Egypt 2006 African Cup of Nations
The 2006 African Cup of Nations will be held in Egypt. The decision was made by the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) in Cairo. A four-time winner of the Nations Cup, Egypt hosted the tournament in 1959, 1974 and 1986.
The African Nations Cup started officially on the 10th of February 1957, in the national stadium of Khartoum. But its idea comes back to the 8th of June 1956 when AbdelAziz Abdullah Salem and Mohamed Latif from Egypt, Abdel Halim Shaddaad, Badawy Mohamed and Abdelhalim Mohamed from Sudan, and Fred Will from South Africa has met in Avenida hotel in Portugal, to discuss the idea of construction of an African Union and launching a competition between the different countries of the continent.
In the first African Nations Cup in 1957, there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Since then the field has grown to include almost every African nation, thus making it necessary to hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament were 16 in 2004.
Total Wins
· Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana - 4 wins
· Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 as Zaire) - 2 wins
· Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia - 1 win
Tickets :
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2006 African Cup of Nations finals in Egypt has released the ticket prices for next year’s showpiece event. (BBC Sport)
Fans can buy individual tickets for matches or ‘Collective Tickets’, which will allow them to attend all the games at a specific stadium.
A first-class ticket for nine matches, including the opening game and final, at the Cairo Stadium will cost US$156, a second-class ticket US$35 while those paying for a third-class ticket must hand over US$16.
By contrast, the other three stadiums hosting games will have just one fixed price for those wishing to buy collective tickets.
At Cairo’s Military Academy stadium, which will stage eight matches, and Alexandria’s Harras Al-Hedoud stadium, a venue for seven games, this will be US$9, one dollar more the price of watching six games at the Port Said stadium.
The cheapest individual tickets for matches, providing the game does not involve Egypt, will cost US$1.75.
Yet any fan wishing to watch the hosts must pay a minimum of US$2.50.
Football fans in Egypt will be able to secure tickets on a first-served basis by asking for tickets at any of the post offices located around the country from 15 August.
The post office will then either send the tickets straight to the buyer’s address or hand the applicant a receipt so that he can pick up his tickets from the bureau.
Fans outside Egypt will be able to purchase tickets through the internet.
"Online tickets will go on sale following the Nations Cup draw on 20 October," Khaled Abdel-Aziz, the LOC director, told BBC Sport.
"Africans need to know which group they’ll be playing in before buying their tickets."
Fans can buy match tickets on the day of a game but must request collective tickets before 15 December.
For more information please visit :
September 5th, 2005 at 8:09 am
I would like to purchase some tickets for the African Nations tournament
please provide a contact
Best Regards
Andrew Adu
September 5th, 2005 at 8:14 am
Tickets foe African nations cup, please contact me and advise where i can purchase. Best Regards
Andrew Adu
September 13th, 2005 at 2:22 am
The tickets are reserved right now only in Post Offices in Egypt. They will be available online after the tournament draw on October 20th 2005.
September 13th, 2005 at 8:59 am
Sir, I would like to buy 1 ticket to watch the final of the African Cup of Nations which is going to take place in Cairo, Egypt on the 10th February, 2006.Since I do not live in Egypt, I can only watch the above mentioned match. Please could you send me an e-mail address or a telephone number of the local post office so that I can buy this ticket? Many thanks.
A keen supporter,
Tanya Baldacchino
September 13th, 2005 at 9:44 am
We will shortly have up a new feature story on the African Cup that will go into more detail.
September 14th, 2005 at 12:37 am
Yes Tanya, visit this site :
www.egyptpost.org
English version : http://www.egyptpost.org/frontend/Main/homepage.asp?language=english&SResize=no&
Good luck,
October 5th, 2005 at 9:08 am
The official website for the 2006 African Cup of Nations is:
http://www.egypt2006.com.eg
Here are the prices of the tickets:
http://www.egypt2006.com.eg/English/Tickets/Prices
Here is the url for the online ticketing (will be available following the draw on October 20th)
http://www.egypt2006.com.eg/English/Tickets/Online%20Ticketing
October 17th, 2005 at 9:51 am
PLAESE WE ARE CAMEROONIAN TRAVEL AGENCY IN DOUALA .WE ARE ORGANISING A GROUPE CHATER FOR THE NATIONS CUP SO PLEASE WE HAVE GOT ALREADY 50 PARTICIPA
October 22nd, 2005 at 3:26 am
Sir, I have been trying to login on the website www.egypt2006.com.eg/English/Tickets/Prices and after filling in the required details so that I will be able to register, I am NOT getting any reply at all. How can I buy my two tickets if I cannot get passed this difficulty? Please help me out as I would like to come to Cairo to see the last two matches - the 3rd/4th place match and the final itself. I need a ticket for these 2 matches. Many thanks
October 22nd, 2005 at 7:45 am
We will win this cup
November 6th, 2005 at 3:07 am
Hi,
I politely ask you sir if there is a possibility of sending me the prices in egyption L.E. and the outlets in Egypt.
