Copa Africana de Naciones 2013

La Copa Africana de Naciones 2013 , también conocida como la Copa Africana de Naciones Naranja Sudáfrica 2013 por razones de patrocinio, celebrada del 19 de enero al 10 de febrero de 2013, fue la 29.ª Copa Africana de Naciones , el campeonato de fútbol de África organizado por la Confederación Africana de Fútbol (CAF). ^[1] A partir de esta edición, el torneo pasó de celebrarse en años pares a impares para no coincidir con la Copa Mundial de la FIFA . ^[2] Por tanto, esta edición fue la primera en celebrarse en un año impar desde 1965 .

Sudáfrica fue sede del torneo por segunda vez, después de haber acogido la Copa Africana de Naciones de 1996. El torneo de 2013 es la edición con mayor asistencia de la Copa Africana de Naciones bajo el formato de 16 equipos. El equipo sudafricano fue eliminado en cuartos de final por Mali, luego de una tanda de penales. Zambia era el campeón defensor, pero fue eliminado en la fase de grupos.

Nigeria ganó su tercer campeonato de la Copa Africana de Naciones con una victoria por 1-0 sobre Burkina Faso en la final . Nigeria participó en la Copa Confederaciones de la FIFA 2013 en Brasil como representante de la CAF. ^[3]

Selección de anfitrión

Ofertas:

Angola (seleccionada como anfitriona para 2010)
Gabón/Guinea Ecuatorial (seleccionados como anfitriones para 2012)
Libia (seleccionada como anfitriona para 2013)
Posteriormente intercambió el año de sede con Sudáfrica (2017)
Nigeria (seleccionada como anfitriona de reserva para los torneos de 2010, 2012 y 2013)

Ofertas rechazadas:

Benín / República Centroafricana
Botsuana
Mozambique
Namibia
Senegal
Zimbabue

On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014.

This edition was awarded to Libya for the second time after 1982 African Cup of Nations.

Two-time former host Nigeria was the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments, in the event that any of the host countries failed to meet the requirements established by CAF, although this ended up being unnecessary

The 2014 tournament was pushed forward to 2013 and subsequently held in odd-numbered years to avoid year-clash with the FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Libyan withdrawal

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, Egypt.^[4]

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

^† 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^[5] however a maximum of seven venues would be used.^[6] The final list of stadiums was initially to be announced by 30 March,^[7] but was pushed back to 4 April,^[8] 20 April, and then 3 May 2012.^[9]

The venues were announced on 4 May 2012. FNB Stadium hosted the opening match and the final.^[10] The other venues selected for matches were Mbombela Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Royal Bafokeng Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium.^[11]

The average daytime temperature of the host cities ranges from 25.0 °C (77.0 °F) to 30.3 °C (86.5 °F).^[12]

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^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

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 Tswana language. The name was chosen by African football fans via an online voting competition where it beat alternate names, Khanya (light) and Motswako (mixture).^[15]

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was Takuma, a hippopotamus 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.^[16]

Draw

The draw for the final tournament took place on 24 October 2012 in Durban.^[17]^[18] Positions A1 and C1 were already assigned to the hosts (South Africa) and holders (Zambia) respectively.^[19] 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.

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.^[20]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[21]

Referees

Mohamed Benouza
Djamel Haimoudi
Sidi 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

Each team could register a squad of 23 players.^[19]

Group stage

The schedule of the final tournament was released on 8 September 2012.^[22]

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:^[19]

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

All times South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

Group A

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

19 January 2013