2013 African Nations Cup Finals

losthorizon

Draw made tonight for the Finals in January

South Africa the hosts kick off against new boys Cape Verde Islands in the first match.

Group A: South Africa, Cape Verde, Morocco, Angola
Group B: Ghana, DR Congo, Niger, Mali
Group C: Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso
Group Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia, Algeria

Also Ethiopia return to the finals after an absence of 50 years.

Lawrence1895

Group D sounds interesting, imo

Oat23

Helluva result for Cape Verde too knocking off Cameroon to reach the finals too.

Uganda almost made their first finals in 35 years, but they lost on penalties to Zambia

citytillidie

Bump since its just over a week to kick off here are the fixtures

Group A
19/01/2013 South Africa V Cape Verde
19/01/2013 Angola V Morocco
23/01/2013 South Africa V Angola
23/01/2013 Morocco V Cape Verde
27/01/2013 Morocco V South Africa
27/01/2013 Cape Verde V Angola

Group B
20/01/2013 Ghana V Congo DR
20/01/2013 Mali V Niger
24/01/2013 Ghana V Mali
24/01/2013 Niger V Congo DR
28/01/2013 Niger V Ghana
28/01/2013 Congo DR V Mali

Group C
21/01/2013 Zambia V Ethiopia
21/01/2013 Nigeria V Burkina Faso
25/01/2013 Zambia V Nigeria
25/01/2013 Burkina Faso V Ethiopia
29/01/2013 Burkina Faso V Zambia
29/01/2013 Ethiopia V Nigeria

Group D
22/01/2013 Côte d'Ivoire V Togo
22/01/2013 Tunisia V Algeria
26/01/2013 Côte d'Ivoire V Tunisia
26/01/2013 Algeria V Togo
30/01/2013 Algeria V Côte d'Ivoire
30/01/2013 Togo V Tunisia

Games are on Europsort and ITV 4

keano_afc

As an Arsenal fan, I hope the Ivory Coast go as far as possible.

Then a little but further.

Working in Nigeria at the mo. They are not very confident at all about their chances but they did well to get Victor moses on board and they have a decent enough squad.

citytillidie

So after 1st round of games it looks like this

Group A
South Africa 0 V 0 Cape Verde
Angola 0 V 0 Morocco


South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cape Verde 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Angola 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Morocco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Group B
Ghana 2 V 2 Congo DR
Mali 1 V 0 Niger

Mali 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Ghana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
Congo DR 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
Niger 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

Group C
Zambia 1 V 1 Ethiopia
Nigeria 1 V 1 Burkina Faso

Zambia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Ethiopia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Burkina Faso 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Group D
Côte d'Ivoire 2 V 1 Togo
Tunisia 1 V 0 Algeria

Côte d'Ivoire 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Togo 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

Next up
Group A
South Africa V Angola
Morocco V Cape Verde

Group B
Ghana V Mali
Niger V Congo DR

Group C
Zambia V Nigeria
Burkina Faso V Ethiopia

Group D
Côte d'Ivoire V Tunisia
Algeria V Togo

NIMAN

Awful standard of football.

bernardo mac

tournament so far has been nearly as good as the World Cup 2010,vuvuzelas included.Yawn for lol

citytillidie

Groups stage over here is the route to the final

Quater finals
Ghana V Cape Verde
South Africa V Mali
Côte d'Ivoire V Nigeria
Burkina Faso V Togo

Semi Final
South Africa or Mali V Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria
Burkina Faso or Togo V Ghana or Cape Verde

Final
South Africa or Mali or Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria V Burkina Faso or Togo or Ghana or Cape Verde

citytillidie

Quarter Final results

Quater finals
Ghana 2 V 0 Cape Verde
South Africa 1 V 1 Mali Mali win 3-1 on pens
Côte d'Ivoire 1 V 2 Nigeria
Burkina Faso 1 V 0 Togo

Semi Final
Mali V Nigeria
Burkina Faso V Ghana

Rekop dog

Can see an African player of the year coming to Moses, he's been very good in this tournament. But imo in general the standard of football in Africa seems to be sadly regressing.

citytillidie

Semi Final Results
Mali 1 V 4 Nigeria
Burkina Faso 1 V 1 Ghana Burkina Faso win 3-2 on Pens

3rd place play off
Mali V Ghana

Final
Nigeria V Burkina Faso

dfx-

That pitch in Nelspruit is the worst I've ever seen:eek:

bradlente

dfx- wrote: »

That pitch in Nelspruit is the worst I've ever seen:eek:

I doubt the massive swarm of insects helped either.

Glad to see Burkina Faso fight back after that travesty of a decision for the early penalty.Surprised Ghana managed to convert it now looking at their efforts in the shoot-out,Shocking display.

dfx-

You could pretty much see individual tufts of grass. It looked poor even by African standards and for that region of South Africa where grass is difficult to maintain. And Burkina Faso have played several games on it:eek:

Ghana should've been beaten in normal time and extra time going by the chances Bance alone had and missed.

Gavin "shels"

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The Final is confirmed as Nigeria - Burkina Faso.

Tickets for the Golden Goal are priced at €5 a minute, the winning minute will win €100 cash. Tickets for the raffle are priced at €5 a strip, we have two prizes on offer, some South African wine and also a Shels jersey.

(Point of note, the Bar will be open for the Six Nations rugby and will be screening the Man Utd match at 4pm so get down early)