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African Nations Cup

The bi-annual African Nations Cup will take place once again in 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, who both qualify automatically as hosts. The 2010 tournament was unfortunately shrouded in controversery after the Togo team bus was set upon by gunfire leading to the tragic death of three officials. Togo left the competition as a result. Egypt eventually won the tournament, defeating Ghana in the final.

2010 African Cup of Nations Final

Favourites Egypt beat Ghana 1-0 in the final of the 2010 African Cup of Nations and in doing so became the first nation in the tournament's history to win for three consecutive times.

Background

The tournament has survived the test of time and has now been running since 1957 and has improved enormously due to the format having gone through several important changes down the years. The first tournament for instance comprised only of three teams, but these days Nations have to go through an intense qualifying period before making the finals, similar in fact to the European Championships.

The three most dominant teams in competition history have been Egypt, with seven wins, followed by Ghana and Cameroon with four wins apiece.

African Nations Cup 2012

Group Stages

W = won group, Q = qualified from group.

Group A
Equatorial Guinea - Q
Libya
Senegal
Zambia - W

Group B
Ivory Coast - W
Sudan - Q
Burkino Faso
Angola

Group C
Gabon - W
Niger
Morocco
Tunisia - Q

Group D
Ghana - W
Botswana
Mali - Q
Guinea

Knockout Stages

Quarter-Finals:
4th February - Zambia 3 - 0 Sudan
4th February - Ivory Coast 3 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
5th February - Gabon 1 - 1 Mali (Mali won 5-4 on pens)
5th February - Ghana 2 - 1 Tunisia (AET)

Semi-Finals:
8th February - Zambia 1 - 0 Ghana
8th February - Mali 0 -1 Ivory Coast

Final:
12th February - Zambia v Ivory Coast

African Cup of Nations 2012 Odds

Ivory Coast	2/9	1/6	1/5	1/5	-	-	1/6
Zambia	3	7/2	7/2	10/3	-	-	7/2

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