2010 African Cup of Nations Guide

The African Cup of Nations is the region’s most prestigious football tournament. The African Cup of nations is held ever two years, unlike the European Championship and the Copa America, which take place every four years.

Although Africa in general lacks the quality football infrastructure and playing facilities of the more developed nations, the African Cup of Nations is renowned for producing quality football. Many of the players in the tournament come from the richest European leagues, where they represent some of the sport’s biggest clubs.

In 2010 the African Cup of Nations will head for Angola, where 16 African teams will contest the tournament across four host cities. Qualification for the tournament will be tough, with dozens of teams competing for the privilege of appearing in the continent’s biggest football spectacle.

African Cup of Nations History

The first African Cup of Nations was held in 1957. The tournament was planned and launched during the same period that saw the formation of FIFA’s African Confederation of Football, and was held one year before the first European Championship was held in France.

For the first decade of its history the African Cup of Nations was a relatively small event, comprising only 4 teams in a short competition. By the early 1970s the tournament had expanded to eight teams, and began to attract television coverage.

However, it was only in 1992 that the African Cup of Nations reached maturity. That year’s tournament was expanded to 12 teams, and featured a South African side for the first time in the event’s history. The tournament was expanded to its present size of 16 teams in 1996 when South Africa hosted, and won, its first African Cup of Nations.

2010 African Cup of Nations Betting

Although the 2010 African Cup of Nations is likely to be overshadowed by the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, football fans can still expect UK bookmakers to put a decent selection of betting specials on the table for the event.

Online sportsbooks provide full coverage of the African Cup of Nations, and fans of African football will be able to bet on each game of the 2010 African Cup of Nations, as well as the qualifying matches for the event.

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African Cup of Nations Winners

The African Cup of Nations is an exciting, open tournament, which has produced 13 different winners in over 50 years of competition. Egypt is the most successful nation in the tournament’s history, having claimed 6 African Cup of Nations winners titles. Cameroon and Ghana also boast excellent records in the African Cup of Nations with 4 titles apiece.