2008 Africa Cup of Nations final

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).

2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final

Event	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Cameroon Egypt 0 1
Date	10 February 2008
Venue	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra
Man of the Match	Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
Referee	Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance	35,500

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

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.