It’s here
again, the African cup of nations! A festival of African football where the
best on the continent compete for the ultimate; the right to be called
champions of Africa!
This year,
the competition is being hosted by two nations Gabon and E. Guinea. The games kicked
off on the 21st of Feb. With a wonderful opening ceremony that saw a great show of rich African culture. One thing that caught my attention though were
the beautiful lady performers; graceful in movement and clad in beautiful
traditional cloths
The opening match was between co-host E.
Guinea and Libya….yes. The Libyans competing in an African cup of nations! One
would have thought they would have opted for the NATO cup of air strikes….ops...
What am I saying! Ok the match ended with the Libyans a goal
down. Guess it’s back to the drawing board for them.
This year’s competition
however is without some of the so called big shorts of African football names like
Egypt, Cameroun and Nigeria are missing from the roll call…that gives a real
chance for pre-tournament favorites Ghana and Ivory Coast to end their years of
drought. The cup has eluded the Ghanaians for the past 30 years and the Ivorian’s
the past 20 years.
It will be
interesting to see which nation lifts this year’s cup. Will it be tournament favorites
Ghana or Ivory Coast or the Taranga lions of Senegal who were stunned 2:1 by
less fancied Zambia.
Surely we
are in for more surprises as the tournament goes on.
Today, Ghana
starts their campaign with a game against Botswana. Will the Black stars
demolish the Zebras or will they receive a shock of their lives?
Watch this
page for the latest updates of AFCON 2012.
Fixtures and
results of group stage…….
Group
Stage
|
|||
 E.Guinea |
1 – 0
|
Libya
 |
|
 Senegal |
1 – 2
|
Zambia
 |
|
01-25-2012
|
Libya |
2-2
|
Zambia
|
01-25-2012
|
E.Guinea |
2-1
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Senegal
|
01-29-2012
|
E.Guinea |
0-1
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Zambia
|
01-29-2012
|
Libya |
2-1
|
Senegal
|
 Cote d'Ivoire |
1 - 0
|
Sudan
 |
|
 Burkina Faso |
1 - 2
|
Angola
 |
|
01-26-2012
|
Sudan |
2-2
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Angola
|
01-26-2012
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
2-0
|
Burkina
Faso
|
01-30-2012
|
Sudan |
2-1
|
Burkina
Faso
|
01-30-2012
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
2-0
|
Angola
|
 Gabon |
2 - 0
|
Niger
 |
|
 Morocco |
1 - 2
|
Tunisia
 |
|
01-27-2012
|
Niger |
1-2
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Tunisia
|
01-27-2012
|
Gabon |
3-2
|
Morocco
|
01-31-2012
|
Gabon |
1-0
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Tunisia
|
01-31-2012
|
Niger |
0-1
|
Morocco
|
01-24-2012
|
 Ghana |
1-0
|
Botswana
 |
01-24-2012
|
 Mali |
1-0
|
Guinea
 |
01-28-2012
|
Botswana |
1-6
|
Guinea
|
01-28-2012
|
Ghana |
2-0
|
Mali
|
02-01-2012
|
Botswana |
1-2
|
Mali
|
02-01-2012
|
Ghana |
1-1
|
Guinea
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