African Cup of Nations - 2012 Cup qualifying draw delayed

Reuters - Wed, 03 Feb 10:18:00 2010

The draw for the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifiers has been delayed until later this month.

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The CAF, which did not give a reason for the delay, now plans to hold the draw in Lubumbashi on February 21 at the African Super Cup match between TP Mazembe Englebert and Stade Malien.

The draw for the tournament, being co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in 2012, is usually released the day before the preceding Nations Cup final. Egypt beat Ghana 1-0 to win the 2010 edition in Angola on Sunday.

Reuters

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  1. ONYEBUCHI M , Cameroon did play better than Egypt but­ they didnt lose because of the officiating as you so­ claim....they lost because of the poor pass their­ defender made to the goal keeper which allowed Gedo to­ score, the other goal which shouldnt have been allowed­ although it was a tough call without video evidence is­ a non issue since the final score was 3-1 and not 2-1­ and regardless without the 3rd Egypt would have won.­ Egypt vs Algeria was fair and only Algerians seem to­ think they got screwed over, you just plainly cant­ tackle that way. Both Belhadj and Chouchi are most­ likely going to get sanctioned and might be barred from­ WC which proves that those 2 red cards were correct­ hands down. The only person which is Halliche should­ not have gotten the first yellow but then again he­ tackled Meteeb which could have been a straight red­ dependent on the referee. I have never seen a team lose­ their cool so quickly and blame the referee sometimes,­ the weather the other times,CAF on other occasions,­ bribing blah blah blah when in fact they were soundly­ beaten. I do think that Ghana 2008 was much better­ quality in terms of the matches but hopefully the 2012­ edition would make up for this edition.

    From eldaffy2000, on Thu 11 Feb 10:14
  2. Actually African cup of nations had it on shortcomings­ and successes.Few days to the kick -off was a night­ mare at Cabinda where a bus conveying Togolese team­ players' was ambushed and shot sporadically leaving­ many some player with bullet wounds and 3-Persons dead­ including the bus driver.There was huge misgivings on­ the tournament's security and progress after the­ incidence.However,it went ahead.The first match between­ Mali and Algeria turned out to be a puzzle of soccer­ which could reminds one of the mystery in weather.Mali­ was at goals deficits but few minutes the end of the­ match they equalized and got goal draw with their­ opponent.
    Furthermore,super eagles' of Nigeria­ started by losing to Egypt and later emerged as­ semi-finalist while Ivory coast with star studded team­ could not make it.Cameroun played better than Egypt but­ lost due lopsided officiating.The snake that touched­ its tail on Camerounians really bit­ Algerians.Infact,they got 3-red cards while playing­ with Egypt.Algeria seemed as the only obstacle to them­ toward retaining the cup thrice.However,the jinx was­ broken when they controversially won. They kept the cup­ unprecedentedly thrice after Ghane lost to them.
    ­ Gabon,Malawi,Burkina faso,Zambia,Algeria,Cameroun,Ivory­ coast,Nigeria,Tunisia,Mozambique, host country Angola­ and all other countries did well in the fiesta.I hope­ that other countries who could come either due to one­ situation or another would make it in next fiesta­ probably in Gabon/Eguatorial Guinea.

    From Onyebuchi McSamuel, on Tue 9 Feb 10:20
  3. Actually African cup of nations had it on shortcomings­ and successes.Few days to the kick -off was a night­ mare at Cabinda where a bus conveying Togolese team­ players' was ambushed and shot sporadically leaving­ many some player with bullet wounds and 3-Persons dead­ including the bus driver.There was huge misgivings on­ the tournament's security and progress after the­ incidence.However,it went ahead.The first match between­ Mali and Algeria turned out to be a puzzle of soccer­ which could reminds one of the mystery in weather.Mali­ was at goals deficits but few minutes the end of the­ match they equalized and got goal draw with their­ opponent.
    Furthermore,super eagles' of Nigeria­ started by losing to Egypt and later emerged as­ semi-finalist while Ivory coast with star studded team­ could not make it.Cameroun played better than Egypt but­ lost due lopsided officiating.The snake that touched­ its tail on Camerounians really bit­ Algerians.Infact,they got 3-red cards while playing­ with Egypt.Algeria seemed as the only obstacle to them­ toward retaining the cup thrice.However,the jinx was­ broken when they controversially won. They kept the cup­ unprecedentedly thrice after Ghane lost to them.
    ­ Gabon,Malawi,Burkina faso,Zambia,Algeria,Cameroun,Ivory­ coast,Nigeria,Tunisia,Mozambique, host country Angola­ and all other countries did well in the fiesta.I hope­ that other countries who could come either due to one­ situation or another would make it in next fiesta­ probably in Gabon/Eguatorial Guinea.

    From Onyebuchi McSamuel, on Tue 9 Feb 10:19
  4. NONSENSE!

    From Five D, on Sun 7 Feb 17:06
  5. I hope the reason for this delay is to allow Hayatou­ and his morons to reconsider the ban on Togo and­ include them in the draw!!!!

    From AbiodunS, on Sat 6 Feb 12:52
  6. i say it again...unzip_button should just zip­ it.....you are a joke since its funny how now the ANC­ is not so important now that almighty algeria lost 3­ games...yes 3 games out of 6!! Good luck in ever making­ it out of the WC group! This ANC is important....there­ wouldnt be as many football stadiums or facilities if­ it wasnt for this competition......now if there are no­ stadiums in most of Africa then how the hell are the­ African footballers gonna get better? Maybe they should­ just all be raised in France just like Zidane &­ Benzema and other algerians right?

    From eldaffy2000, on Thu 4 Feb 17:25
  7. The African Cup is a joke. All minds are set on the­ World Cup and Mr. Hayatou and his lazy assistants­ can't even hold a draw. Pityful. This Cup should be­ played every four or five years. People in Europe are­ annoyed by the scheduling of this tournament in the­ middle of the football season.

    From unzip_button, on Thu 4 Feb 7:37
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