2008 NATIONS CUP !

The African Nations Cup is without doubt the greatest sporting spectacle on the continent. The two-year marathon that is the qualifying campaign for the 2008 finals in Ghana finishes in September 2007.
Each group winner qualifies automatically for Ghana where they will be joined by the top three runners-up from the groups made up of four teams.
Egypt are the reigning African champions. The Pharaohs won a record fifth Nations Cup title when they beat the Ivory Coast this year.

Group 1: Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar
Group 1 statistics
Group 2: Mauritania, Egypt, Burundi, Botswana
Group 2 statistics
Group 3: Uganda, Niger, Nigeria, Lesotho
Group 3 statistics
Group 4: Sudan, Seychelles, Tunisia, Mauritius
Group 4 statistics
Group 5: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda
Group 5 statistics
Group 6: Angola, Kenya, Eritrea, Swaziland
Group 6 statistics
Group 7: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Tanzania, Mozambique
Group 7 statistics
Group 8: Gambia, Algeria, Guinea, Cape Verde
Group 8 statistics
Group 9: Togo, Mali, Sierra Leone, Benin
Group 9 statistics
Group 10: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, Libya
Group 10 statistics
Group 11: Zambia, South Africa, Congo, Chad
Group 11 statistics
Group 12: Malawi, Morocco, Zimbabwe
Group 12 statistics

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