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The '2008 African Cup of Nations' will be the 26th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa. It will be hosted by Ghana. Just like in 2006, the field of sixteen teams will be split into four groups of four. Ghana won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Libyan bid 9-3 in a vote among Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee members in Cairo. South Africa withdrew their bid after winning the right to host the 2010 World Cup. The tournament will be held between January 20 and February 10, 2008.

Contents

Host Cities & Venues

Squads

Qualification

Qualified teams

External links

Host Cities & Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity	Seats
Kumasi	Baba Yara Stadium (being renovated)	51,500	all-seater
Accra	Ohene Djan Stadium (being renovated)	44,000	all-seater
Tamale	Tamale Stadium (under construction)	21,077	all-seater
Sekondi-Takoradi	Sekondi Stadium (under construction)	20,000	all-seater

Squads

★ TBA

Qualification

The 12 group winners and the best three runners-up from groups with four teams (groups 2-11) will qualify for the finals. Qualifiying will take place between September 2, 2006 to October 14, 2007.

Qualified teams

11 of the 16 teams have been determined.

★ as hosts.

★ as group 1 winner.

★ as group 3 winner.

★ as group 5 winner.

★ as group 6 winner.

★ as group 7 winner.

★ as group 10 winner.

★ as group 11 winner.

★ as group 12 winner.

★ as either group 4 winner or one of the best runners-up.

★ as either group 4 winner or one of the best runners-up.
''And Probably: Guinea, RSA, Egypt, Mali or Togo and Benin or Uganda.''

External links

★ 2008 African Cup of Nations website- Official Tournament Home

★ 2008 African Cup of Nations at CAFonline.com

★ Details at Sport Scheduler

★ Ghana CAN 2008 - African Cup of Nations News