with the nation's cup just around the corner. these are the 16 teams that are participating in the nation's cup

Angola
Nigeria
tunisia
Egypt
Algeria
Ivory coast
ghana
mozambique
gabon
mali
burkina faso
malawi
togo
benin
zambia
cameroun

based on previous outing, nigeria was not seeded
the seeded teams are

angola- host
cameroun
ivory coast
egypt

who wins?

Angola 2010 Official Group Draw Results

GROUP A

Angola
Mali
Malawi
Algeria

GROUP B (Deemed the group of death)

Cote d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo

GROUP C

Egypt
Nigeria
Mozambique
Benin

GROUP D

Cameroon
Gabon
Zambia
Tunisia

Current Source= Supersport, online source coming soon.

A_K_O:

Angola 2010 Official Group Draw Results

GROUP C

Egypt
Nigeria
Mozambique
Benin

Wow, well i think this is going to be interesting, once we can beat Egypt and Benin, We might help Mozambique (payback time)

The 2010 African Cup of Nations draw is taking place in Angola.

Group A: Angola, Mali, Algeria, Malawi.

Group B: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso.

Group C: Egypt, Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique.

Group D: Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Gabon.

Angola versus Mali will be the opening game of the tournament.

Group A will be based in Luanda, Group B will be in Cabinda in the north of the country, Group C will play in Benguela, and Group D will be based in Lubango.

Egypt versus Nigeria is Group C's opening game on January 12th in Benguela.

Nigeria's coach Shaibu Amodou was present at the draw and said that on paper Nigeria should emerge from Group B, but he added a word of caution.

"There are no small teams in football any more" he said.

Nigeria's former captain Sunday Oliseh described Nigeria's group as a "delicate" one.

"Mozambique gave us a lot of hassle during qualifying" he said.

Oliseh also thanked Mozambique for helping Nigeria qualify for the World Cup.

They scored a lone goal against Tunisia in the final qualifying game which helped to put Nigeria through to South Africa 2010.

Mozambique's most capped player and record goal scorer Tico-Tico said he thought it was a tough draw for his side.

"We'll just have to compete and see what happens" he said.

"Egypt are the champions of Africa so that won't be easy but if we believe in ourselves maybe we can spring some surprises," he says.

"Nigeria and Egypt would seem the obvious teams to qualify but anything can happen" he said.

Former Angolan football legend Akwa said he thought all the groups looked difficult.

"It's not just Algeria and Angola that could go through, Mali have a good national team and they can give us a lot of problems" he said.

However, when asked how far Angola can go, he said "I believe we can reach the final".

Group B is being touted as the group of death with the prospect of Ghana and Ivory Coast renewing their rivalry.

However history favours Ghana as they've met seven times and the Ivorians have won just one of those encounters.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8371069.stm
Nigeria should help Mozabique move to next stage. It must be a pay back time. ''Rob my back, I Rob your back.'' Our Boys should step up their games if they wish to go far.

honeric01:

Wow, well i think this is going to be interesting, once we can beat Egypt and Benin, We might help Mozambique (payback time)

I like dat!

Sagamite:

I like dat!

Emperoh:

That means it wasn't Amodu that qualified us for the World Cup
It was luck!!
I think we got a fair paring. . . and i don't think the issue of rob my back i rob yours applies here
Mozambique wanted to be here and they fought and got it. It was mere coincidence that that result favoured us
As for here, if u no play well, you walk big time!!

I look forward to this tournament!!

I think all the groups look tough bar Group D.

African football is no more for small boys. The gap of quality between teams has narrowed significantly from the 90s.

Sagamite:

I think all the groups look tough bar Group D.

African football is no more for small boys. The gap of quality between teams has narrowed significantly from the 90s.

A group that has Tunisia,Gabon and Cameroon is no child's play mate.

I do not like the fact that some teams that faced each other during qualifiers are having a go at each other again in the tourney proper i.e Gabon vs Cameroon and Moz vs Nigeria.

Our chances?The only predictable thing about Nigeria is their unpredictability.We are as good as we are on the day,so fingers crossed.

kay_pumpin:

A group that has Tunisia,Gabon and Cameroon is no child's play mate.

I do not like the fact that some teams that faced each other during qualifiers are having a go at each other again in the tourney proper i.e Gabon vs Cameroon and Moz vs Nigeria.

Our chances?The only predictable thing about Nigeria is their unpredictability.We are as good as we are on the day,so fingers crossed.

They have to!

3 teams qualify from the qualifiying groups and there is only 4 ANC groups, no matter how you arrange it, it will happen.

Sagamite:

They have to!

3 teams qualify from the qualifiying groups and there is only 4 ANC groups, no matter how you arrange it, it will happen.

Seen

Tipping Algeria for the final

This is a draw of similar foes

Group B (Cabinda): Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo.

- GROUP OF DEATH

Group D (Lubango): Cameroon, Gabon, Zambia, Tunisia.

- CAMEROON & GABON - UNFINISHED BIZNESS

Looking forward to the game

In football as they say, anything is possible. But in all there is no harm in prediction. So go through this & predict the possible winner. If this thread is not removed, it shall serve as reference for correct prediction.
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In football as they say, anything is possible. But in all there is no harm in prediction. So go through this & predict the possible winner. If this thread is not removed, it shall serve as reference for correct prediction.

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