Egypt secured a record seventh Africa Cup of Nations title, after beating Ghana 1-0 in a tense final in Angola.
Substitute Mohamed Gedo scored the only goal of the game, curling a beautiful shot past Richard Kingson in the Ghana goal six minutes from time.
Gedo's winner came against the run of play, after a sustained period of pressure from Milovan Rajevac's young Ghana side.
The striker finished as top scorer and earned Egypt a third title in a row.
World Cup finalists Ghana had been hoping to earn their first continental crown since 1982, but will now have to wait for the 2012 tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
There was little action to speak of at the start - an early corner from Kwadwo Asamoah catching out goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, while Egypt's first half-chance came via a wayward strike over the top from captain Ahmed Hassan.
Andre Ayew then failed to punish the Pharaohs when Gomaa mistakenly headed into his path - the shot was dragged wide - as the early action changed nicely between both ends.
Although the Egyptians seemed to have more of the ball, their opponents seemed to be creating the better openings - Asamoah again illustrating this when his well-struck 20-yard strike forced El-Hadary into a tricky low catch.
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