2014 African Cup of Nations
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The 2014 African Cup of Nations will be the 29th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It will be hosted by Libya.[1] Libya won the right to host the tournament after defeating a Nigerian bid along with three other bid winning nations, Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Bids from Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Senegal were rejected and did not reach the shortlist. For the first time in CAF history, the hosts of three successive tournaments were chosen at the same time; Angola was chosen to host in 2010, Gabon/Equatorial Guinea were chosen as hosts for the 2012 cup and Libya for the 2014 edition. Nigeria was chosen as a stand-by host in the event that one of the chosen nations were to become unsuitable. It will be the second time that Libya hosts the event, the previous time being in 1982.
[edit] Bids Shortlist
Five countries were put on the shortlist to host the tournament including one joint bid.
[edit] Qualification
- Libya have qualified as hosts.
[edit] References
- ^ (Sep 4, 2006), " Angola to host 2010 Nations Cup", BBC Sport, Accessed Sep 27 2006
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