2010 African Cup of Nations | Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 | 
Africa Cup of Nations 2010 official logo | | Tournament details | | Host country |  Angola | | Dates | 10 January - 31 January | | Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) | | Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) | The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, will be the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It is scheduled to take place between 10 and 31 January 2010 in Angola.[1][2] The tournament sees hosts Angola joined by 15 nations who successfully advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. [edit] Host selection Angola was awarded the right to host the tournament by CAF in a decision to rotate the hosting of the Cup and allow new nations like Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea a chance to host the tournament. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea were also awarded the hosting rights to the 2012 Nations Cup, while Libya would be hosting the event for the second time in 2014. Two-time former hosts, Nigeria is the reserve host for the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Nations Cups, in event that any of the host countries fail to meet the requirements established by CAF. [edit] Squads [edit] Qualification The Confederation of African Football announced that the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification would also be the qualification for this tournament. Despite the fact Angola are the host of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, they also needed to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. A similar situation was true for South Africa. Although they will be the hosts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, they still needed to compete in the qualification tournament in order to qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. [edit] Qualified teams | Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances | Consecutive Qualifications | Last Appearance | Best result | | Angola | Hosts | 29 July 2007 | 024 | 2 | 2008 | Quarterfinals (2008) |  Ghana | Group D Winners | 20 June 2009 | 0216 | 3 | 2008 | Winners (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982) |  Côte d'Ivoire | Group E Winners | 5 September 2009 | 0217 | 3 | 2008 | Winners (1992) |  Tunisia | Group B Runners-Up | 6 September 2009 | 0213 | 9 | 2008 | Winners (2004) |  Algeria | Group C Winners | 6 September 2009 | 0213 | 1 | 2004 | Winners (1990) |  Egypt | Group C Runners-Up | 10 October 2009 | 0221 | 14 | 2008 | Winners (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008) |  Cameroon | Group A Winners | 10 October 2009 | 0215 | 8 | 2008 | Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002) |  Gabon | Group A Runners-Up | 10 October 2009 | 023 | 1 | 2000 | Quarterfinals (1996) |  Nigeria | Group B Winners | 11 October 2009 | 0215 | 6 | 2008 | Winners (1980,1994) |  Mali | Group D Third Place | 11 October 2009 | 025 | 2 | 2008 | Runners-Up (1972) |  Benin | Group D Runners-Up | 11 October 2009 | 022 | 2 | 2008 | Round One (2004, 2008) |  Burkina Faso | Group E Runners-Up | 11 October 2009 | 026 | 1 | 2004 | Fourth Place (1998) |  Mozambique | Group B Third Place | 14 November 2009 | 023 | 1 | 1998 | Round One (1986, 1996, 1998) |  Zambia | Group C Third Place | 14 November 2009 | 0213 | 3 | 2008 | Runners-Up (1974, 1994) |  Togo | Group A Third Place | 14 November 2009 | 026 | 1 | 2006 | Round One (1972, 1984, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006) |  Malawi | Group E Third Place | 14 November 2009 | 021 | 1 | 1984 | Round One (1984) | [edit] Venues [edit] Match ball The official match ball for the 2010 African Cup of Nations is Adidas Jabulani Angola, a modified version of Adidas Jabulani, it is colored to represent the colors of Angola. The draw for the final tournament took place on 20 November 2009 at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, Angola. The 16 teams were split into four pots, with Pot 1 containing the top four seeded nations. Angola were seeded as hosts and Egypt as reigning holders. The remaining 14 teams were ranked based on their records in the three last editions of the competition. Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire had the two strongest records and so completed the top seeded Pot 1. The four seeded teams were placed into their groups in advance of the final draw.[3] [edit] Matches All times given as local time (UTC+1) [edit] Group stage | Key to colours in group tables | | Top two placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | | Third and fourth placed teams are eliminated | [edit] Tie-breaking criteria Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria: - points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of away goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- drawing of lots by the organising committee.
[edit] Group A | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Group B
[edit] Group C
[edit] Group D
[edit] Knockout stage | Quarter finals | | Semi finals | | Final | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 January - Luanda | | | | | | | | |  Winners of Group A | | | 28 January - Luanda | | Runners-up of Group B | | | | Winners of Match 25 | | | 25 January - Lubango | | | Winners of Match 28 | | | | Winners of Group D | | | | 31 January - Luanda | | Runners-up of Group C | | | | Winners of Match 29 | | | 24 January - Cabinda | | | Winners of Match 30 | | | Winners of Group B | | | 28 January - Benguela | | | Runners-up of Group A | | | | Winners of Match 26 | | Third place | | 25 January - Benguela | | | Winners of Match 27 | | | | | Winners of Group C | | Losers of Match 29 | | | | | Runners-up of Group D | | | Losers of Match 30 | | | | | | 30 January - Benguela | | |
[edit] Quarter-finals
[edit] Semi-finals
[edit] 3rd Place
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