The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the draw date for the Angola 2010 Africa Cup of Nations for Friday, November 20, 2009 in Luanda.
The draw of the 27th edition of Africa’s showpiece football event will see 16 teams being divided into four groups for the tourney that spans, January 10-31, 2010. The three-week tournament, the first of its kind to be hosted by the Southern African country will take place in four cities; Luanda, Cabinda, Benguela and Lobango.
Currently, 20 countries are involved in the final round of qualifiers which will also decide on the continent’s representatives for the 2010 FIFA World Cup slated for South Africa next June. Of the four teams in each of the five Groups, the top three will join hosts Angola for the continental fiesta whilst the group winners’ qualify for the Mundial.
Meanwhile, the continent’s soccer governing body has released the calendar for the tourney ahead of the draw. From the calendar, Group A teams will based in the Angolan capital, Luanda; Group B – Cabinda, Group C – Benguela and Group D – Lubango.
The group phase matches will span January 10–21 to be followed by the knockout stages set for January 24-25. The semi-finals have been fixed for Thursday, January 28 in Luanda and Benguela, with the third place match also slated for Benguela two days later.
Luanda will host the final on Sunday, January 31. The tourney will have 32 matches overall.
GROUP A
Angola
Mali
Malawi
Algeria
GROUP B
Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
GROUP C
Egypt
Nigeria
Mozambique
Benin
GROUP D
Cameroon
Gabon
Zambia
Tunisia
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