2013 Africa Cup of Nations South Africa - Page 17

Pule · February 8th, 2013, 12:39 PM

Pity Bafana is out...

LADEN · February 8th, 2013, 06:17 PM

South Africa vs Nigeria would have been a great game, two largest african egos going at it. South African missing 3 stright penalties shows they need to work on the basics.

crazydude · February 11th, 2013, 06:20 AM

Some final statistics

Total attendance 729 000, average attendance 22 781
To put that in context, these are the numbers since 1996:
2012 Gabon Equatorial Guinea: 456 332, 14 260
2010 Angola: 543 500, 18 741
2008 Ghana: 714 000, 22 313
2006 Egypt: no data
2004 Tunisia: 553 500, 17 297
2002 Mali: 570 000, 17 813
2000 Ghana Nigeria: 677 500, 21 172
1998 Burkina Faso: 412 800, 12 900
1996 South Africa: 640 880, 22 099

So, we have the best attended AFCON under the current format.

Player of the Tournament: Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso)
Tournament Top Scorer: Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria)
Fair Player of the Tournament: Victor Moses (Nigeria)
Goal of the tournament: Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) vs Algeria

Team of the tournament:
GK: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
DF: Bakary Koné (Burkina Faso), Nando Maria Neves (Cape Verde), Efe Ambrose (Nigeria)
MF: Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso), Siaka Tiéné (Ivory Coast), Seydou Keita (Mali), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Victor Moses (Nigeria)
FW: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria)

Final team rankings:
1 Nigeria
2 Burkina Faso
3 Mali
4 Ghana
5 Ivory Coast
6 South Africa
7 Cape Verde
8 Togo
9 Tunisia
10 DR Congo
11 Morocco
12 Zambia
13 Algeria
14 Angola
15 Niger
16 Ethiopia

Let's see what gets done for next year's African Nations Championship.

romanSA · February 11th, 2013, 01:30 PM

Thanks for posting these stats!

And this was hosting with short notice! Well done, ZA!

rubbercenter · February 12th, 2013, 06:51 AM

Some news from abroad after AFCON...

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/foot...e-game-at-home

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February 11th, 2013, 06:20 AM	#323
crazydude Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Port Elizabeth Posts: 915 Likes (Received): 7	Some final statistics Total attendance 729 000, average attendance 22 781 To put that in context, these are the numbers since 1996: 2012 Gabon Equatorial Guinea: 456 332, 14 260 2010 Angola: 543 500, 18 741 2008 Ghana: 714 000, 22 313 2006 Egypt: no data 2004 Tunisia: 553 500, 17 297 2002 Mali: 570 000, 17 813 2000 Ghana Nigeria: 677 500, 21 172 1998 Burkina Faso: 412 800, 12 900 1996 South Africa: 640 880, 22 099 So, we have the best attended AFCON under the current format. Player of the Tournament: Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso) Tournament Top Scorer: Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria) Fair Player of the Tournament: Victor Moses (Nigeria) Goal of the tournament: Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) vs Algeria Team of the tournament: GK: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria) DF: Bakary Koné (Burkina Faso), Nando Maria Neves (Cape Verde), Efe Ambrose (Nigeria) MF: Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso), Siaka Tiéné (Ivory Coast), Seydou Keita (Mali), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Victor Moses (Nigeria) FW: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria) Final team rankings: 1 Nigeria 2 Burkina Faso 3 Mali 4 Ghana 5 Ivory Coast 6 South Africa 7 Cape Verde 8 Togo 9 Tunisia 10 DR Congo 11 Morocco 12 Zambia 13 Algeria 14 Angola 15 Niger 16 Ethiopia Let's see what gets done for next year's African Nations Championship.

February 11th, 2013, 01:30 PM	#324
romanSA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Durban Posts: 7,277 Likes (Received): 16	Thanks for posting these stats! And this was hosting with short notice! Well done, ZA!

February 12th, 2013, 06:51 AM	#325
rubbercenter Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jo'burg/Dubai/Abu Dhabi Posts: 54 Likes (Received): 0	Some news from abroad after AFCON... http://www.thenational.ae/sport/foot...e-game-at-home