Thank You
Tarek Mahmoud
November 8th, 2005 at 1:27 am
Dear Tarek,
U can have an idea about tickets prices in following link :
http://www.egypt2006.com.eg/English/Tickets/Prices
Dear Siewe,
How could I help u?
Dear Wael,
If u r Egyptian then I will wish the same like u
November 25th, 2005 at 8:14 am
hi, im trying to register at the http://www.egypt2006.com.eg/english/login/register.aspx?Language=english so i can buy tickets for the opening game, but it keeps asking me to enter a ZIP Code? in london we dont have a zip code, how can i overcome this problem, this is very poorly done by the prganizers. wat happens now? looks like the site is only suitable for people in America?
November 28th, 2005 at 8:08 am
I think this problem will be fixed in some days. Just wait.
January 5th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
how I wish we people in uk will be able to see the matches live but what ever the case may be I can bet it that the cup is going nowhere but Nigeria
FIRE on super eagles
January 14th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
I would like to watch African Cup online, is there a website that provide this service. If you know one, Please help!
January 17th, 2006 at 1:40 am
Hi Sadat, Actually I don’t know a website which makes this service but I know it will be available on Channel 2 and Nile Drama in the Egyptian TV Besides ART channel and Egyptian Satellite Channel.
Good Luck
January 17th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Waleed,
I am trying to get tickets for the final, Cairo Semi Final and Cairo quarter final (on the 4th). The website now won’t take bookings. Can you help yourself or recommend people? I am happy to wire an advance for tickets and pay the rest on collection.
James
January 18th, 2006 at 1:36 am
Hi James,
If booking online is unavailable now, then the only way to book is to buy tickets from Egypt as there r still lots of tickets available.
January 19th, 2006 at 9:10 am
Hi Waleed,
Thanks for that. Do you have any names (numbers) of people that could sell them to me??
Much appreciated
James
January 19th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Is there a website in I can pay to watxh the matches live online in the US? Thanks.
January 20th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
I really want to watch the African Cup of Nations. I feel like if i miss the Cup, I would be disloyal to Nigeria My country. I need to watch this cup. It means so much to me. I do wish that it could be viewed via internet. All i can do right now is just listen to it through the internet. Man i need to watch it
January 20th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
SUPER EAGLE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS CUP.NIGERIA, IS BY FAR THE MOST TALENTED TEAM THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE WORLD CUP IN GERMANY. WE HAVE STARS LIKE JAY JAY OKOCHA, OBAFEMI MARTINS, KANU, YOBO JUST TO NAME A FEW. WE WILL WIN THIS TOURNAMENT.
January 20th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Guinea is the best team. I strongly support them and believe that their are going to hold on this cup.
January 22nd, 2006 at 1:05 am
i am asking if any one know the website i can watch the african nations cup.And i know cameroon is going to take the cup.
January 22nd, 2006 at 1:11 am
Tickets are still available in the post offices so u can get them easily. I don’t think there’s a website that u can see the matches online but may be on some channels on the hotbird satellite.
January 23rd, 2006 at 11:01 am
do you know where i can get an ghana, angola, togo, tunisia, ivory coast or tunisia puma football shirt.
January 24th, 2006 at 1:33 am
U can find them in the city centre (Talaat Harb St.)
January 25th, 2006 at 10:26 am
please can you help me, i want to contact the nigeria super eagles coach in port said
January 31st, 2006 at 8:05 am
i want tickets to the next match to eygpt the third level in the stadium .15tickets and i will pay
February 3rd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
I am leaving in USA and I will like to know the channel where I can watch African Nation Cup in Eygpt?
February 6th, 2006 at 8:40 am
I guess u can see it on Eurosport on Hotbird or Astra1