	+7
2	Burkina Faso	6	2	3	1	9	7	3	+4
3	Mali	6	2	2	2	8	7	8	-1
4	Ghana	6	3	2	1	11	10	6	+4
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1	7	8	5	+3
6	South Africa	4	1	3	0	6	5	3	+2
7	Cape Verde	4	1	2	1	5	3	4	-1
8	Togo	4	1	1	2	4	4	4	0
Eliminated in the group stage
9	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	2	4	-2
10	DR Congo	3	0	3	0	3	3	3	0
10	Morocco	3	0	3	0	3	3	3	0
12	Zambia	3	0	3	0	3	2	2	0
13	Algeria	3	0	1	2	1	2	5	-3
14	Angola	3	0	1	2	1	1	4	-3
15	Niger	3	0	1	2	1	0	4	-4
16	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	1	7	-6
Total		32(1)	17	15(2)	17	81	69	69	0

Updated to games played on 10 February 2013. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s).
⁽¹⁾ – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
⁽²⁾ – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
⁽³⁾ – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Media

South African public broadcaster SABC was the host broadcaster of the tournament. It paid R65 million (US$7.5 million) for the rights, which entitle it to transmit all of the games across its radio and television platforms.

Broadcasting

Territory	Broadcaster	Ref
Albania	SuperSport
Australia	Eurosport
Botswana	Botswana TV
Brazil	SporTV
Cape Verde	RTC
Europe	Eurosport
France	Canal+
Ghana	GTV
Hong Kong	Now TV
Ireland	ITV4, British Eurosport
Israel	Eurosport
Malaysia	Media Prima
Middle East and North Africa	Al Jazeera
Romania	Romanian Eurosport
Russia	Russian Eurosport
South Africa	SABC
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport
Thailand	CH7
United Kingdom	ITV4, British Eurosport
South America	DirecTV
United States	ESPN

^1  – Excluding France.

^2  – Excluding Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay and Suriname.

References

External links

• Official website
• Orange CAN 2013 at cafonline.com