Africa Cup of Nations 2010

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa (CAF). It is being held in Angola, where it began on 10 January 2010 and will conclude on 31 January.

In the tournament, the hosts Angola were to be joined by 15 nations who successfully advanced from the qualification process that began in October 2007 and involved 53 African national teams. The withdrawal of Togo after a terrorist attack on their bus upon arriving for the tournament reduced the number of participating nations to 15, meaning Angola were joined by only 14 teams. A total of 29 games will be played.

Africa Cup of Nations 2010 Groups

Group A: Angola Mali Malawi Algeria	Group B: Cote d’Ivoire Burkina Faso Ghana Togo (pulled out)
Group C: Egypt Nigeria Mozambique Benin	Group D: Cameroon Gabon Zambia Tunisia

Africa Cup of Nations 2010 Schedule:

#01 – Jan 10th, Angola vs Mali (Group A) 17:00 kickoff

#02 – Jan 11th, Malawi vs  Algeria (Group A) 14:45
#03 – Jan 11th,  Cote d’Ivoire vs Burkina Faso (Group B) 17:00

#05 – Jan 12th, Egypt vs Nigeria (Group C) 17:00
#06 – Jan 12th, Mozambique vs Benin (Group C) 19:30

#07 – Jan 13th, Cameroon vs Gabon (Group D) 17:00
#08 – Jan 13th, Zambia vs Tunisia (Group D) 19:30

#09 – Jan 14th, Mali vs  Algeria (Group A) 17:00
#10 – Jan 14th, Angola vs Malawi (Group A) 19:30

#12 – Jan 15th, Cote d’Ivoire vs Ghana (Group B) 19:30

#13 – Jan 16th, Nigeria vs Benin (Group C) 17:00
#14 – Jan 16th, Gabon vs Tunisia (Group C) 19:30

#15 – Jan 17th, Gabon vs Tunisa (Group D) 17:00
#16 – Jan 17th, Cameroon vs Zambia (Group D) 19:30

#17 – Jan 18th,  Angola vs  Algeria (Group A) 17:00
#18 – Jan 18th,  Mali vs  Malawi (Group A) 17:00

#19 – Jan 19th,  Burkina Faso vs  Ghana (Group B) 17:00

#21 – Jan 20th,  Egypt vs  Benin (Group C) 17:00
#22 – Jan 20th, Nigeria vs  Mozambique (Group C) 17:00

#23 – Jan 21st,  Cameroon vs  Tunisia (Group D) 17:00
#24 – Jan 21st,  Gabon vs  Zambia (Group D) 17:00

Quarter-Finals‘

#25 – Jan 24th, 1st A vs 2nd B, 17:00
#26 – Jan 24th, 1st B vs 2nd A, 20:30

#27 – Jan 25th, 1st C vs 2nd D, 17:00
#28 – Jan 25th, 1st D vs 2nd C, 20:30
(Official website says games #27, #28 are on Jan 24th, but that seems very unlikely)

Semi-Finals
#29 – Jan 28th, Winner #25 vs Winner #28, 17:00
#30 – Jan 28th, Winner #26 vs Winner #27, 20:30

Third place playoff
#31 – Jan 30th, Loser #29 vs Loser #30, 17:00

Final
#32 – Jan 31st, Winner #29 vs Winner #30, 17:00

All the matches can be watched on eurosport

Who do you think will win?