Oct 11, 2012

29th Africa Cup of nations to be Hosted by South Africa

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations will be the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).It was scheduled to be hosted by Libya, however a decision by CAF to move the competition to South Africa means Libya will not host.Libya won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Nigerian bid along with three other bid winning nations, Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

          Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected and did not reach the shortlist. For the first time in CAF history, the hosts of three successive tournaments were chosen at the same time; Angola was chosen to host in 2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen as hosts for the 2012 Cup and South Africa for the 2013 edition. A total of 47 countries entered the qualification, including South Africa, which automatically qualified. Libya was not allowed to keep its automatic qualification after being stripped of its hosting rights due to the Libyan civil war. The Final round of Qualification will be played on 13 and 14 October 2012 as first league has been Already Played.
Here is the details Result of First league of Qualification and schedule and Fixture of Second League to be played.

Team 1  Agg.  Team 2  1st leg    2nd leg  
Mali  Botswana3–013 Oct
Zimbabwe  Angola3–114 Oct
Ghana  Malawi2–013 Oct
Liberia  Nigeria2–213 Oct
Zambia  Uganda1–013 Oct
Cape Verde  Cameroon2–014 Oct
Mozambique  Morocco2–013 Oct
Sierra Leone  Tunisia2–213 Oct
Guinea  Niger1–014 Oct
Sudan  Ethiopia5–314 Oct
Libya  Algeria0–114 Oct
Côte d'Ivoire  Senegal4–213 Oct
Congo DR  Equatorial Guinea4–014 Oct
Gabon  Togo1–114 Oct
Central African Republic  Burkina Faso1–014 Oct
   Winner of these Qualification game will qualify for the Final round while South Africa will automatically qualify as host.
There will be four Groups each containing four teams and winner and runner up of each group will play quarterfinal. The  winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from CAF.
The Opening match will take place at 19 January 2013 at Soccer city Stadium Johannesburg between south Africa and other team yet to be decided. Final will be played at same venue on 10th February 2013.
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