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Friday, February 8, 2008

African Cup of Nations: Seeding for Angola 2010

CAF Ranking system

The last three tournaments count towards the ranking (ACN 2004, ACN 2006, ACN 2008).

Points are awarded in this fashion:

7 - winner
5 - finalist
3 - semifinalists
2 - quarterfinalists
1 - teams eliminated in the group stage

Points from the most recent tournament are multiplied by 3, the next one by 2, the last one by 1.

If two or more teams have the same total, they will be ranked on the total number of points (3 for a win, 1 for a loss).

More info on the seeding system -> CAFOnline.com
    Team         ACN'04 ACN'06 ACN'08 Total Pts
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 1 Egypt             1      7      5    30
 2 Cameroon          2      2      5    21
 3 Côte d'Ivoire     0      5      3    19
 4 Tunisia           7      2      2    17
 5 Nigeria           3      3      2    15
 6 Guinea            2      2      2    12
 7 Ghana             0      1      3    11 15
 8 Senegal           2      3      1    11 13
 9 Morocco           5      1      1    10
10 Angola            0      1      2     8
11 Mali              3      0      1     6 14
12 South Africa      1      1      1     6  6
13 Zambia            0      1      1     5  7
14 Congo DR          1      2      -     5  4
15 Benin             1      0      1     4
16 Zimbabwe          1      1      -     3  6
17 Namibia           0      0      1     3  1
18 Sudan             0      0      1     3  0
19 Algeria           2      0      -     2  4
20 Libya             0      1      -     2  1
21 Togo              0      1      -     2  0
22 Rwanda            1      0      -     1  4
23 Kenya             1      0      -     1  3
24 Burkina Faso      1      0      -     1  1


Egypt and Cameroon get 5 points because the final hasn't been played yet.

If the qualified teams would be determined based on the January 2008 FIFA rankings, these would be the pots:

Pot 1: Angola (host), Egypt, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire
Pot 2: Tunisia, Nigeria, Guinea, Ghana
Pot 3: Senegal, Morocco, Mali, Zambia
Pot 4: Congo DR, Algeria, Togo, Mozambique

A possible draw:

Group A: Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, Mozambique
Group B: Cameroon, Tunisia, Mali, Togo
Group C: Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Congo DR
Group D: Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Zambia, Algeria

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4 comments:

  1. sscouserNovember 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    Edgar, how can you forget Malawi?
    http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/the-wait-is-over-for-malawi-angola-here-we-come.html

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  2. EdgarNovember 18, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    sscouser, this is from January 2008! :)

    Look at the latest Angola 2010 seeding info.

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  3. sscouserNovember 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    Thanks Edgar but I was "confused" because Angola were not the hosts but you put them as hosts for 2008.

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  4. EdgarNovember 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Of course, they were already chosen as hosts for the 2010 event.

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